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portions of the cotton plants were destroyed in October. Ordinarily this outbreak 

 would have attracted more attention. The pecuHar conditions surrounding the cot- 

 ton crop of the present year, however, were such that the insects' injury was not 

 generally considered important. 



The studies of the codling moth in Maine, carried out by the Bureau of Entomology 

 during the past two years, under the direction of Messrs. E. H. Siegler and F. L. 

 Simanton, have been completed and a report, giving the results of the work, will be 

 prepared the present winter. It is planned to continue the laboratory in Maine, and 

 to give special attention to investigations of the apple bud-moth and apple maggot. 



Mr. E. R. Sasscer recentl}^ made a trip of inspection for the Federal Horticultural 

 Board, including all the ports of entry along the Mexican border of the United States, * 

 in relation to the Mexican fruit-fly quarantine and also visited the special experi- 

 ment stations under tropical and sub-tropical insects at Mecca and Pasadena, con- 

 cluding his trip with an inspection of the Department's introduction garden at Chico, 

 Cal., and after his return several introduction gardens in Florida. 



The Annual Public Address of the Entomological Society of America was given 

 Wednesday evening, December 30, by Dr. S. A. Forbes, State Entomologist of Illi- 

 nois. His subject was ''Ecological Foimdations of AppHed Entomology." The 

 meeting was held in the lecture haU of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Following 

 the address of Dr. Forbes a history of the Entomological Society of America was 

 given by Dr. Henry Skinner of Philadelphia. Dr. Skinner also showed lantern shdes 

 of some of the early entomologists of America. The exercises were followed by a 

 smoker given to aU visiting entomologists by the entomologists of Philadelphia. 



As a result of an examination held on April 14, for scientific assistant, and on June 

 3, for gypsy-moth assistants, the following 20 men were appointed in the Bureau of 

 Entomology. Messrs. D. W. Jones, H. A. Preston, J. V. Schaffner, Jr., and W. B. 

 Turner as scientific assistants; W. A. Collins, I. L. Bailey, C, W. Minott, H. W. 

 Vinton, D. G. Murphy, E. A. Proctor, A. M. Wilcox, L. E. Gibson, K. W. Browm. 

 H. R. Gooch, A. W. Young, W. A. Shinkwin, H. I. Winchester, H. E. Partridge, C. 

 B. Russell and D. D. Landers as g3T3sy-moth assistants. 



Mr. A. J. Ackerman, Bm^eau of Entomology, engaged in nursery insect investiga- 

 tions. West Chester, Pa., wiU make observations on fumigation methods as practiced 

 in nurseries, paying especial attention to the construction of the fumigatoriimi, 

 dosage and other questions of practical importance. Mr. Ackerman spent the late 

 summer and fall at West Chester, Pa., in a careful study of the cause of stop-back 

 of peach. His observations indicate that this is largely due to attack by the tar- 

 nished plant bug, and that the peach bud-mite Tarsonemus waitei, is perhaps but 

 httle, if at aU, concerned. 



On October 23, 1914, the Secretary of Agi'iculture declared a quarantine on all 

 shipments of stone and quarry products from the g3^sy-moth infested area in New 

 England to uninfested territory. Material of this sort cannot be accepted by trans- 

 portation companies imless it has been inspected and certified to be free from the 

 gypsy moth. The work is being carried on in connection -^dth the quarantine divi- 

 sion of the gypsy-moth work by Mr. D. M. Rogers of Boston, Mass. This quarantine 

 should eifectively prevent the distribution of this dangerous insect on shipments of 

 stone and quarry products, and it is an important step in the campaign which is being 

 carried on to prevent its spread. 



