14 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 7 



Illinois, Urbana, — S. A. Forbes. 

 The occurrence and life history of the black flics of Illinois with particular reference 

 to the possibility of these insects serving as agents in the transmission of pellagra. 



Kansas, Manlaattan, — Geo. A. Dean. 

 Life history and measures of controlling the Hessian fly. Geo. A. Dean and J. W. 

 . McColloch. 



Massachusetts, Amherst, — H. T. Fernald. 

 Methods for the control of onion maggot on large fields. 

 Progress satisfactory. 



Minnesota, St. Anthony Park, — F. L. Washburn. 



Problems in connection with the Muscid flies, Simulida; and Culicidce. 

 C. W. Howard in immediate charge. 



The wheat stem maggot, Meromyza americana, C. W. Howard and Warren William- 

 son in immediate charge. 



New Hampshire, Durham, — W. C. O'Kane, C. H. Hadley, Jr. 

 The apple maggot. 



Will be published this winter. 

 The control of root maggots by the use of insecticides. 



Two seasons of preliminary work completed. 

 The control of black flies, deer flies and midges. 



In progress. 



New York, Albany,— E. P. Felt. 

 A monographic study of the biology and the taxonomy of the gall midges. 

 Well along, largely in manuscript. 



New York, Geneva, — P. J. Parrott. 

 The life history, habits and means of controlling the grape midge. F. Z. Hartzell in 



immediate charge. 

 Life history and habits of the Hessian fly (in cooperation with the U. S. Bureau of 



Entomology). 

 The life history, habits and methods of control of the cabbage maggot. This involves 



a special study of the reaction of the puparia to heat and desiccation, and of the 



methods of protecting seed beds. 



Ohio, Wooster, — H. A. Gossard. 

 Various species of onion maggots. Control measures. J. S. Houser. 



Peru, S. A., Lima, — Charles H. T. Townsend. 

 Muscoid fly reproduction investigations. 



A very considerable amount of muscoid dissection work has been accomplished, 

 including male as well as female reproductive systems and important results have 

 thereby been secured, which will be published in due course. 



Washington, Pullman,— A. L. Melander. 

 Habits and methods of control of root maggots. 

 Napthalene was found to give protection. 



Wisconsin, Madison, — J. G. Sanders. 

 The onion maggot and its control. 



Other onion insects are being investigated along with this work. 



