 pEOTDUOUS FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. (Continued) 
‘ 
Pine winter in Washington, and will te engaged in the preparation 
report and necessary ee ure Sere The field work with reme- 

























ne f Mr. R. L. Nougaret. | 
eihe studies of the codling moth in Maine, carried out during the 
two years under the direction of Messrs. E. H. Siégler and ¥F. L. 
ton, have been completed and a report, giving the results of the 
#will be prepared the present winter. It is planned to continue 
faboratory in Maine, and to give special attention to investiga- 
¢ 
a 13a A, Cushman, who is engaged in an ‘investigation of Hymenop— 
Ss parasites of the grape berry moth and other deciduous fruit in- 
z met North Hast, Pa., is just now on a trip of investigation through 
10, Indiana, Michigan, and will later visit the New England States to 
Beermine the distribution and seriousness of the apple seed Chalcis. 
© Mr. A. J. Ackerman has spent the late summer and fall at West Ches— 
‘Pa., in a careful study of the cause of stop-back of peach, His - 
Vations indicate that this is largely due to attack by the tar- 
a plant bug, and that the peach bud-mite (Tarsonemus waitei), j 
as but little, if at all, concerned. 
Mr. Quaintance has returned from his western trip, where he vis- 
dad various tield stations. 

PREVENTING SPREAD OF MOTHS. 
A. F. Burgess, In Charge. 
© The Boston Domestic Science and Pure Food Exposition was being 
id at Mechanics Building, Beston, Mass., during the month cf October. 
\ rege Government exhibit was installed, including exhibition of dif- 
brent activities. of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, In connec- 
fon with this exhibit a special display was prepared by the Gipsy 
‘Branch of the Bureau of Entomology. This included maps showing 
infested district which is under quarantine on account of the gipsy 
Oth and the brown-tail moth, and the areas where parasites have been 
Blonized and recovered are aiso illustrated. Several trays containing 
i € parasites breeding on gipsy-moth eggs and a display of live Calo- 
@ beetles are also included. ‘Posters and post cards, illustrating 
gipsy moth and the brown-tail moth, together with some of their 
Orted natural enemies, are being distributed, A large number of 
itors have shown a great deal of interest in the exnibit. Mr. R. 
ldridge, who is stationed at the Gipsy Moth Laboratory, Melrose 
ghlands, Mass., is in charge of the gipsy-moth exhibit, 
Four men were appointed to the position of Scientific Assistant: 
D, V. Jones, H. A, Preston, J, V, Schaffner, Jr,, and W. B. Turner. 
- Sixteen men were appointed to the position of Gipsy-Moth Assistant: 
+ A, Gollins, I. L. Bailey, ©. W, Minott, H, W. Vinton, D. G, Murphy, 
i. hi Proctor, A.M. Wilcox, L. 3, Gibson, K. W. Brown, H. R. Gooch, 
_ Ww. Young, W. A. Shinkwin, H. I, Winchester, H, HE, Partridge, CG. 3. 
11, and D. D. Landers, — 
a’ hese appointments were the result of an examination held on April 
By mesieptitis Assistant, and on June 3 for Gipsy Moth Assistant, 
