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| Roger Smith has been appointed Scientific Assistant and detailed to assist 
al a. Phill ips at ae Charl ottesvill. Le, en field laborate ory. Ho will hae 
Mr. Smith Be ported- Phy Rate: recone ee 
AY C. Burrill, recently state entomologist for Idaho, has been appointed 
Special in Sah detailed for extens oe work in the State of Washington, 
| - #autig hes been appointed Special Field Agent and detailed for duty 
in North Dakota effective April 5, Mr. Paved wial pay special attentzon ts 
prasshopper control. within his territorv, ‘ 
' (Marshall Hertig has been appointed Special Field Agent and detailed for 
Buty at St. Paul, Minn., effective April 15. 
P. B. Miles, for several years assistant in the etre weevil investiga- 
tions at Salt Lake City, has recently resigned from the service and will take 
up work in Idaho, 
| J. S. Stanford has been appointed as successor to Mr. Miles effective 
Mori 3. . 
A. H. Hollinger, formerly assistant to Dr. Leonard Haseman at Columbia, 
Mo., has been appointed Special Field Agent and detailed for duty at Coilege 
eation, Tex., effective April 5. Mr. Hollinger will pay special. attention vo 
the chinch bug situation which has been regarded as serious in northern and 
central Texas. | 
G. J. Hucker has been appointed Special Field. Agent and detailed for duty 
at a Nebr. , effective April 12. 
W. R. Walton hes returned to Washington after an inspection of the 
Southern and southwestern Piola stations, 
NOTES FROM CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT LABORATORIES. 
Mr. C. N. Ainslie, in charge of the Iowa field laboratory, reports under 
date of May 8 that Lachnosterna adults are more numerous this spring than for 
@ number of years. They were at that date emerging in great nusbers and were 
ming inte leaf, Many of the 
Besanning to defoliate trees just as the 9 
alowed land. He also reports 
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Darvae of all sizes are being found in newly p d 
Peltia gladiaria and Feltia jaculifera present in large numbers in his locali- 
ty. Mr, Ainslie reports under date of Me. 1d considerable 
Moumbers of different species of grasshoy Vv counties of South 
Dakota, The greater number of these are very young, ugh he collected sever- 
al full-grown specimens in native grass pastures. pe oy "The hopoer eggs 
seem to have wintered through in perfect condition, and. 
Million. In some localities we found it impossivle to diac 
tion grounds, but as a rule the soc along the fence rows and roa Stn ee in 
the firm soil of pastures were the favorite places. Very few scem to be 
placed in or near the alfalfa crowns, and alfalfa fields in good condition 
‘have few or no eggs. In one field near Platte where there were small areas 
without alfalfa, there was an appalling number of eggs. One email] spot, per- ; 
haps four feet square, kept us busy for nearly an hour. The Shae was evened 
“with tufts of dead grass, and benesth the roots of this grass ees almost 
@ solid mass of eggs. The well-shaped vods of eggs that I pol aad hrcia oa 
appear to break down during the winter, and the shell out like ric 
We gathered near nt nearly clear 
grains when the soil is dist urbed, ‘Ve gathered nearly a pint of y z 
eggs from this one spot, and there were probably other places as bad. ? 
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Mr, R. M. Farrow, Piedro, oe uncer date of May 6, reperts to tne 
reatest dance in his local- 
Bureau that grasshoppers are hatching out in greatess abundan e in his 
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