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were elected to membership. The Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Ronwnmr, read a communication from Prof. EK. N. Cory, of College Park, Md., chairman of the Eastern branch of the American Association of Economic Entomologists, announcing a meeting of that organization in New York City beginning on November 21st at 9:30 A.M.The chair reported the death of Dr. FRANK HuRLBUT CHITTENDEN of the Bureau of Entomology on September 15th, 1929, in his 71st year, at his home in Washington, D.C. After a few remarks, by Dr. Howarp, dealing in a reminiscent way with his associations with the deceased, a committee, consisting of WHITE, QAUINTANCE, and Howarp, was appointed to recommend. action at the next meeting.Program: J. M. Atpricu: Recent entomological experiences in Europe. The speaker spent some three months in Europe the past summer. He studied the types of American muscoid flies in the British Museum, and the museums in Stockholm, Copenhagen and Paris. He also collected Diptera in Northern Sweden (Aare and Oestersund) for the purpose of getting material to compare with the northern flies of America, in order to get further information about the species common to the holarctic region. Lantern slides were shown to illustrate the life zones of northern Sweden.

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