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Borer laboratory in France. A couple of years’ observation may be necessary, how¬ 
ever, before they are released in the weevil-infested area. 
Dr. M. W. Blackman of Syracuse, N. Y., recently spent a w r eek in the U. S. 
National Museum studying the collection of Scolytidae. Dr. Blackman has previous¬ 
ly had certain members of this group for study and is devoting a good bit of his time 
to an examination of the field and rearing notes concerning these species. 
According to Science , Dr. Anton A. Dampf, director of the Zoological Institute 
of Konigsberg, has received a call from the Agricultural College of Mexico City to 
take over the post of Professor of Applied Zoology and State Entomologist. Dr. 
Dampf was formerly on the staff of the colonial government of German East Africa. 
Air. N. F. How r ard, Entomologist in charge of the Birmingham, Ala., laboratory 
of the Bureau of Entomology, visited Ohio during the early part of February and 
attended the Farmers’ Week held by the Ohio State University at Columbus. He 
presented a paper on the Mexican bean beetle and discussed the oroposed work in 
that State. 
According to Science, the Department of Entomology at the University of Kansas 
has been reorganized, with Dr. H. B. Hungerford as head and also as State Entomolo¬ 
gist for the southern half of the state. Other members of the Department are: 
Dr. Paul B. Lawson, Air. Philip A. Readio, Air. R. H. Beamer and Miss Kathleen 
Doering. 
According to Science, Air. Frank L. Thomas, acting entomologist of the Alabama 
Experiment Station, has been appointed chief entomologist of the Experiment Station 
and State Entomologist of Texas, the appointment becoming effective on May 1. 
He succeeds Dr. M. C. Tanquary, who has resigned in order to engage in commercial 
beekeeping with headquarters in Fargo, N. D. 
Dr. H. G. Dyar has left for a three months’ trip to the West Coast to study and 
collect mosquitoes. There are a few species occurring in the Western States which 
are unknown in the larval stages, and Dr. Dyar is very anxious to obtain notes on 
the habits and also a complete set of the immature stages. 
Dr. G. C. Crampton of the Massachusetts Agricultural College was in the U. S. 
National Museum on March 10 and 11 consulting with various specialists in regard 
to some of his problems on insect anatomy. He also spent some time in the Division 
of Invertebrate Zoology consulting with Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt on some of the forms 
of Crustacea. 
A recent conference v r as held in Philadelphia for the purpose of discussing all 
phases of the Japanese beetle project, including quarantine operations. Those 
present were Drs. T. J. Headlee and A. L. Quaintance, Messrs. L. B. Smith, C. H. 
Hadley, E. R. Sasscer, B. R. Leach, C. W. Stockwell, C. A. Thomas, E. R. Van 
Leeuwen, W. E. Fleming, G. B. Stichter, T. H. Worsinger, and Prof. C. A. AlcCue. 
Prof. Geo. A. Dean of the Bureau of Entomology, visited the Columbia, S. C., 
laboratory Alarch 26, the Department of Entomology of the North Carolina State 
College March 28. Since then he has traveled to Ohio, Iowa, Utah, Lawrence, Kan., 
and Webster Groves, Alo., to look after the work of his Division in the investigations 
of Cereal and Forage Crop Insects. 
Mr. C. R. Neisw’ander, who has been pursuing anatomical and morphological 
studies with the larvae of the European corn borer at Ohio State University during 
