ANM AL liKI'OKTS OF I )i:i'AIi T.MKNT ( )F A( J KK TLTrKK. VX)7 
Camps oiK-ratcd l»y the Civilian Conservation Corps have cooperated in the 
control of <-ertain insect pests and i)lant diseases. These activities have been 
made a n'j^ular part of the activities of the camps, the technical advice l»eing 
supplied hy this I'.nrean. The active project of some few camps lias been 
dire<ted entirely toward the control of snch pests, inclndinj; the jrypsy moth 
in the New England States, and toward the eradiejuion of the Dutch elm 
disease in New Jersey. Some camps have cooiK'rated in the control of grass- 
hoppers and the Mormon cricket. Others luive enfja^fd in the control of insect 
pests in forests. To aid in making the surveys nt'cded to ])lan such work, 
small allotments were made to the llureau from appropriations for emergency 
conservation work to conduct investigations having a direct bearing on the 
work done by the camps. A small allotment was also made to enal)le the 
llureau to advise camps regarding the control of mosipiitoi'S. i)articularly the 
work done from camps in tlu; States of Delaware atid Maryland. 
PUBLICATIONS AND EDITORIAL WORK 
During the year 506 manuscripts were presented for publication and 463. 
were approved, 83 being submitted to the Dei)artment f«»r pul)lication and the 
remaining .'JSO to outside .journals. There remained on hand at the end of the 
year 142 manuscripts, lU.S of which were under consideration in the Bureau, 27 
were in the OtVno of Information awaiting publication by the Department, and 
the remaining 12 w(>re in press at the (lovernment IMinting (Mlice. Of the 103 
in the Bur(^au, 52 were being consid(^red for publication by the I>epartment 
and the remaining 51 for publication in outside periodicals. 
LIBRARY 
The loan and reference work connected with supplying l>r)oks and periodicals 
for the scientific staff of the r»ureau has increased apiu-oximately percent. 
As a part of these activities the library stalT has prepared several special 
bibliographies to aid the investigators, including a list of articles reporting the 
effect of electricity on in.sects. and one listing papers on ants attacking forests, 
with .special reference to Formica cxKcrtoidr.s. ?]ntomology Current Literature 
has appeared regularly every 2 months, with 135 ])ages this year as compared 
with 117 last year. The outstandir.g bibliographic work for the year was the 
completion of Index V of American Kconomic Entomology for 103(>-34. a com- 
pilation of some 4().0<;0 references. This manuscript is to l)e published with 
the cooperation of the American Association of Economic Entomologists and is 
expected to be printed late this fall. 
INSECT PEST SURVEY AND INFORMATION 
The survey added to the permanent files on the distribution and abundance of 
in.sects 12,000 notes on American insect pests and 7.0(H) notes on foreiiin pests, 
bringing the total now available lor consultation to 250.«'m50i notes. The work 
of the year brought tlu^ munber of insect jH'sts of foreign countries not known 
to l)e in the United States to over 20.000 kinds, which now exceeds the number 
of insect pests recorded from this country by nearly 1.0(^0. 
The monthly Insect Pest Survey Bulletin was augment(Ml by supplements on 
Insect Pests from Costa Rica in 1035. Colonization of I*arasifes of the Europ^^nn 
Corn Borer, Chinch Bug Abundance in Hibernation Quarters. EuroiH^in Corn 
Borer Status in 1036. Euroi)ean Corn Borer Surveys, Distribution of tlie Sixties 
of Gra.sshopjM'rs in the 10.3(1 Outbreak. Hessian Fly Infestation. Alfalfa Weevil 
Survey, The Periodical Cicada, and Distribution of Crasshoppers in U>3(). 
One hundred and twenty-eight articl(\s on entomological and (piarantine sub- 
je<ts wer<' released to th(* press, and 70 radio talks wer(» put on the air. The 
l)reparation of lilm-strip material covered seven new subjin-ts. Two motion 
])iclures were comitleted. one on the i)eriodical cicada and on(^ ou the screwworm. 
Entomological exhibits were shown at the International Exposition in Paris, at 
the Am(>rican Medical Association in Atlantic City. N. J., at the annual meetlne: 
of th(^ American Association of Economic Entomologists in Atlantic City. N. J., 
at the North American Wildlife Conference in St. Louis. Mo., at the Tnternatlcuial 
Horticultural Exposition in Chicago. 111., at tho Florida State Fair, at the 
Twelfth Ajuiujil National Shade Tree Conference in Boston. Mass.. at the 
National Association of Extermin.ators and Fumigjitors in (^leveland. Ohio, and 
at the American Il(»yjil I,iv(»stock Show at Kansas City. Mo. Two new State- 
fair exhil)its were pn-parjul on differiMit i)hases of termite control. 
