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Mr. Clarence R. Phipps, assistant in entomological research, Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, Geneva, N. Y., resigned January 1, 1922, to accept a similar 

 position at the Missouri Fruit Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, Mo. 



Mr. D. L. Van Dine, Bureau of Entomology, who has been engaged in investiga- 

 tions of malaria and mosquitoes at Mound, La., has resigned to accept. May 15, 

 a position at the Pennsylvania State College. 



Mr. Arthur Gibson, Dominion Entomologist of Canada, has recently been elected 

 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is also treasurer of the John Macoun 

 Memorial Committee of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club. 



The field laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology at Carlisle, Pa., has been moved 

 from 227 Moreland Avenue to the Kronenberg Building on Hanover Street. Mr. 

 P. R. Myers will continue in charge. 



Mr. J. J. McNeil, who has been in charge of the auditing and accounting work of 

 the Federal Insecticide and Fungicide Board, resigned April 24, to accept a position 

 in the Fruit Growers Express Co. 



Dr. J. D. Tothill of the Canadian Entomological Branch, spent a part of February 

 in Boston, visiting the Com Borer and Gipsy Moth Laboratories with particular 

 reference to the natural control of these insects. 



Mr. R. P. Gorham of the Canadian Entomological Branch has completed the index 

 for the third volume of the report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, which deals 

 with the insects collected on the trip. , 



Mr. H. J. Dodd has been appointed field assistant in the Bureau of Entomology, 

 and assigned to duty at Fort Valley, Ga., on life history studies of the plum curculio 

 and other peach insects. 



Mr. E. R. Selkregg of the Bureau of Entomology, who has been in charge of life 

 history work in connection with the peach insect investigations at Fort Valley, Ga., 

 has resigned to enter commercial work. 



Dr. Vernon L. Kellogg of the National Research Council was scheduled to speak 

 on "The Power and Importance of Man" at the reception of the American Philosoph- 

 ical Society on Friday evening, April 21, in Philadelphia. 



The Bureau of Entomology has established a new laboratory at Sligo, Md., where 

 especial attention will be given to the subject of insecticides and biological studies 

 of fruit insects. Mr. E. H. Siegler is in charge. 



According to Science, on March 2, Prof. H. M. Lefroy delivered the first of two 

 lectures at the Royal Institution on (I) "The Menace of the Insect Pest," and 

 (II) "The Balance of Life in Relation to Insect Pest Control." 



The entomological department of the Ohio Station has established a laboratory 

 at Chillocothe, with Mr. A. E. Miller in charge. Particular attention will be given 

 to insects attacking truck crops. Prof. H. A. Gossard visited the site on April 4. 

 Mr. Reginald Hart, an entomologist of experience with tropical insects and 

 formerly connected with the Bureau of Plant Sanitation of Cuba, is now a member 

 of the staff of the Florida State Plant Board, with headquarters at Gainesville. 



Mr. C. E. Smith of the Bureau of Entomology, in charge of the Baton Rouge, La., 

 Station, is conducting experiments to control red spider on strawberries at Hammond, 

 La., where in spite of continued heavy rains, a serious infestation is reported. 



Dr. F. C. Craighead of the Canadian Entomological Branch, returned on March 

 25 from Washington, D. C, where he studied the larval stages of the Cerambycidae. 

 On the way he stopped at Harrisburg, Pa., to examine material in the State collection 

 there. 



