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Bazeley, C. O. Bailey, G. A. Smith, Massachusetts; Dr. W. E. Britton, Connecticut; 

 Dr. E. P. Felt, Dr. Geo. G. Atwood, New York; Messrs. A. F. Burgess, H. L. Mc- 

 Intyre and D. M. Rogers, Federal Bureau of Entomology-. 



On the night of November 2, 1921, a fire destroyed the building in which the Ex- 

 periment Station laboratories of the Louisiana State University were housed. In 

 common with other departments, the Department of Entomology lost all equipment, 

 notes, specimens, pubUcations, photographic plates, and correspondence. The 

 Division of Truck Crop Insects of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology, which maintained 

 a field station at Baton Rouge in co-operation with the Louisiana State University, 

 also lost equipment, notes and specimens contained in the building. 



Messrs. Strickland and Seamans of the Lethbridge, Alta. Laboratory, Entomolo- 

 gical Branch, Canadian Department of Agriculture, visited Havre and Great Falls, 

 Montana, the latter part of September to investigate the trap work being done in 

 connection with the pale western cutworm. Bait traps at Havre show that more 

 females than males are caught. Light traps are being used over a large area near 

 Great Falls, the farmers have put 240 traps at the rate of one to a quarter section, 

 and as large catches have been made, seem satisfied that the light traps are practical. 

 Experiments on grasshoppers and cutworms are still being continued. 



The following temporary officers resigned during September from the Canadian 

 Entomological Branch: F. H. Randolph, Junior Entomologist, Mosquito Inves- 

 tigations; J. D. Sutherland, Insect Pests Investigator, Hemmingford Laboratory: 

 R. S. Hawkins, Experimental Farms Assistant, Natural Control Investigations; 

 R. N. Bissonette, Junior Entomologist, Division of Field Crop and Garden Insects; 

 P. E. Donat, Insect Pests Investigator, Insecticide Investigations; H. A. Robertson, 

 Junior Entomologist, Treesbank Laboratory; W. Carter, Junior Entomologist, 

 Lethbridge Laboratory; R. H. Mowat, Experimental Farms Assistant, Division 

 of Forest Insects; R. H. Painter, Insect Pests Investigator, Corn Borer Inves- 

 tigations; A. E. Cameron, Entomologist, Saskatoon Laboratory; G. P. Garlick, 

 Junior Entomologist, Vineland Laboratorj-. 



Prof. H. F. Wickham of the University of Iowa, special field agent in Mexican 

 bean beetle investigations. Bureau of Entomology, returned September 21 from a 

 preliminary survey of the Mexican bean beetle in its native home. Southern Mexico. 

 Prof. Wickham entered Mexico August 6, and proceeded to Mexico City, which was 

 made the headquarters for the investigations undertaken. Many observations 

 were made on the growing of beans in the lowlands and in the mountains extending 

 as far as an altitude of 10,000 feet. A number of varieties of beans were secured 

 for experimental purposes, and observations with special reference to securing 

 natural enemies and parasites were begun. In the vicinity of Cuernavaca the bean 

 beetle occurred abundantly on wild legumes and was a most important bean pest. 

 Near Orizaba the few beans found in cultivation were badly damaged. The beetle 

 was not found in the vicinity of Guadalajara in Jalisco, although its nonoccurrence 

 is not explained. A single specimen of a dipterous parasite of the larvae hitherto 

 unknown was collected. Some promising information was obtained which complete- 

 ly justifies a more extensive investigation during the coming summer. 



