April '21] CURRENT NOTES 247 



At the 13th annual meeting of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants 

 held at MacDonald College, Quebec, the following addresses or pajjers were presented 

 by members of the Branch staff: "The Organization of the Entomological Branch," 

 Mr. A. Gibson; "The Discovery of the European Corn Borer," L. S. McLaine; 

 "Spraying versus Dusting," C. E. Petch ; "Chemical Investigations of Sprays," 

 A. Kelsall. Mr. H. G. Crawford, of the Division of Field Crop and Garden Insects, 

 also attended the meetings. 



The following additions to the staff of the Japanese Beetle Laboratory at Riverton, 

 New Jersey, have recently been made: R. W. Kelley, formerly entomologist for 

 the Sherwin-Williams Company; A. S. Mallorey, from Rutgers College; L. B. Smith, 

 lormerly of the Virginia Truck Experiment Station at Norfolk, Va. ; T. H. Prison, 

 of the University of Illinois. Doctor William Moore of the University of Minnesota 

 will also carry on special work at the laboratory this season, having obtained six 

 months' leave of absence from the University. 



It was announced some time ago that Mr. T. H. Jones had been appointed State 

 Entomologist of Louisiana. This was an error. At the Louisana State University 

 and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Mr. O. W. Rosewall, Associate Professor 

 of Entomology, teaches this subject, while Messrs. T. H. Jones and W. G. Bradley, 

 Entomologist and Assistant Entomologist respectively, of the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Stations are engaged in research work, more particularly with insects injurious 

 to com and live stock. Mr. E. C. Davis is Apiculturist of the Extension Division 

 of the University. 



The work of Mr. C. L. Marlatt as Chairman of the Federal Horticultural Board 

 has necessitated his relinquishment of the direction of Tropical and Subtropical 

 Fruit Insect Investigations, and Doctor Howard has combined this branch with the 

 office of Deciduous Fruit Insect Investigations. Mr. Marlatt will, however, maintain 

 active co-operation in certain projects, as Mediterranean fruit fly investigations, the 

 work under way in the Canal Zone, systematic work with Coccidae, and investiga- 

 tions of insects injurious to greenhouses, on account of the intimate relation of this 

 work with certain quarantine and other work of the Board. 



A conference of Hessian fly men of the branch of Cereal and Forage Insect Investi- 

 gations, Bureau of Entomology, was held at the entomological field station at West 

 Lafayette, Ind., on January 3. The persons attending this meeting were: W. R. 

 Walton, W. H. Larrimer, A. F. Satterthwait, J. R. Horton, C. K. Fisher, R. A. 

 Blanchard, H. R. Painter, G. B. Pearson, W. B. Cartwright, G. G. Ainslie, P. R. 

 Myers, and C. C. Hill. It was the unanimous opinion of those present that the 

 conference resulted in great benefit to the Hessian fly investigations, and the hope 

 was expressed that similar meetings might be held from year to year. 



At the request of the Navy Department, arrangements have been perfected for 

 the periodic inspection of food commodities stored at the Naval Supply Base, South 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. Doctor E. A. Back and Perez Simmons of the Bureau of Entomol- 

 ogy recently spent two days in Brooklyn going over the situation. The accidental 

 infestation of supplies of brown sugar by cadelle larvae and infestation of fur-lined 

 boots, coats, and other clothing by clothes moths were the interesting features of the 

 inspection. In the clothing department there was located a badly damaged lot of 

 submarine boots and aviator helmets and chin protectors from which adult clothes 

 moths were spreading, infesting the entire establishment. 



The official entomologists of Ohio, Indiana, lUinois and Missouri met at Lafayette, 

 Indiana, March 15-16, to discuss problems in their respective states, to plan the 

 season's work and to handle results in such a way as to make them comparable. 



