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An insect menace of considerable interest to citrus growers, 
particularly those of Florida, is the spiny citrus "white" fiz, 
(Aleurocanthus wogtumi). This insect, probably originating in India, 
has obtained a strong fotthold in Cuba during the last few years, and 
may easily reach Florida by means of fruits or plants imported from 
Cuba. Harold Morrison, who is now in Cuba, is making a thorough in- 
vestigation of this insect in Cuba and adjacent islands to provide 
adequate information for necessary quarantine or regulatory action, 

R, Kent Beattie, Chief Pathological Inspector, Federal Hort- 
icultural Board, has recentiy returned from a trip to the Texes border 
to investigate the inspection and quarantine border service, his famil- 
iarity with car and freight control in connection with the potato quar- 
antine in Maine a few years ago especially equipping him to be the repre- 
sentative of the Board for this investigation, 
This service on the Texas vorder will shortly lose a number 
of valuable inspectors. T,E, Hagan and W.W.Maxwell,Jr., will shortly 
leave to complete their courses in the Texas A. and M. College. J.C, 
Hamlin will leave about the 15th of September to take up post graduate 
work in the University of Ohio, and A.C.Mason has been drafted, The 
vacancies caused by these changes will have to be filled. H,H.Willis, 
who has had considerable experience under the Board in the potato and 
port inspection service has been reemployed effective September 1, and 
will be stationed at bl Paso. The pathological service of the Board 
also loses two trained experts, namely G.W,Martin, who has been assign- 
ed to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and will probably ultimately 
receive a commission, and John Monteith,Jr., who has already received 
a@ commission as second lieutenant in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. Both 
are now stationed at Fort Meyer, Va, 
GIPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH INVESTIGATIONS. 
A. F. Burgess, Entomologist in Charge. 
D.M. Rogers in charge of Gipsy “Moth quarantine and rapa 
work has moved his office from Nu.43 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., to 
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the Boston Custom House, effective september 1,1917, 
FOREST ENTOMOLOGY 
A.D. Hopkins, Forest Entomologist. 
T.E,Snvder returned to Washingtor. on July 31 from a trip through 
the Southern, southwestern Pacific coast and Rocky Mountain ong aes 
this trip insects injurious to forest nroducts wer? investiga rags net 
effort was made to collect termi+es and data on tho bioLoey and geograp ~ 
ical distribution of our native species. Mr. Snyder left Washington on 
March 16. 
