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freely as possible. 
Sincerely, 
(signed) L. 0. Howard, " 
Chief of Bureau, 
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
The annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences convened April 16 
and adjourned April 18. 
q "Mr. W. V. King, of the Bureau of Entomology, introduced by Doctor L. 0, 
Howard, presented the following paper ‘Sporogony of malaria parasites', with 
photomicrographs of infected Anopheles." 
_ HOW THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY IS MEETING THE GREAT ISSUE. 
Immediately upon receipt of the news of the Declaration of War, the fol- 
lowing letter was transmitted by the Chief of the Bureau, to each member of the 
‘Bureau of Entomology, both in Washington and in the Field Service: 
Aprid “7, Lery 
"The crisis in which this country is placed makes it necessary for the 
Bureau to do all it can towards the conservation of our resources, It has been 
Rscines to establish a system of reporting local outbreaks of insects so that 
the Bureau will have the earliest possible information regarding unusual injury 
to Crops. This service will receive reports on insect abundance, make tabulat- 
ions, and maps, and compile statements for the use of the men in the field as 
+o probable damage. 
Will you please make it a part of your duty to report promptly through 
your section chief all observations on insect damage which are of more than | 
ugual intensity, and report the first occurrence of well known pests. In all 
cases where possible numerical estimates should be made. This work should cover 
a 11 injvrious insects which may come to your attention regardless of the work 
‘in which you may be regularly engaged. It is not intended, however, that this 
Shall supplant the regular work. It should be merely incidental but at the same 
time carrried on to as full an extent as possible without interfering with 
other important matters. 
| Very truly yours, 
L. 0. Howard, ie 
Chief of Bureau. 
PAUL MARCHAL'S BOOK ON AMERICA. 
It does not seem like four years since Dr. Paul Marchal visited this 
pee and traveled from east to west and north to south, visiting the field 
laboratories of this Bureau and educational institutions, yet actually that 
trip was taken in the summer of 1913. His book, under the title (translated) 
Biological Sciences Applied to Agriculture and the Struggle against the Enemies 
“Plants in the United States, was received in this country in November last, 
ss publication having been delayed by the war, and it is even now printed tie 
in a very small edition. It is a large royal octavo volume covering some four 
hundred pages, abundantly illustrated. Marchal has a remarkable mind. It is 
