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George Ainslee has returned to the Knoxville, Tenn., laboratory, after 
an absence of nearly a month in Columbia, Tenn., where he has been making 
a study of the Hessian fly infestation in wheat and Barley. 
C. M. Packard, in charge of the Sacramento, Calif., laboratory, has 
been granted permission by the Secretary to do graduate vork in entomology 
at the University of California for the University year 1924-25, 
C. N. Ainslie, Entomologist in charge of the Sioux City, Iowa, laboratory, 
returned October 21 from a trip to northeastern Montana, where, in company with 
Dr. J. R. Parker, of the Montana Experiment Station, he made a survey of the 
nev infestation of the Hessian fly. He reports a serious infestation of the fly 
in northeastern Montana and northvestern North Dakota, 
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V. L. Wildermuth, in charge of the Tempe, Ariz., laboratory, visited 
the branch laboratory at Yuma and, in company with BE. E. Russell, in charge of 
the branch station at Yuma, made a survey of the alfalfa seed chalcis fly 
situation in the Yuma and Imperial Valleys. 
WV, He Larrimer, in charge of the Lafayette, Ind., laboratory, visited 
points in northern Indiana and Ohio to investigate the Hessian fly situation. 
He also spent one day with Messrs. Poos and Patch, of the corn borer laboratory 
at Sandusky, studying the corn borer infestation in that vicinity. 
L., H, Yorthley visited Vashington October 4 to 6 in the interest of the 
corm borer control vork, 
We H. Larrimer spent a few days of his annual leave at Columbus, Ohio, 
where he arranged to take two terms of graduate vork. Mr. Larrimer expects 
to receive his doctorate from Ohio State University at the June commencement. 

FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGsTIONS 
A. L. Quaintance, Senior Entomologist, in charge 
H. K, Plank, in charge of the camphor scale oroject at New Orleans, La., 
states that all members of the force at the camphor scale laboratory at New 
Orleans attended the October meeting of the Louisiana Entomological Society, 
held in the Louisiana State Museum in that city on the evening of October 3, 
There was a g00d attendance; and a very interesting program was presented. 
Among the visitors at the camphor scale laboratory in the month of 
October were H. E. Joodvorth, Field Entomologist of the Califomia Spray 
Chemical Company, Yatsonville, Calif., ang R. A. St. George, Assistant 
Entomologist, Division of Forest Insects, 
