& MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY 
. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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TAXONOMIC INVESTIGATT 6S 
S. A, Rohwer, Senior Entomologist, a Charge 
ra eee sce left on July 10 for a coilecting trip at Cape Henry, Va, 
ea eee 00U. two weeks collecting in the marshes and cypress swamps around 
Norfolk, and obtained some interesting specimens of Lepidoptera and other 
orders, among which were several larvae of Sphinx isoparce. 
‘ we A. G. Boving's paper on "The Classification of the Mylabridae- 
varvae appeared in the June number of the Proceedings of the Entomological 
Society of Washington. 
L. G, Baumhofer recently sent to the Division specimens which repre- 
sent a recovery of one of the varasites introduced two years ago into the 
Nebraska National Forest for the control of the tip-moth, ‘The parasite is 
Campoplex frustranae Cushman, the determination of which R. A. Cushman, who 
described the species, has verified. ; 
BEE CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS 
James I. Hambleton, Apiculturist, in Charge 
Carlton E. Burnside has been appointed Assistant Apiculturist, During 
the past few years he has been temporarily employed at the Bee Culture Labo- 
ratory to investigate fungus diseases of the honeybee, 
In. July Jas. I. Hambleton made an inspection trip to the Intermountain 
Bee Culture Field Station at Laranie, Wyo. In tne course of this trip he 
i he before beekeepers! meetings in North Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska. Much 
interest was shown in the new Federal honey grades. 
W. C, Northrup and GC. Harry Linsley have resigned their positions as 
Field Assistants at the Intermountain Bee Culture Field Station, Laramie, Wyo., 
the work for which they were engaged no longer necessitating the services of 
temporary helpers. 
