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On April 21 Dr. E. A. Schwarz was eighty years old. To celebrate his birthday 
and to show appreciation for his kindness'es the ladies of the Division of Insects, 
U. S. National Museum, gave him a magnificent bunch of roses with appropriate 
greetings. The same evening a dinner attended by 26 people was given in his honor 
at the Cosmos Club, at which Dr. Howard acted as toastmaster. Speeches were 
made by Dr. B. Pickman Mann, Dr. C. W. Stiles, Dr. E. D. Ball, Dr. J. M. Aldrich 
and others. All the speakers pointed out the value of Dr. Schwarz’s services to the 
science of entomology, recalling instances that occurred during his past life. All ex¬ 
pressed the opinion that the most important reason that Dr. Schwarz had so many 
friends was because he had always been willing to help others and had taken so much 
interest in the work of younger men. To these addresses Dr. Schwarz replied in his 
characteristic modest manner. The April number of the Proceedings of the Ento¬ 
mological Society of Washington was issued on April 21 with an appropriate editorial 
about Dr. Schwarz, and at the regular meeting on May 1, Dr. How r ard gave a brief 
talk and exhibited a dozen lantern slides showing pictures of Dr. Schwarz taken at 
various times since his connection with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
Notes on Horticultural Inspection 
Mr. J. H. Moreland was recently transferred from Dr. Hunter’s force to take up 
inspection work at Laredo, Texas. 
Dr. Marlatt and Mr. L. A. Strong are attending a meeting of the Western Plant 
Quarantine Board at Denver, Colorado. 
Mr. V. J. Shimer has been appointed Plant Quarantine Inspector in Charge at 
the port of Laredo, Texas, where he succeeds Mr. Edgar S. Jewell. 
The Avocado Weevil has been collected several times in Avocado fruits taken 
from passengers coming across the Border at the ports of Brownsville, Laredo, Del 
Rio, Eagle Pass, and El Paso. 
Mr. L. J. Bottomer and Mr. P. A. Hoidale, both of Dr. Hunter’s force connected 
with the Pink Bollworm Eradication work in Texas, have been in Washington for 
several weeks, helping with the nursery inspection work during the rush season. 
Mr. E. R. Sasscer recently made a trip to the Mexican Border for the purpose of 
consulting with the inspectors in charge of the various ports. Mr. Deputy, Chief 
Inspector, Border Inspection, joined Mr. Sasscer at Laredo, and accompanied him 
on the trip along the Border. 
The Report of the Committee on Crown Gall Inspection, which was submitted 
to the American Phytopathological Society on December 31, 1923, and to the 
American Association of Economic Entomologists on January 1, 1924 at Cincinnati, 
Ohio, was adopted unanimously by the two organizations. The Report has now been 
published and has been distributed to the inspectors at all of the ports of entry. 
A shipment of about two bushels of cotton in bolls, which was sent to this country 
for the purpose of testing ginning machinery, was intercepted at New York and a 
sample taken and sent to Washington. An examination of this sample resulted in 
collecting dead larvae of a lepidopterous insect, Earias fabia Stoll. This insect is 
known to be a serious pest of cotton in India and is a rival of the Pink Bollworm in 
the amount of damage caused to the cotton crop. 
