30-4 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 7 



A laboratory has been established in Winchester, Va., by the Bureau of Entomol- 

 ogy, for conducting .studios in the life-history and methods of control of the peach 

 tree borer and orchanl i)lant-lice. Mr. E. B. BlakesUic will be in charge of the work, 

 a.ssisted by Mr. B. H. Leach. Mr. Leach will give especial attention to remedies to 

 be employed in the control of the woolly apple aphis. 



Mr. S. S. Grossman, who was formerly engaged as an assistant on the citrus fruit 

 insect investigations in Florida, and has during the past two years been employed in 

 Porto Rico investigating economic insects, as an a.ssistant to the entomologist of the 

 JJoard of Agriculture, I'orto Ki(;o, has been appointed as scientific assistant of the 

 Bureau of Entomology, and will carry on investigations on parasites at the Gypsy 

 Moth Laboratory. 



According to the Experiment Station Record at the University of Manchester- 

 Eng., "the new laboratory for research work in agricultural entomology was opened 

 November 13, 1913, by Sir Sidney Oliver, p(>rnianent secretary of the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries. A laboratory room fifty-eight by twenty-eight feet is 

 available, together with a smaller laboratory, an experimental field with greenhouses, 

 etc. Dr. A. D. Lnms, formerly forest entomologist of tlu; government of India, 

 has been appointed first reader in agricultiu-al entomology and will conduct re- 

 searches and supervise the work of research students." 



Mr. James \V. Chapman, who was granted a Doctor's degree by the Bussey In- 

 stitution of Harvard University, and who for the past two years has been engaged 

 as entomologist to the Park Department of the City of Boston, has been ai)i)()iiited 

 as Scientific .\ssistant of the Bureau of Entomology and will take uj) experimental 

 work with Mr. R. W. Cilaser of that Bureau on the "wilt" disease affecting the gypsy 

 moth. Mr. Chapman i)ublislied some time ago a bulletin on the leopard moth, 

 Zeuzera -pyriiia, and several t)tlier insect enemies of shade trees. 



According to Science (issue of May 15) Prof. W. C. O'Kane, professor of economic 

 entomology at the New Hamp.shire College, and Entomologist of the Station, has 

 been elected i)rofessor of zoology and entomology at the Ohio State University, 

 Columbus, Ohio, from which he graduated in the class of 1907. Professor O'Kane 

 was appointed to his position in New Hampshire on the resignation of Prof. E. D. 

 Sanders;)!! i!! 1910, a!!d was !-cce!itly appointed d(>puty commi.sfeioner of agriculture, 

 in cha!-ge of the gyi)Sy ai!d bi()W!i-tail !!i<)th wo!-k of that state. 



An exhaustive^ rei)ort o!i the destructio!! of the iiiiiiiatur(> stages of the house 

 fly i!! stable i!iaiiu!(' is about to be published. 'Fhis is the result of cooperative work 

 with the Hui-eau of Chemistry and Plant Industry in which particular attention was 

 paid to the effects of various api)lications o!i the fe!'tilizi!ig value of the manui-e. 

 This report will be published as a contribution fit)!!! the Bureau of Entomology. 

 (From Ncn'H Letter No. 2, Burenu of Entomology.) 



Sii!ce the pro!!iulgatio!! of the (juarantine against foreign cotton seed on account 

 of the danger of introduction of Gelechia gossyjnella and other pests, it has been 

 found that a sinall amount of esed comes to this count!-y in baled cotton lint fi-om 

 Egypt. J. L. Webb investigated this matter in New Bedford and Fall River, Massa- 

 chusetts. It was foui!(l that the ainount of seed bi'ought in in the way described is 

 small, but o!ie live pink boll worm was discovered. The danger from this source 

 is clear fi-o!!! the fact that considerable quantities of Egyptian cotton are shipped to 

 the southern !iiills which, i!i !!ia!iy cases, are adjacent to cotton fields. (From News 

 Letter No. 2, Bureau of Entontoloyy.) 



Mailed June 15, 1914. 



