



1 be that of wireworms , and any material sent him with 
} proper data wili be of great aid to him. 
See rs Js Je DAVIS will continue at the La Payette, Ind., 
daboratory with the major investigation of Lachnosterna, 
“material that can be sent him by other members of the 
orce, with the proper information relating thereto, will 
Bee of "much assistance. 
Messrs. Vickery and Smyth now have a laboratory at 
- Brownsville, Tex. The old cavalry barracks ert at 
Fort Brown has been assigned to their use and has been 
Bp fitted up by Mr. Vickery. 
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—— Mr. Geo. G. Ainslie, with Mrs. Ainslie, is at Lakeland, 
Pla. , investigating the winter habits of the fall army worm 
8nd other injurious species of Florida. In the meantime 


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the laboratory at Nashville, Tenn., is in temporary charge of 
Ro me H. Gibson. 
Messrs. Wildermuth and Wilson remain at the entomo- 
logical laboratory at aS Ariz., investigating, for the 
= fost part, aifalfa insects 
Mr. T. H. Parks, who has spent some time in the office 
‘preparing manuscript, has returned to the new field station 
sat Greenwood, Miss., where, with Mr. W. R. McConnell, he will 
“@arry out investigations of the many insects attacking ce- 
Teal and forage crops in that section of the country. 
| Mr. Philip Luginbill has a laboratory in the University 
@f South Carolina at Columbia, S. C., and will work on the 
fall army worm and other insects of the southern Atlantic 
Coast region. 
Mr. H. M. Russell, recently transferred from truck crop 
investigations and assigned to the alfalfa weevil investiga- 
Gions at Salt Lake City, on account of the sudden and serious 
™ effects of the winter climate on his health, will be trans- 
ferred to one of the southwestern laboratories. 
c It has been found that safety razor blades can be advan- 
tageously used in place of the larger knives for sectioning, 
as when the safety blades become dull they can be discarded. 
It is understood that the razor blade holder furnished by the 
Bausch & Lomb Co., Cat. No. 3145, is unsatisfactory. The bo- 
Gtanical department of the University of Chicago has perfected a 
safety blade holder that has proved much more satisfactory. 
J. Jd» Davis. 
