ae . 
H,Y,Gouldman, who until recently was in the U,S.Navy, has been appointed 
as a plant quarantine inspector, with assignment to Washington, D.C. Mr. Gouldma 
is a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and previous to going into 
the Navy worked in the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, Bureau of 
Plant Industry, 
H.L. Sanford spent the latter part of May studying port conditions at 
Key West, Florida, in cooperation with inspectors of the Florida Plant Board, 
A book on the "Agricaceae of Michigan," by Dr. 0. H. Kauffman, pathological 
inspector of this Board, was recently released by the publishers, This 
monumental piece of work was written by Dr. Kauffman while connected with the 
University of Michigan, 
TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
C.L. Marlatt, Entomologist in Charge 
C. L. Marlatt visited the field station at Alhambra, Cal,, the latter part 
of May, 
RY S, Woglum and M. B, Rounds presented papers on liquid hydrocyanic acid 
fumigation at the Pacific Slope Branch of the Association of American Economic 
Entomologists, held at Riverside, Cal., May 28 and 29, 
At the annual meeting of the Gulf Coast Florida Horticultural Society, a 
resolution was adopted extending to W, W, Yothers’a vote of thanks for his 
Support and efforts in their industry and hope for the continuance of his 
friendship and labor. He was at the same time madé an honorary member of the 
Society, exempt from dues, itp 
‘He F, Willard has submitted for publication in the Journal of Agricultural 
Research a paper on "Work and Paresitism of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly in 
Hawaii during 1918," | 
LIBRARY 
Vabel Colcord, Librarian 
New Books 
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Dash, Je Sidney. Quelques conseils aux producteurs de cannes de la Guadeloupe, 
Pointe a Pitre, Imp, René Edmond, 1919, 35 p,, illus, (Station Agronomique 
de la Guadeloupe, Antilles Francaises Bul, 1.) ] 
Des insectes et maladies, p,20~27 | 
Douchage pour la destruction des tiques & Antigues, par P,T, Sanders, — 
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Pe 31-35, 
King, W. V. “A novel observation upon mosquitoes, Some notes regarding their 
flight through horizontal water pipes, Scientific American Sup., Ve 87, | 
no. 2255, p, 186, March 22, 1919, { 
Lochhead, William.Class book of economic entomology with special’ refcrence to the 
economic insects of the northern United States and Canada, 436 p., illus, 
8°, Phila,, P, Blakiston's Son & Co,, 1919, : o | 
ee Bibliography, p, 407-408, . 
Mauritius. Dept, of Agriculture, Bulletin, Science ser, no, 6. April, 1918, 
Contents: The importation of Tiphia parallela from Barbados to Mauritius, 
English edition, p, 93-102, illus,, pl, 8° Mauritius, Gov't press, Port 
" Louis, 1918, . 
Morley, Margaret W, The honey-makers, 424 p., illus. 8°. Chicago, A, C. McClurg 
& Coy, 1915, 
