2 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
in charge The research on this peal remained In the Division of I: 
Affect Ing Man and Animals. 
Allotments from processing taxes collected in Hawaii and Puerto Rico pro- 
Tided for special Investigations on insect pests in these two localities. The funds 
for work in Hawaii provided for studies of two different types on two fruit- 
the Mediterranean fruitfly and the melon fly. < me of these Included 
explorations to locate and import natural enemies, which may aid in reducing 
these pests. The other concerned the development of more effective w. 
controlling these fruitflies or treating products that they may Infest. ] 
activities were directed under the silhject -mat t er divisions, and brief statements 
of the results secured during the fiscal year are included under these headings, 
The investigations provided for in Puerto Rico covered a Dumber of different sub- 
jects. They were headquartered at and carried On in cooperation with the 
Federal experiment station at Mayaguez. To coordinate the general adminis- 
trative and business activities and provide tor effective operation of these variolic 
activities, L. C. McAlister, Jr.. was appointed administrative field leader, report- 
ing direct to the Chief. Technical phases of the studies were, however, under 
the direction of six subject-matter divisions, to which, in the organization of the 
Bureau, the various problems would he assigned. The results secured by 
studio- are referred to under the appropriate sections of the report. 
The work of a Dumber of the activities concerned with the eradication or 
control of plant pests was materially expanded by allotments from emergency 
funds for relief. Allotments from emergency funds were also made available 
for work on certain activities for which there was no regular appropriation. 
The results of the work done under these special allotments are discussed 
under appropriate headings and include the following activities: Gypsy moth 
control, brown-tail moth control. Dutch elm disease eradication, barberry eradi- 
cation, white pine blister rust control, citrus canker eradication, phony peach 
disease control, scouting to determine distribution of the European corn borer, 
eradication of wild cotton in Florida for protection against the pink bollworm, 
destruction of Thurberia plants in southeastern Arizona as an aid in the control 
of the Thurberia weevil, and eradication of peach mosaic. 
Gamps operated by the civilian Conservation Corps also cooperated in the 
control of certain insects and plant pests against which eradication or control 
activities were being carried on. The work of these camp- was administered 
through other agencies hut coordinated with and made a part of the general 
control programs. 
The need for special information in carrying on the activities of certain camps 
engaged in the control .,f forest Losects made it necessary to conduct serial 
research, and small allotments were made from Emergency Conservation funds 
to provide for this, the work being directed by the Division of ForeM insect 
Investigations. The Deed for information on insects attacking trees being 
planted in the shelterbelt required special studies on certain Insect pests, and 
these were provided for under an allotment from special funds available for 
work in the shelterbelt. 
Allotments from emergency funds were also used for certain types of physical 
Improvements, Including the repair of fumigation houses, the construction ^( 
insectaries and rearing cages, etc. 
PUBLICATIONS WD EDITORIAL WORK 
During the year !<;'.» manuscripts were presented for publication ami 151 were 
approved, 133 being submitted to the Department for publication ami the remain- 
ing 318 to outside journals. The Dumber of manuscripts submitted for con- 
sideration and approval has materially increased since the organization of the 
present Bureau of Bnto logy and Plant Quarantine. These remained on hand 
at the end of the fiscal year 103 manuscripts, 7^ of which were under considt ra- 
tion in the Bureau, '•> were in tin- Office of information awaiting publication by 
the Department, and the remaining 16 were in press at the Government Printing 
Office. Of the 7 s ; in the Bureau, 26 were being considered for publication by the 
Depart m m and the remaining •"»•_• for publication in outside periodicals. 
LIBRARY 
The routine library activities connected with acquiring, recording, and making 
available for use the •".<». »77 books and pamphlets in the section of the Depart- 
ment library containing publications on entomology and under the care of the 
