December, ’20] 
CURRENT NOTES 
497 
Headlee, John J. Davis, C. H. Hadley, H. B. Weiss, C. W. Stockwell, New Jersey; 
Dr. L. O. Howard, A. L. Quaintance, A. F. Burgess, C. L. Marlatt, W. R. Walton, E. 
R. Sasscer, E. H. Siegler, W. B. Wood, C. A. Weigel and H. W. Lamp, Bureau of 
Entomology, Washington, D. C.; E. D. Ball, assistant secretary of agriculture. 
Larvae of the satin moth Stilpnotia salicis Linn, were found in August, feeding upon 
poplars in New Westminster, B. C. This insect is a European species first reported 
on this continent from Medford, Mass., by Mr. A. F. Burgess, during the past sum¬ 
mer. (See page 370 of this Journal.) 
Mr. Arthur Gibson, who for many years has been assistant entomologist in the 
Entomological Branch, Canadian Department of Agriculture, has been appointed 
dominion entomologist and head of the Entomological Branch to succeed the late 
Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, who died in February, 1920. 
Mr. W. E. Hinds, entomologist, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, lost his entire 
entomological library in the fire which destroyed the Agricultural Building October 
17. He would appreciate the cooperation of fellow entomologists in replacing such 
bulletins and reports as may still be available for distribution. 
According to the Experiment Station Record, a state appropriation of $5,000 has been 
made by the New York Legislature, at the request of fruit growers, for a special in¬ 
vestigation by the State Station of the merits of the new dusting methods for the 
control of insect pests and fungous diseases as compared with spraying. 
According to Florists’ Exchange, Dr. E. D. Ball, assistant secretary of agriculture, 
and C. L. Marlatt, W. R. Walton, and L. H. Worthley of the Bureau of Entomology, 
left Washington October 2 to visit Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, 
Pennsylvania, and Ontario, to investigate damages by the European corn borer. 
In New York State, a state employees’ pension law has been enacted which affects 
all station workers. It provides for voluntary retirement at the age of 60, and com¬ 
pulsory retirement at 70 years. The amount of the pension is determined largely by 
the length of service and the salary at the time of retirement, but in no case can it 
exceed one-half the amount of the salary at the time of retirement. 
Mr. J. L. King, entomological assistant of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Plant In¬ 
dustry, has been selected by Dr. A. L. Quaintance, who is in charge of the Japanese 
beetle investigations and control work, to study and collect parasites and predaceous 
enemies of the Japanese beetle in its native home. Mr. King sailed from San Fran¬ 
cisco on October 20, and after a brief stop in Hawaii will proceed to join Mr. Claussen 
in Japan. 
The following resignations from the Bureau of Entomology have been announced: 
Charles A. Bennett, Satsuma, Fla; Harold H. Link, Orlando, Fla; Ernest L. Cham¬ 
bers, Doylestown, Pa.; R. S. Woglum, Alhambra, Calif., to become director of ento¬ 
mology for the California Fruit Growers’ Exchange; R. A. McKeown, Medford, 
Ore.; A. R. Moore, Riverton, N. J.; H. E. Thompson, Riverton, N. J.; H. E. Loomis, 
Macclenny, Fla. 
Hessian fly “field laboratories” have been established in Ohio at Bryan, Sandusky, 
Columbus and Wooster by the Experiment Station, College of Agriculture and State 
Board of Agriculture. Entomologists of the three institutions are cooperating in 
a state-wide effort to minimize the damage to the wheat crop caused by this pest. 
C. H. Waid, of the Board of Agriculture, will have charge of the field work at Bryan; 
C. L. Metcalf, of the University, will be in charge at Columbus; P. R. Lowry is in 
charge at Sandusky, and H. A. Gossard is conducting the work at the Station. The 
