18 



JOURXAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



[Vols ^ 



Ohio, Wooster, — H. A. Gossard. 

 Relation of insects to fire-blight in orchards. Preliminary experiments dm-ing one 



season. Commenced in 1907. 

 Collect gi'asshoppers and mosquitoes to make a representative collection. Good 



collection of grasshoppers; only a beginning with mosquitoes. 

 Shade tree and forest insects. Observations and experimental data collected through 



several years. J. S. Houser, in immediate charge. 

 Spraying mixtm^s. Considerable testing with newer mixtures, especiallj'- for scale 



control. J. S. Houser in immediate charge. 

 Stored Grain Insects. Experiments with heat and moisture carried on for several 



years. W. H. Goodwin in immediate charge. 

 Spraying Machinery Studies. Illustrative types and demonstration machine 



sectioned to show construction. Improvements and new features. Carried on 



for several years. Mostly pubhshed. W. H. Goodwin in immediate charge. 

 Important fruit insects in the Lake Erie Fruit Belt. Two years observations. J. L. 



King in immediate charge. 

 Household insects. New developments investigated. R. D. Whitmarsh in imme- 

 diate charge. 



Oregon, CorvalUs, — H. F. Wilson. 

 Insecticides and combination sprays. Begun 1912. 



Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, — H. A. Sm-face. 

 Varieties of cultivated plants, especially fruits, in reference to their habihty to insect 



and plant disease injury. Progress slow. 

 Improvement of the lime-suKur solutions. Completed. 

 Practical dissemination of insect parasites, especially of San Jose scale. 

 Native reptiles and amphibians as enemies of insects. 



South Carolina, Clemson CoUege, — A. F. Conradi. 

 Relation of temperature and moisture to insect activity. Begun 1910. Progress slow. 

 Effect of oils on gloomy and cottony maple scales. Begun 1911. Good success. 



West Virginia, Morganto^m, — -L. ISI. Peairs. 

 The relation of temperature to insect life. Begun in 1904 by Professor Sanderson. 



Satisfactory progress. 

 Dusting in the orchard. Sufiicienth^ complete for prehminary report. 

 Dusting for truck crop insects. Fair progress. 



Minor orchard insects. Determination of distribution and damage from minor pests. 

 Control of apple and peach borers. Considerable data. W. E. Rumsey. 



Wisconsin, ]\Iadison, J. G. Sanders. 

 Control of onion maggot and other onion insects. Begun 1910, discontinued until 



1912 and continued up to 1914. 

 Tobacco insects of Wisconsin. ]Mr. Stewart C. Chandler in charge. Begun 1914. 



Progress satisfactory. 

 Insects injurious to truck crops in Wisconsin. Neale F. Howard in charge. Begun 



1914. To be continued. 



Taxoxomic Directory 



ThTS AXOPTER A . 



W. E, Hinds, Auburn, Ala., will classify for privilege of retaining duphcates and of 

 naming and describing the new species. 

 Mallophaga and Axoplura. 



V. L. Kellogg, Stanford University, Cal., will classify collections (under reservation 

 as to available time) for usual privileges; especially glad to examine material from 

 mammals. 



