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BUREAU CF ENTOMOLOGY, 
WASHINGTON, D..c, 
May 1, 1914. 
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(The following pages represent Picwat 2 of the News— 
of the Bureau of Entomology. Owing to conditions which 
Sse it was not possible to collect data for this number in 
me to publish it for the month of April.) 















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MEMORANDUM CONCERNING PARCEL POST. 
| 
mee »y-Parcel Post may be forwarded such articles as are permit— } 
under Section 454 of the Postal Regulations, which embraces 4th class | 
“Matter, including farm and factory products not exceeding 50 pounds in 
mo when mailed for delivery within the first and second zones, nor ex- 
@ 20 pounds in weight when for delivery in any of the other zones, nor 
rin size than 72 inches in length and girth combined, nor in form 
d likely to injure the person of any postal employee or damage the 
quipment or other mail matter, and not of a character perishable 

LIBRARY . 
ae would greatly convenience the librarian in taking inventory 
u field men having in their charge books purchased for field use 
a rcan— dictionaries, atlases etc.— or books loaned to them from 
| Bureau of the Department library would send in lists next month. 
nC title, date, number of the edition and BUMESE of the copy should 



‘The librarian requests that members of the Bureau coming in to 
hington for a few days only will be sure to return books borrowed 
4 the library before leaving the city. It has happened sometimes that 
ie has left books belonging to the Library on his desk when about to 
Wve the city; they have been misplaced and delayed in getting back where 
r belong and annoyance has been caused all along the line. 
The librarian would count it a favor if all members of the bureau 
fter would send one copy of each author’s separate for filing in 
reau library. If the article be in a Department publication this 
course unnecessary rut separates from other publications would be 
tb acceptable. 
‘New Books. | 
© Bourcart, HE. Insecticides, fungicides and weedkillers. Prac- 
: tical manual of the diseases of plants and their 
remedies. London, Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1915. 
450p. 
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