F e om 
; Blersi McDonough was engaged during the greater part of the month 
Bening the spread of the boll weevil in Georgia, Mississippi, 






















a H. Jennings who has been in New York City for some months will 
to Mound, Louisiana, early in October, 
> letter has recently been received from A. W. Sapbine= ~Pomeroy 
> wrote from a military outpost in the Kameruns on August 2d. His 
bomological work has been suspended altogether on account of his en- 
istment in an expeditionary force which has been in ths Kameruns for 
ey eral months. 
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TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
C. L. Marlatt, In Charge. 
| Mr. W. W. Yothers will appear before the Seminar to be held at 
Jainesville, Fla., on October 4th. 
Ur. E. R. Sasscer recently visited Rutherford, N. J., to investi- 
an outbreak of the European mole cricket (Gryllo stalpa gryllotalpa). 
Mr. H. L. Sanford, inspector of the Federal Horticultural Board, 
ely collected a Very interesting weevil in potatoes from Peru. 
his weevil is closely allied to the weevils collected from the same 
ocality in 1913. 
A small greenhouse, divided into three units, has just been com- 
1 beted on the Mall. Mr. A, D. Borden, who has charge of this green- 
mousse, has assembled a number of severely infested greenhouse plants, 
md active work on greenhouse insect control is now under way. 
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TRUCK CROP AND STORED PRODUCT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
¥. H. Chittenden, In Charge. 
i Mr. Neale F. Howard, who has been working on root-maggots and 
- insects -at Green Bay, Wis., has entered Ohio University, Colum- 
,. Onio, for a postgraduate course, under the direction of Prof. 
ferbert Osborn. Mr. Howard reports thet tarred felt pads, first in- 
he by Goff, have been used by some of the gardeners in the vicinity 
Green Bay since the early 90’s and with perfect success. When made 
the right material and properly placed the percentage of efficiency 
3 practically 100. It is not applicable to cabbage in seed beds, but 
if it could be adapted to the control of the onion maggot, a near 
relative, it would be an ideal method. 
Mr. C. C. Hamilton, temporarily engaged at Rocky Ford, Colo., has 
reentered the University of Illinois, Urbana, [il. 
