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Boyden, who has been engaged in experimental work on the sugar-beet wire- 
other insects injurious to sugar beet, beans, and other truck crops at 
rd, Cal., has taken permanent headquarters at Pasadena, Cal., the Oxnard station 
ining as a substation. 
E ‘B, Bllis, who has studied entomology at the Agricultural College at Manhat- 
18s, has been engaged to assist in work on insects injurious to sugar bests 
sk crops at Wichita, Kans., where F. B. Milliken is in charge of the local 
G. Hester, who assisted M. M. High in his work on onion insects and truck- 
pests last year, has been reappointed and will resume work at Brownsville, 
ad vicinity. 
arles HE. Smith, who has had experience in investigation of insects injurious 
bruck crops at Baton Rouge, La., has been reappointed to assist Thomas H. Jones, 
he Baton Rouge Station. 
The broad-bean weevil (Laria rufimana Boh.) considered in detail in Bulletin 
Part V, has recently been ascertained to have a positive alternate food plant in 
garden pea. Numerous specimens were obtained in peas from Paris, France, during 
past month, Thus far we have not received notice of this insect occurring in 
3 on the Pacific Coast and agents of the Bureau and correspondents in California 
urgently requested to keep a lookout for it. The discovery of this new food 
a6 will probably render it impossible to stamp out the pest in the few regions 
re broad or Windsor beans are grown, and which it is now known to infest. 
‘The fig moth (Ephestia cautella Walk.) has been reported to this Bureau by 
M. High as occurring in new material. Moths have been reared from Kafir corn and 
peas, and also in alfalfa meal. This species has been treated in detail in Bul- 
m 104, a list of food plants being given on page 19. It is one of the several 
jes of insects which have been found injuring cork in the heads of pop bottles. 
fe also received specimens through the Federal Horticultural Board occurring 
b nuts from Arabia. | 
nformation has been received from M. M. High, Brownsville, Tex., and from Prof. 
N Mally, County Agent, Laredo, Tex., that a considerable acreage of onions and 
have been saved from the ravages of the onion thrips by the control measures 
ised by this Bureau at Mission, Mercedes, Harlingen, Laredo and Brownsville. 
‘Harold L. Weatherby of Alabama has been appointed field assistant for work at 
cy Ford, Colo., where he was employed a few years ago. 
C, Joseph Manter of California has been appointed field assistant for work in 
+ State on sugar-beet and truck-crop insects. 
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