October, ’23] 
CURRENT NOTES 
465 
Dr. J. Munroe, Forest Entomologist for the British Forestry Commission, and 
who is attending the Imperial Forestry Conference, visited the Entomological 
Branch, Ottawa, Can., on July 23rd, and spent a considerable part of his time with 
the officers in the Division of Forest Insects. 
Mr. Carl Heinrich of the U. S. National Museum recently visited the collections 
of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, to study the Kearfott 
types of microlepidoptera, and also the collections at the Academy of Natural Sci¬ 
ences, Philadelphia, to study the Clemens types. 
Dr. E. D. Ball, accompanied by Dr. A. L. Quaintance, recently visited the boll 
weevil station at Florence, S. C., being conducted by the Bureau of Entomology in 
co-operation with Clemson College. A visit was also made to the extensive plant¬ 
breeding farms of David R. Coker at Hartsville, S. C. 
Mr. H. G. Crawford, Entomological Branch, Ottawa, Can., spent the week of 
July 10th at Arlington, Mass., consulting with D. J. Caffrey in charge of the European 
Corn Borer investigations for the United States Bureau. The moths were flying 
freely at the time of his visit and an excellent opportunity was obtained to view the 
conditions of the infestation. 
Dr. Guy A. K. Marshall, Director of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, London, 
accompanied by Dr. E. J. Butler, Director of the Bureau of Botany, spent two days 
in Ottawa recently. Dr. Marshall and Dr. Butler were enroute to attend the Pan- 
Pacific conference which is to be held during the month of August in Australia. 
Mr. Harry S. Smith, formerly chief of the Bureau of Pest Control, California 
State Department of Agriculture, has been appointed Associate Rrofessor of Ento¬ 
mology of the University of California, to have charge of beneficial insect investi¬ 
gations, this work having been transferred to the University by the Legislature. He 
will be stationed at the Citrus Experiment Station at Riverside. 
The following resignations from the Bureau of Entomology have been announced; 
W. W. Porter, sweet potato weevil, Miss.; Guy Hughes, temporary junior entomolo¬ 
gist, Baton Rouge, La., to become principal of the Smith-Hughes High School in 
Louisiana; Messrs. W. V. Reed, I. J. Condit and G. E. Riley, collaborates, to enter 
commercial work; R. W. Wells, in charge of the ox-warble laboratory, Middletown 
N. Y., to engage in business. 
Mr. E. J. Newcomer, of the Bureau of Entomology, stationed at Yakima, Wash¬ 
ington, has been elected Vice-President of the Northwestern Association of Horti¬ 
culturists, Entomologists and Plant Pathologists at its sixth annual meeting held at 
Boise, Idaho, July 23-26. 
Professor George A. Dean, Professor of Entomology in the Kansas Agricultural 
College and Entomologist of the Agricultural Experiment Station, has been ap¬ 
pointed Entomologist in charge of Cereal and Forest Insect Investigations, Bureau 
of Entomology, to assume his duties September 1. Acting on the advice of his 
physicians, Mr. W. R. Walton found it necessary to give up the heavy work connected 
with the administration of this office and has taken leave in order to recuperate in 
health. Professor Dean will devote considerable time this fall to visiting the various 
field laboratories engaged in cereal and forage insect investigations and will give 
special attention to corn borer operations, the grasshopper situation, Hessian fly 
.work, etc. 
