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Mr. C. B. Hardensberg, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and a 

 graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, has been appointed 

 special field agent and will be engaged in the investigation of insects affecting 

 cranberries in Wisconsin during the season. 



Mr. Victor S. Barber of California has been appointed special field agent 

 and will be engaged in investigation and demonstration work for controlling 

 forest insects. 



Prof. Trevor Kincaid, Professor of Zoology at the University of Washing- 

 ton, Seattle, Wash., has been selected by Dr. Howard to collect parasites of the 

 gj'p'sy moth in Japan. He sailed for that country March third. The work is 

 being undertaken by the Bureau of Entomology in cooperation with the State 

 of Massachusetts. Shipments of parasites from Japan that have been received 

 in the past have arrived in unsatisfactory condition and it is desired to 

 employ every means possible to secure and utilize any of their beneficial 

 insects. Prof. Kincaid was selected on account of his experience as a col- 

 lector, having been a member of the Harriman Expedition which made exten-^ 

 sive collections in Alaska several years ago. His location on the Pacific 

 coast also made him particularly available for the work. Previous to his' 

 sailing, the Japanese entomologists were notified by Dr. Howard and much^ 

 assistance will be secured from them in obtaining parasitized material. 



Mr. C. H. T. Townsend of the Bureau of Entomology has been transferred 

 from Washington to the gj'psy moth laboratory at Melrose Highlands, Mass.J 

 where he will have charge of breeding and rearing the imported Dipterous^ 

 parasites of the gypsy and brown-tail moths. 



The Committee on Agriculture of the house of representatives of the 60tl 

 Congress has reported the following appropriations for the Bureau oij 

 Entomology : 



For the Bureau of Entomology $184,960 



For prevention of the spread of gypsy and brown-tail moths 250,000 



The committee also recommends an appropriation for the Bureau of AnimJ 

 Industry of $250,000 for eradicating the cattle tick. 



Mr. C. H. Popenoe of the Bureau of Entomology is investigating truck 

 crop insects at Norfolk, Virginia. Particular attention is being given to a 

 study of the pests affecting spinach and strawberries. 



Volume 9 of the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 

 for the year 1907 will be issued during the present month. The numbers 

 will be published quarterly hereafter. 



Mailed April 15, 1908. 



