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MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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J. L. Webb, Entomological Assistant Acting in C argeie™ 7 
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_F. C. Bishopp spent a large part of the month traveling in Arizona with - 
ne Arizona "Live Stock Squad." Public meetings and demonstrations were held in i 
2 us parts of the State in the interest of the live stock industry. He reports 
very successful trip. 
_ OD. UL. Van Dine, having received his discharge from the Army, was reinstated 
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in this branch of the Bureau on August 4. He returns to the malaria mosquito work | 
M. R. Smith has resigned as agent of this Bureau in South Carolina. G. M. 
Anderson has been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Smith’s resignation. 
_. J. D. Smith has resigned from the Bureau effective August 51. He was em- 
ployed in tobacco insect investigations at Clarksville, Tean. | 
a E. R. Barber has returned to his station in New Orleans after spending . 
several months in Cuba collecting parasites of the sugar cane moth borer for ship- a 
ment to the United States. | : 
Zz Prof. S. T. Howard, formerly of Clemson College, S. C., has been appointed 
a ne to engineer on the boll weevil force at Tallulah. La. ; 
The following temporary employees have been added to the boll weevil force: 
. D. Dorrah, J. H. Huff, C. P. Smith. 
| The temporary appointment of G. L. Lott has been terminated. | 
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DECIDUOUS FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS , | 
A. L. Quaintance, Entomologist in Charge | | 
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; R. L. Nougaret, in charge of the Pureau’s laboratory at Fresno, Cal., where 
investigations of grape insects were under way, has resigned from the service to : 
accept the position of head viticulturist of the California State Horticultural 4 
Commission. 
Wm. O. Ellis, who has been engaged in life-history studies of the Japanese 
beetle at Riverton, N. J., has been transferred to the Office of Cereal and Forage 
Ir neect Bigeesvoestions, and will be engaged in Se pes corn borer work under the 
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Harbor, Mich., and who has been assisting Mr. John B. Gill in connection with 
pecan insect investigations at Monticello, Fla., has been transferred to the 
of ice of Cereal and Forage Insect Investigations, and assigned to duty at Cen- 
tralia, Ill., on Hessian fly work. | i 
