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aN Pee oehers was in Washington during September for a conference 
a ‘ egarding the taking over of the station at Satsuma 
and the continuation of the investigations started by Mr. Bennett. Var- 
jous phases of the work on his citrus projects were discussed and plans 
wore tiade for hit te attend the Sitrus Seminar &t Gainesville in October, 
bis Ae CG, Mason hus been assigned to work on biological studies of rust 
mites, and is associated with Mr. Yothers at Orlando, 
. Ernest L, Chambers, assistant in charge of the temporary field 
een at Doylestown, Ps., who was conducting experiments on the life 
story and control of the strawberry rodtworm (Raria canella) has re- 
Signed to continue his training at the Onio Stace University. 
Charles: A. Weigel, who is directing the work on the strawberry root- 
worm, Visited the station at Doylestown during Septeuber to take over tle 
r 5 hs x Pte, : 
work until an assistant can be secured to continme the investigations 
Started by Mr. Chambers, 
RS, Woglum, who for wany years has.been in charge of the tropical 
and subtropical laboratory at Alhambra, Calif,, has resigned his positin 
te be Director of the Departient of Entomology in the California Fruit . 
Grower's Exchangé, The “important wotlk which Mr. Woglum has done for 
the Bureau is largely reflected in published reports on fumigation cf 
citrus orchards, : his : 
Arthur D, Borden, who has been Mr. Woglum's assistant for several 
years in California and who has also had other assignments in the Bu- 
‘Peau of Entomology in Washington and elsewhere, succeeds Mr. Woglum in 
Charge of the California station, In addition to his being Mr. Wog- 
jum's chief assistant, Mr, Borden has had c.erge, curing the jest year, . 
of a special investigation of the two important date-palm/insects and -— 
has recently completed for publication a report entitied "The biology 
of the Merlatt seale (Phoenicococcus rarlatti Ckll.)," which, it is 
hoped, w'1l som be printed. A joint paper by Messrs, “oglum and Bor- 
den has also just been completed for publication entitled "Zontrol of 
the Sitrophilus mealybug." The work recorded in this rerort issone of . 
the very successful outcomes ofthe results of the California station, 
the metviicds deveicped by the authors have been adopted by practic- 
and % 
aliy alli’ growers in the invaded district with the result that 1% is 
now even difficult to find enough mealybugs to maintain a breeding 
stock of natural enemies in the local insectary, These same avthors 
have also aotplieted a manuscrdapt on the Argentine ant, the control of 
which is an essential part of the control of the mealybug,. 
LIBRARY 
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Aberdeen and North Scotland college of agriculture, Bulletins, 1920, by 
Jonn Aréerson, 
