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ENTOMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS 



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Life history, control of the sinuate borer {Agi^ilus sinuatiis). Hugh Glasgow in 

 immediate charge. 



Distribution, hfe history, control of Polydrosus impressifrons. Hugh Glasgow in 

 immediate charge. 



New York, Cornell University, Ithaca, — Glenn W. Herrick. 

 Poplar borer {Cnjptorhynchus lapathi). Robert Matheson in full charge. 



Ohio, Wooster, — ^H. A. Gossard. 

 Life history and systematic studies of long-horned wood-borers in Ohio; continued 



several years. W. H. Goodwin in immediate charge. 

 Life history and study of the Balininoe or nut weevils of Ohio; continued several 



years. W. H. Goodwin in immediate charge. 

 General study of the various bark beetles in Ohio; substantial progress. J. L. King, 



in immediate charge. 



Oregon, Corvallis, — ^H. F. Wilson. 

 Otiorhynchid beetles infesting the strawberry in Oregon. Begun July 1, 1914. G. F. 



Moznette aiding. 



Cucumber beetles {Diahrotica soror and D. trimttata). Begun 1913. K. L. Lovett in 

 immediate charge. 



Scolytidce infesting the Douglas fir {Pseudotsuga taxifolia (Pow.)Britt.). Begun 1912. 

 Leroy Childs aiding. 



South Carolina, Clemson College, — ^A. F. Conradi. 

 A study of new and httle known wire-worms of field crops. Begun 1909. 

 Life histories, food plants, habits, control of H. uhleri and Monocrepidius vespertinus. 



Substantial progress. 



Above in cooperation with the Section of Southern Field Crop insects, Bureau of 

 Entomology, H. C. Eagerton in charge. 

 Texas, College Station,— Wilmon Newell. 



Pecan twig girder {Oncideres texana). Sherman W. Bilsing in charge. Material 

 progress, begun 1913. 



Pea and bean weevils; practical control. Work begun. Wilmon Newell and asso- 

 ciates. 



Wisconsin, Madison, — J. G. Sanders. 

 Control of white grubs. Begun 1914. Progress satisfactory. 



Investigations Dealing wtth Hymenoptera 



Colorado, Boulder, — T. D. A. Cockerell. 

 Bees of the world; principally those of North America and Australia. 



Hawaii, Honolulu. — J. F. llhngworth. 

 Predaceous habits of big-headed ant {Pheidole megacephala Fab.), notes from Fiji 



Islands and Hawaii, begun 1913, half completed. 



Indiana, Indianapolis, — C. H.- Baldwin. 

 Control of house ants. Begun 1914. 



Kansas, La-^Tence, — S. J. Hunter. 

 Bees and their diseases. Geo. H. VanseU. 

 Bees and poison bait. Geo. H. Vansell. 



Kansas, Manhattan, — Geo. A. Dean. 

 A study of the kaffir ant {Solenopsis molesta). J. W. McCoUoch and W. P. Hayes. 



Missouri, Columbia, — L. Haseman 

 A study of beekeeping in Missouri. 

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