14 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1944 
Requests for information from the various war agencies continued 
to come to the staff during the year, and numerous war services 
were rendered by most of the laboratories and by many individuals 
on the staff, 
Dr. Remington Kellogg, curator of mammals, served as chairman 
of the American delegation at the International Conference on the 
Regulation of Whaling in London during January 1944. At the 
request of the National Research Council, Dr. Kellogg prepared text, 
keys, distribution maps, and illustrations of monkeys known to be 
susceptible to infection by malarial parasites to aid in studies of 
malaria in man. Other services provided by the personnel of the 
division of mammals to officers of special Army and Navy units 
and other agencies concerned with the war included the furnishing of 
information relative to the distribution and identification of mam- 
mals involved in the transmission of diseases. Herbert G. Deignan, 
associate curator of birds, assisted in work on maps and on geographic 
names of the Far East and in a compilation of literature dealing with 
parts of that area. Dr. Doris Cochran, associate curator of reptiles 
and amphibians, assisted the Surgeon General’s Office in the prepara- 
tion of lists of Asiatic reptiles. Personnel of the division of fishes 
furnished information in response to numerous inquiries relative to 
dangerous, poisonous, and useful fishes, methods of fishing, sound- 
making fishes, and emergency fishing equipment. Many identifica- 
tions were made in the division of insects, particularly of mosquitoes, 
mites, and ectoparasites, and information was supplied on the habits of 
these forms, at the request of the Army and Navy. About 1,200 
specimens of insects and Acarina were specially mounted on pins and 
approximately 450 slide mounts were made for use in Army and Navy 
training centers throughout the country in training programs in 
which health problems are involved. In addition, nearly 200 officers 
assigned to malaria survey or control units, or to similar activities, 
received instructions or other help from personnel of the division, and 
information on the disease-bearing insects of specific foreign areas 
was furnished the Division of Medical Intelligence of the Surgeon 
General’s Office. At the request of the National Research Council, 
Dr. Paul Bartsch, curator of mollusks, served as a member of a com- 
mittee charged with the preparation of a list of helminth parasites of 
the Southwest Pacific and their intermediate hosts. Dr. E. H. Walker, 
assistant curator of plants, prepared an account of the emergency 
food plants of the Tropics. Paul S. Conger, associate curator of the 
section of diatoms, studied samples of material involved in the fouling 
of ships, mines, and other marine structures. He likewise prepared a 
bibliography of literature concerning the value of plankton as food. 
