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MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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Number 74-75 
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W. R McCONNELL 
The death cf Mr. W. R. McConnell, which occurred on June 23, at Carliste,. 
Pa., was a great shock to hig many friends throughout the Bureau. Mr. McConnell 
was one of the most brilliant, able, and amiable young entomologists in Fed- 
eral employ. He was born at Whitesburg, Pa., in 1881, and graduated from 
Pennsylvania State College in 1906, receiving his degree of M. S. from the 
same institution in 1910. He was in charge of the Department of Zoology 
and Entomology at Pennsylvania State College for several years, and in 
1912 entered the employ of the Bureau of Entomology as Scientific Assistant 
for duty in the lower Mississippi Valley. Shortly afterward he was placed 
in charge of a field laboratory located at Greenwood, Miss. Since the fall of 
1914 Mr. McConnell has been in charge of laboratories located at Hagerstown 
and Carlisle, respectively, where he was engaged in the investigation of the 
Hessian fly, and especially the hymenoptorous parasites affecting that well- 
known pest, Mr. McConnell's contributions to our knowledge of these parasitic 
insects were numerous and valuable, and he was able to go more deeply into 
the biology and ecology of members of this complex group than any other inves- 
tigator who had attacked the problem. He was deeply versed in the literature 
of his subject, scrupulously conscientious regarding the accuracy of findings, 
and cleanliness of technique. Unfortunately he was exceedingly cautious as 
regards publication, and for this reason withheld many valuable data which, if 
available, would have enabled his colleagues to take up his task where he laid 
it down. 
Mr. McConnell was an intense and indefatigable worker, and so deeply 
interested in his researches as to permit them to overtax by long hours of study 
@ constitution already impaired by previous illness, and there is no doubt 
that he sacrificed his life because of this fact. 
He was a member of the Entomological Society of America, the American 
Association of Economic Entomologists, the American Association for the Advance 
ment of Science, and the Entomological Society of France.- W. R. W. 
_ CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
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W. R. Walton, Entomologist in Charge.- 
R. A. Vickery, formerly in charge of the field laboratory at San Antonio, 
Texas, has been transferred to Boston, Mass., for duty on the corn borer control 
work under L. H. Worthley. 
C. H. Gable, formerly assistant at Tempe, Ariz., has been placed in 
charge of the San Antonio station. Mr, Gable was formerly entomologist and com- 
missioner of agriculture for the Madeira Islands, is a graduate of the Nebraska 
State University, and had wide experience in entomological work previous to 
his service in the Bureau of Entomology. 
A. H. Beyer, formerly assistant at Wichita, Kans., has been transferred 
to the corn borer control work under L. H. Worthley, with headquarters at 
Boston, Mass. 

