October, ’20] 
CURRENT NOTES 
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born, supervising activities in parasitology, particularly in relation to the animal 
industries. Doctor H. H. Severin will continue investigating Eutettix tenella in 
relation to sugar beet blight, while Messrs. E. R. de Ong and G. A. Coleman will 
continue their activities in their respective fields, namely University Farm School and 
apiculture respectively. 
The following appointments have been made in the Entomological Branch, Cana¬ 
dian Department of Agriculture: Mr. F. P. Ide, temporary laboratory helper, 
Division of Systematic Entomology; Mr. H. G. Hammond, temporary seasonal assist¬ 
ant, Division of Field Crop and Garden Insects at Ottawa; Mr. R. S. Hawkins, Mr. 
A. H. MacAndrews, temporary seasonal assistants, Spruce Budworm Survey, Fred¬ 
ericton, N. B.; Mr. R. S. Longley, insect pests inspector, Division of Foreign Insect 
Pest Suppression, Wolfville, N. S.; Miss M. G. Runciman, temporary junior clerk 
stenographer, at Annapolis, N. S. 
Announcement has been made of the following resignations from the Bureau of 
Entomology: Jacob Kotinsky, to enter commercial work; H. K. Plank to accept a 
position as entomologist of the new Agricultural Experiment Station, Guayaquil, 
Ecuador; D. F. Barnes, C. B. Russell, F. S. Vidler, gipsy moth work, to enter busi¬ 
ness, and Doctor R. W. Glaser, of the same force, to accept a position with the 
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research; H. W. Allen, Arlington, Mass., to accept 
a position with the State of Mississippi; A. L. Ford, West Lafayette, Ind., to become 
extension entomologist for South Dakota; F. B. Herbert, Los Gatos, Calif.; Ada F. 
Kneale, Washington, D. C.-; Everett E. Wehr, Dallas, Tex., to re-enter college; 
T. H. Cutrer, Baton Rouge, La., to enter commercial work; Thomas H. Jones, 
to become state entomologist of Louisiana. 
The following transfers are announced in the Bureau of Entomology: John B. 
Gill, Monticello, Fla., to Brownwood, Tex.; Samuel Blum, Columbia, S. C., to West 
Lafayette, Ind.; Max Kisliuk, Jr., Wilmington, N. C., to Federal Horticultural 
Board, El Paso, Tex.; J. G. Hester, Kingsville, Tex., to Federal Horticultural Board, 
El Paso, Tex.; R. A. Vickery, San Antonio, Tex., and A. H. Beyer, Wichita, Kan., 
to corn borer work, Boston, Mass.; C. H. Gable, Tempe, Ariz., in charge of station, 
San Antonio, Tex.; H. P. Wood, Dallas, Tex., to Arlington, Mass.; J. N. Tenhet, 
Quincy, Fla., to Clarksville, Tenn.; L. Z. Taylor, from boll weevil force to the Insecti¬ 
cide and Fungicide Board; W. M. Davidson, Alhambra, Calif., to Vienna, Va.; F. J. 
Brinley, Greeley, Colo., to Riverton, N. J.; Mrs. M. L. Gardner, to Bureau of Bio¬ 
logical Survey; George N. Wolcott, Bureau of Plant Industry to Bureau of Ento¬ 
mology; C. W. Stockwell, Melrose Highlands, Mass., to Riverton, N. J., in charge 
of plant quarantine inspection in connection with the Japanese beetle. 
Appointments to the Bureau of Entomology are announced as follows: H. E. 
Thompson, Riverton, N. J.; Miss Julia E. Edmonson, insect delineator, Washington; 
Miss Lorena Stratton, Medford, Ore.; W. J. Ahearn, M. H. Feeney, G. J. Galvin, 
R. W. Kennedy, J. F. Keough, P. Meagher, G. A. Miller, A. C. Ward, W. G. Bradley, 
J. A. Priest, G. E. Abbott, W. W. Bancroft and S. E. May, gipsy moth work; T. M. 
Cannon, W. B. Clark, C. O. Larrabee, Boston, Mass.; R. J. Chambers, Arlington, 
Mass.; Miss Josephine Reed, Wichita, Kans.; Webb B. Williams, boll weevil force; 
Robert Fouts, Carlisle, Pa.; W. F. Runyen, Riverton, N. J.; cotton-boll weevil, 
Tallulah, La., F. R. Bibby, M. R. Smith, J. C. Woolley, G. W. Alexander, S. N. 
Boyd, A. J. Chapman, Joseph Crister, B. M. Deavenport, Clyde Dunn, J. A. Harris, 
R. T. Hobson, T. H. Holland, J. W. Hollandsworth, E. E. Holley, J. A. Humphries, 
A. J. Mattox, A. G. McCarty, L. G. Plyer, Wm. D. Reed, Arthur Shaver, Wm. R. 
Smith, W. A. Stevenson, Adolph Thomas, W. B. Vinzant, R. L. White, V. V. Wil- 
