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Dr. A. E. Cameron, professor of zoology in the University of Saskatchewan, has 

 now definitely severed his connection with the Entomological Branch, Canada. 

 Dr. Cameron became associated with the Branch in 1917 on the invitation of the 

 late Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, whom he followed as lecturer in economic zoology in 

 Victoria University, Manchester, England. Dr. Cameron has continued to carry on 

 the work of the Branch in Saskatchewan since his resignation in 1920 pending the 

 appointment of a qualified entomologist. 



The termite, Coptotermes niger Snyder, is causing serious damage to lead-covered 

 cable at the locks of the Panama Canal. These termites work through the lead, 

 often causing large openings, and then travel between the two wires of the Duplex 

 cable. Since the space between these two wires is not ample, they eat away the 

 insulation. Another termite, Nasutitermes ephratae Holmgren, is a very serious 

 offender also; it does not care for lead but works havoc in rubber, cloth, and other 

 insulation. 



The following appointments in the Bureau of Entomology have been announced. 

 Mr. Chester I. BHss of Columbia University, field assistant grape insect work, 

 Sandusky, Ohio; temporary appointments, L. P. O'Dowd, sugar cane insect investi- 

 gations, southern Mississippi; E. F. Haden; H. C. Plummer, M. L. MacQueen, 

 T. P. Weakley, W. B. Weakley, L. N. Judah, tobacco insects, Clarksville, Tenn.; 

 Dr. Carroll G. Bull, W. C. Gideon, J. A. Welch, malaria mosquito work, Mound, La.; 

 A. J. Chapman, Alex Clark, J. R. Cole, R. C. Dancy, S. B. Hendricks, R. L. Hester, 

 E. E. HoUey, J. E. Humphries, J. W. Ingram, I. T. Jones, W. H. May, A. L. Monroe, 

 Wm. D. Reed, Paul D. Sanders, J. T. Wilson, T. L. Wilkerson, L. P. Hodges, H. C. 

 Young, cotton boll weevil work, Tallulah, La. 



The scouting work for the alfalfa weevil was started in southern Alberta on Juty 

 1st. Owing to the large amount of alfalfa being grown in this area it was decided to 

 determine whether this pest had invaded the alfalfa growing districts. The work is 

 being carried on by Messrs. C. W. Minue and J. Lowe, and is under the immediate 

 supervision of Mr. H. L. Seamans of the Leth bridge Laboratory. Up to July 31st, 

 286 farms had been visited and 6700 acres of alfalfa were examined; 313 collections 

 of insects were made in the fields and upon examination at the Lethbridge Laboratory, 

 no sign of the alfalfa weevil was found. 



One of the best peach crops ever produced in Georgia was harvested in 1922. The 

 progress made in overcoming the heavy curculio infestation has been very gratifying. 

 All varieties through to the close of the Elbertas have been unusually free from curcu- 

 lio larvae. Careful investigations of commercial orchards treated according to the 

 advice of Department and State specialists showed that curculio damage was not 

 greater than an average of one wormy peach in each ^-bushel basket. In these 

 orchards dropped fruit had been picked up and destroyed and cultivation for the 

 destruction of pupae had been practiced in addition to very thorough spraying. The 

 San Jose scale appears to be on the increase in the Georgia peach belt. 



Mr. J. E. Graf, entomologist in charge, field control, Mexican bean beetle. 

 Bureau of Entomology, has just returned to Birmingham, Ala., after investigating 

 the bean beetle in the Estancia Valley of New Mexico. He reports that the beetle 

 has received a serious check owing to the shortage of moisture during the past winter 

 and spring, which has occasioned a reduction in acreage from 90,000 to 20,000 acres 



