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in the Gypsy Moth Parasite Laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology at 

 Melrose Highlands, Mass. 



Mr. M. M. High, working in the branch of truck-crop and stored-product 

 insect investigations at Starkville, Miss., has been ordered to Brownsville, 

 Texas, to continue the same line of work in that vicinity. 



Mr. H. M. Russell, who woi'ks in the same branch formerly located in 

 southern Florida, with headquarters at Orlando and Miami, is now located 

 at Compton, Cal., in the special study of insects injurious to sugar beets and 

 other vegetable crops. 



Mr. W. B. Parker, University of California, Berkeley, Cal., was recently 

 appointed collaborator in the same branch. 



Mr. R. B. Snodgrass completed his work in the Bureau of Entomology on 

 the anatomy of the honey bee in September, and left for a short trip through 

 England and Scotland. He has now returned and is engaged in the work 

 on the prevention of the spread of moths. 



Dr. G. F. White, expert in bacteriology of bee diseases in the Bureau of 

 Entomology, is spending the winter in Germany, taking courses in pathology 

 in the University of Freiburg. 



Mr. A. H. McCray, of the Bureau of Entomology, is on furlough for the 

 college year. He is attending Ohio State University. 



Prof. Herbert Osborn, of Ohio State University, who was granted a year's 

 leave of absence from his university last June, is engaged in investigat- 

 ing the economic importance of the Jassidse, with reference to the produc- 

 tion of cereal and forage crops. Professor Osborn has been carrying on his 

 investigations in the field throughout the northern part of the country during 

 the past summer and will continue his work in the South and Southwest 

 during the coming spring and summer, embodying the results in a compre- 

 hensive report to be published later by the Bureau of Entomology. 



W. C. O'Kane, A. M., a graduate of Ohio State University, has been 

 appointed instructor in entomology at the New Hampshire College of Agri- 

 culture and the Mechanic Arts at Durham, N. H. 



The Cambridge Entomological Club gave a smoker in Copley Hall Tues- 

 day evening, December 29, to which were invited all entomologists and geolo- 

 gists attending the scientific meetings. 



Dr. E. P. Felt, state entomologist of New York and editor of this Journal, 

 visited several European museums during November and December for the 

 purpose of studying special collections. 



Prof. John B. Smith gave the annual address before the Entomological 

 Society of America at the Boston meeting Thursday evening, December 

 30. His subject was "Insects and Entomologists; Their Relation to the 

 Country at Large." The address was illustrated with lantern slides, and was 

 open to the public. 



Mr. Theodore D. Urbahns, formerly of the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, has been appointed assistant in research field 



