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a large scale to kill the eggs and young larvae. 
80 made trips to hammocks in the upper and lower Everglades near Miami, 
1d to Adam and Paradise Keys where several interesting species of termites a 
soted. He returned to Washington on May 19. 7 
© invitation of Mrs. John Dickson Sherman, Chairman of Honaacvariags of re 
eral Pederation of Women’s Clubs, this branch of the Bureau cooperated 
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as under the auspices of the Federation in the 7th Regiment Armory, New 
held May 23 to June 1. Our exhibit consists of specimens of the work : 
ots of the hickory barkbeetle (Scolytus quadrispinosus) in hickory and the 7 
d chestnut borer (Agrilus bilineatus) affecting oak. Placards, with speci- 
f work of the two insects and folders giving illustrations of the character : i. 
8 insect work and describing causes and remedies and calling special attention 
‘importance of community effort in control operations, are also on exhibition 
r distribution. 
GIPSY-MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH INVESTIGATIONS. 
. A, ¥. Burgess, In Charge. 4 
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I. f, Bailey, who has been employed as Assistant at the Gipsy Moth Laboratory, ; 
een transferred as Quarantine Inspector with the Federal Horticultural Board. % 
mi be engaged on cotton fumigation work under the direction of Prof. R. I, ; 
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tt. Pillsbury, Scientific Assistant at the Gipsy Moth Laboratory, has re- " 
1 to accept the position as Assistant State Entomologist of Rhode Island. : 
®. X. Williams, who has been employed on the Gipsy Moth Work, has accepted a a 
aH with the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Experiment Station, He will proceed to’ : 
ippine Islands and assist in collecting parasites for introduction to Hawaii. 
all gipsy moth and brown-tail moth educational exhibit was installed at the i 
finial Convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs held in the 7th } 
ment Armory, New York, May 23rd to June 1, 1916, . i 
pe;s- A. F. Parioua: L. H. Worthley, ana D, M. Rogers attended the gipsy and : 
sail moth quarantine hearing held by the Federal Horticultural Board in Wash- 
a on May 2, 1916. 
ohae] Zon, Chief of Forest Investigations, of the Forest Service, spent sev- 
ios during the latter part of May inspecting the silvicultural experiments and 
pring in regard to the cooperative work which is being carried on by the Bureau 
: homology and the Forest Service in connection with the gipsy moth problem, 

SOUTHERN FIELD CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
W. D, Hunter, In PREG a 
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3 Pierce is on an extended trip to determine the status of fs boll weevil ; 
C oY in the regions which were invaded for the first time last season. 
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oe pests in Nevada and other Wostars States. This is a pea ant which has 4 
d by the Nevada Experiment Station for some time. Dr. Parker was graduated E 
16 Ma ssachusetts Agricultural College in 1912, He took his masters degree in Soa 
