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tomology, Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass.; Mr. W. R. Walton, U. S. Bureau of 

 Entomology, Washington, D. C. 



The following resignations from the U. S. Bureau of Entomology have been an- 

 nounced recently: D. M. Dowdell, Jr., Mexican bean beetle project, to accept a 

 position as instructor at the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College; T. H. 

 Prison, J. H. Painter, C. W. Rieman, 3d, and G. E. Spencer from the Japanese 

 beetle laboratory, Riverton, N. J; Albert H. Amis, junior entomologist associated 

 with A. O. Larson, bean weevil investigations, Alhambra, Cahf., resigned September 

 25, to accept a position in Sinaloa, Mexico, under the direction of Dr. A. W. Morrill; 

 temporary employees, boll weevil control: John R. Cole, R. C. Dancy, S. B. Hen- 

 dricks, L. P. Hodges, E. P. HoUey, J. E. Humphries, A. L. Monroe, W. D. Reed, 

 Paul D. Saunders, A. Schultz, T. L. Wilkerson; tobacco insect investigations: 

 E. P. Haden, L. N. Judah, M. L. MacQueen, H. C. Plummer, T. P. Weakley, W. B, 

 Weakley. 



The following statement regarding the progress of the campaign against the 

 Argentine ant in New Orleans appeared in Plorists Exchange for September 30, 

 1922: — -"Virtually 3,000 blocks had been covered by the poisoners in the local ant 

 extermination campaign when operations were suspended at the end of this week; 

 the major part of the more heavily settled portions of the city lay blanketed with 

 350,000 cans of the compound. The indications are that the scattered portions in 

 the area below Canal St., would be attended to early next week. Uptown the dis- 

 tribution has progressed over a slightly smaller area. In three weeks as much has 

 been performed as it was estimated could be accomplished in five. At the present 

 rate the middle of next month will witness the completion of the task. Temporary 

 suspension may be caused by a lack of sponges needed for the work. 



Recent preliminary examinations for the presence of Japanese beetle larvae in 

 fields in the vicinity of the laboratory at Riverton, N. J., show a heavy increase in 

 the number of grubs compared with the number present a year ago this time, in some 

 cases running as high as 100 per cent, or more increase. It is expected that the 

 regular grub survey to be made a little later in the fall will show a general increase in 

 density of grub infestation throughout the infested territory as a whole. A serious 

 injury to a number of the greens in local golf courses, as a result of the abundance of 

 Japanese beetle larvae, has been found. The greens offer ideal facilities for egg 

 depositions by the beetle during the season, and it is quite apparent that the effect 

 of these heavy egg depositions will be serious, possibly necessitating the rebuilding of 

 infested greens. 



On September 6th, Messrs. D. J. Caffrey and G. W. Barber of the European Corn 

 Borer Laboratory at Arlington, Mass., maintained by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, visited the Port Stanley Laboratory, Ont., and investigated the 

 control work being carried on for the European Corn Borer in that region, September 

 7th and 8th were Ohio days at the Port Stanley Laboratory. A party of forty-three 

 officials, county agents and farmers from the State of Ohio visited the European 

 Corn Borer outbreak in the vicinity of Port Stanley. They arrived from Cleveland 

 on the afternoon of the 7th, coming across Lake Erie on the Ohio Fish and Game 

 Commission boat. The object of the trip, which was organized by the Ohio De- 

 partment of Agriculture, was to bring to the attention of the farmers and county 

 agents the necessity of co-operative action in sections where the pest was abundant 

 and doing extensive damage. The party was in charge of Mr. L. J. Taber, Director 



