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f Aonida on condurango pods from Ecuador. On April 1st he also inter- 
Latoria chinensis on peach from northern China. This scale insect 
Ommon and widespread species in northern China and represents a very 
ir ble importation. 

























FOREST INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
Be D. HOPKINS, In Charge. 
Mr « S. A. Rohwer is anxious to out Cimbex larvae. He wants live material 
arge larvae with host, locality and other data. They should be sent to him 
bim boxes stocked with food and addressed to East Falls Church, Va., Forest 
ct Field Station. 
MM + W. S. Fisher has spent most of this month in the vicinity of Harrisburg, 
a Be aetion of his researches on the seasonal history of the hickory 
Mr. I. N, Knull, a graduate of Pennsylvania State College, waS appointed May 
Bix, temporary field assistant and assigned to assist Mr. Craighead at Hast Falls- 
irch, Va. 
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SOUTHERN FIELD CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
W. D. Hunter, In Charge. 
An extension project has been started in eoopanetson with the South Carolina 
ricu ‘tural College. The object of the work is to placethe results of the recent 
restigations of the cotton wireworm in the possession of planters throughout the 
8. This is the first project of this kind which has been organized in the 
An. important paper by W. V. King on the relation between three species of 
opheles and malaria appeared in the June issue of the Journal of Experimental 
dicine, 
WW, D. Hunter visited the laboratories at New Orleans, Mound, Tallulah, and 
las during the month. With Dr. Howard he attended the. annual field meeting 
Louisana Sugar Planters’ Association at New Orleans on June 8. 
An important publication by B. R. Coad on the results of recent experimones 
the control of the boll weevil is about to be issued. 
oe, R. Parker, who was recently appointed a scientific assistant has been 
reed to decline for reasons conected with his family. 
PA. G. Davis, a student of Tulane University, has been appointed a temporary 
31d assistant for service in connection with the shipment of parasites of the 
gar-cane borer from Cuba to the laboratory at New Orleans. 
TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
C, L. Marlatt, In Charge. 
f W. W. Yothers, in company with Messrs. W. J. Krome and L. S. Tenny, members 
the Florida Plant Board, left Orlando on June 19 for a brief trip to Cuba to 
bey the various insects Entering citrus on this Island. Enroute Mr. Yothers 
. stop off at various points on the Florida Keys to further Sayan teste 
ects infesting limes. 
& F, Ferris, assistant in entomology at Stanford University, is temporarily. 
ated in Washington, D, C., and is devoting considerable time to the study of 
side ae with Harold Morrison. 
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