610 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 10 



Pauline Margaret Johnson, Truck Crop Insect Investigations; F. H. Gates, Cereal 

 and Forage Insect Investigations; H. L. Parker, Cereal and Forage Insect Investiga- 

 tions. 



Dr. William M . Wheeler, of Harvard University, Dr. J. Chester Bradley of Cornell 

 University, and Dr. C. L. Bequaert of the American Museum of Natural History, 

 New York City, spent about a week in the vicinity of Tempe, Arizona, collecting 

 insect material and were frequent visitors at the field laboratory maintained there by 

 the Bureau of Entomology. 



Mr. T. E. Snyder, Bureau of Entomology, returned to Washington on July 31 

 from a trip through the Southern, southwestern Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain 

 States. On this trip insects injurious to forest products were investigated. Special 

 effort was made to collect termites and data on the biology and geographical dis- 

 tribution of our native species. Mr. Snyder left Washington on March 16. 



During June and the early part of July, Dr. E. A. Back, Bureau of Entomology, 

 made an extended trip through the Middle West and the South to familiarize himself 

 with the methods of storing grain and with insects affecting warehouses, grain 

 elevators and flour mills. The establishments of many large concerns were visited 

 in Chicago, MinneapoUs, Kansas City, Wichita, Galveston, New Orleans, and else- 

 where. 



Dr. C. H. T. Townsend, Bureau of Entomology, is on an extended trip in the 

 southwest to determine the exact range of the Thurberia plant and the weevil which 

 feeds upon it. Special attention wiU be paid to the possible occurrence of the plant 

 and weevil in regions in which cotton is now planted or in which it may be planted 

 some time in the future. Dr. Townsend started from Las Cruces in New Mexico 

 early in July with a pack train and wiU explore the country as far as Globe, Ariz., 

 before the end of the season. 



F. C. Bishopp and E. W. Laake, Bureau of Entomology, have completed a general 

 trip of inspection to the larger meat packing establishments in the United States. 

 This work is in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry and has relation to 

 the control of the house-fly and other insects in estabUshments operating under federal 

 supervision. Later Mr. Bishopp made a trip to the Pacific Northwest, returning 

 to Dallas via Topaz, California, where Mr. Webb is engaged in the study of insects 

 affecting the health of animals. 



An insect menace of considerable interest to citrus growers, particularly those of 

 Florida, is the spiny citrus " white fly, " Aleurocanthus woglumi. This insect, probably 

 originating in India, has obtained a strong foothold in Cuba during the last few years, 

 and may easily reach Florida by means of fruits or plants imported from Cuba. 

 Harold Morrison, who is now in Cuba, is making a thorough investigation of this 

 insect in Cuba and adjacent islands to provide adequate information for necessary 

 quarantine or regulatory action. 



The foUowing employees of the Bureau of Entomology and the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board are variously designated for the miUtary and naval service of the govern- 

 ment: John Monteith, Jr., H. L. Parker, G. D. Pylant, T. S. Wilson, P. B. Miles, 

 B. R. Leech, F. P. Keen, A. C. Mason, R. L. Daily, T. R. Chamberlain, D. J. Caffrey„ 

 H. K. Laramore, J. J. Culver, G. N. Wolcott, G. W. Martin, Harry D. Whitlock, 

 L. J. Hogg, Manuel Garcia, L. P. Rockwood, Frank R. Cole, E. J. Newcomer, J. C. 

 Evendon, W. E. Dove, H. B. Greaves, C. F. Cork and R. H. Bush. 



