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Mr. F. L. McDonough is at Quincey, Fla., where he is conducting experiments in control of 
the tobacco bud worm. He will return to his regular station at Batesburg sometime during 
the month of June. 
Mr. A. H. Jennings, who has been in New York City for some months with the Thomp- 
son Pellagra Commission, has gone to Mound, La., where he will be associated with Dr. 
D. L. Van Dine in the investigation of malaria mosquitoes. The work of the Bureau of Ento- 
mology on pellagra has been discontinued. 
During the month a conference was held at Washington with representatives of the Bureau 
of Animal Industry to discuss the project relating to the control of the house fly and other 
insects in establishments operating under the meat inspection act, which was recently approved 
by the Secretary. Messrs. Bishopp and Laake of the Dallas laboratory attended this confer- 
ence. Immediately thereafter these men, in company with Mr. Shaw, sanitary engineer of the 
Bureau of Animal Industry, visited the meat-packing establishments at Chicago, Kansas City, 
St. Louis, Fort Worth, and Dallas. Many intersting observations were made and a report 
has been submitted which will be placed in the hands of the inspectors of the Bureau of Animal 
Industry for their guidance in preventing the breeding of flies. 
TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
C. L. Martarr, In Charge. 
Mr. R. 8S. Woglum, in charge of the California citrus work, is now in Washington for 
consultation. 
Greenhouse insects, including insects affecting ornamental and flowering plants grown in 
the home, conservatory, cold-frames, and in hothouses or greenhouses, have been made the 
subject of a special project, to be directed by Mr. E. R. Sasscer. Mr. A. D. Borden, who for 
the past year has been making life-history studies of the citrus mealy bug at Pasadena, Cal., 
has been transferred to Washington to assist in this project. The imsect enemies of hothouse 
cultures of truck crops and small fruits, such as tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, eggplant, straw- 
berries, mushrooms, ete., will remain under the direction of the Office of Truck-Crop and Stored- 
Product Insect Investignations, as formerly. In connection with this new project Mr. Sasscer 
will cooperate with the Bureau of Plant Industry of this department and with the officials in 
charge of the Botanic Garden and the propagating gardens and greenhouses of the War 
Department. 
Mr. E. W. Rust recently returned from a visit to California. In addition to assisting in 
inspection work for the Federal Horticultural Board, Mr. Rust is devoting considerable time 
to the unarmored scales. 
TRUCK CROP AND STORED PRODUCT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
EF. H. Carrrenpen, In Charge. 
Mr. F. B. Milliken and Mr. F. M. Wadley have found it advisable to remove their head- 
quarters, formerly at Garden City, Kans., and will establish new quarters at Wichita, Kans., 
where more attention can be given to insects injurious to stored grains, cereals, and other 
stored products. 
A new insectary building 19 by 25 feet is just being completed for the branch of truck-crop 
and stored-product msect investigations of the Bureau of Entomology. In addition to a 
spacious outside insectary for housing breeding material, the building will furnish laboratory 
headquarters for stored-product insect tests and a number of effective appliances for testing 
methods of eliminating stored-product insects from prepared cereals and other materials infested 
by them are being installed. 
WASHINGTON ; GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE ; 1915 
