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permanent peace-time basis. Although cooperating with various government 
scientific bureaus it is not controlled or supported by the government. It has 
recently received an endowment of $5,000,000 from the Carnegie Corporation, part 
of which is to be expended for the erection of a suitable building in Washington for 
the joint use of the Council and the National Academy of Sciences. Other gifts 
have been made to it for the carrying out of specific scientific researches under 
its direction. 
According to Science , Dr. Frank E. Lutz of the American Museum of Natural 
History, of New York City, has started on the third of a series of expeditions planned 
to trace the distribution of insect life in the western part of the United States. The 
first of these expeditions collected in the Santa Catalina Mountains and the deserts 
of southern Arizona; the second—made last year,—worked in the Colorado Rockies. 
This year special attention will be paid to regions north and west of Colorado. 
INFORMAL CONFERENCE AND FIELD MEETING OF EASTERN 
ENTOMOLOGISTS 
The meeting called to order 10.30 a. m., July 29, 1920, at Philadelphia in the rooms 
of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. A. F. Burgess was elected 
chairman and J. J. Davis secretary of the meeting. 
The chairman appointed the following committees: 
Nominating Committee: Robert Matheson, A. L. Quaintance and J. L. King. 
Resolutions Committee: E. P. Felt, J. G. Sanders and H. B. Weiss. 
The forthcoming Bibliography of Economic Entomology was discussed by Messrs. 
Burgess and Felt. Members were urged to immediately subscribe for this Bibliog¬ 
raphy and to secure as many additional subscriptions as possible to ensure sufficient 
support for the publication. 
The remainder of the morning session was taken up in a discussion of the present 
fruit insect situation which was led by A. L. Quaintance. 
In the afternoon the members visited the Japanese beetle laboratory at Riverton, 
N. J., where they had an opportunity to note the investigations being conducted and 
the damage caused by the beetle. 
An informal meeting at the Yendiz Hotel, Philadelphia, was occupied by a full 
discussion of the Japanese beetle problem. The work was explained by Messrs. 
Quaintance, Davis, Stockwell and Hadley and discussed by a number present. 
The session was resumed at 9.30 a. m., July 30, in the rooms at the Academy of 
Natural Sciences. 
The work and present status of the European corn borer was fully explained by 
Messrs. Worthley, Felt, and Caffrey and discussed by a number present. 
The discovery in Massachusetts of a new European caterpillar pest of poplar and 
willow, commonly known as the Satin moth, was reported by A. F. Burgess. 
Messrs. Burgess and McIntyre also explained the Gipsy moth situation, particu¬ 
larly the new discoveries of the pest in New Jersey and New York. 
The nominating committee made the following recommendations: Chairman, 
Dr. W. E. Britton; Secretary, Dr. T. J. Headlee. 
The recommendations were adopted. 
The committee on resolutions submitted the following: 
Whereas, We, a group of Entomologists of the North Eastern United States, as¬ 
sembled at Philadelphia, Pa., in an informal conference and field meeting, hereby 
record our conviction that the presence of certain introduced insects in various parts 
of the country constitutes a serious menace to our material welfare, Therefore be it 
Resolved .—That the control work against the Japanese beetle is hereby heartily 
approved and that those in charge be urged to enlarge and extend the work already 
