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February 3; Buffalo, Pebidary We. He also: participated in the beekeeping 
"shoft course" held at Ohio State University, February Ds and 6. 
On February 12 Mr. Hambleton was at Johns Hopkins University in 
consultation concerning thé nev ¢rader for extracted honey, and from _ 
February 25 to 27 he ‘was engaged in locating “a site in eastern Delaware 
sufficiently isolated for the purpose of certain‘field fork to be 
undertaken this swmmer. 
E. L. Sechrist took part in the eager course given by Purdue University 
from February 15 to cO, and also attended "the meetings at Carbondale and 
Blgin, I1ll., held February = to an, and det Nace 25 to 26, resvectively. 
Dr. J. W. Bulger, wes Rompist ee pita ve work at Ohio State University 
last year, has been apoointed Assistant. Anicultural Physiologist. 
DANONOMIC INVESTIGATIONS: 
S;: A. Rohwer, Entomologist, in- Charge 
C. H, Curran, :Dipterist. in-charge. ot the cahbatan National collection, 
and a member of the entomological. branch* of “the Department "Of Agriculture 
of Canada, has:visited the Division of: Insects to consult the various 
-specialists and examine types of Diptera in the Nationel collection, Mr. 
Curran is now spyending some time studying Tachinidae. - 
By the. will of the late’ Thomas. Le ‘Casey, ‘a well known coleopterist, 
his. collection of insects and - library: on: entomology have been bequeathed 
to the National Museums: “This colléctior is ‘one of ~the ‘largest additions ever 
received by the National Museum and is estimated to contain about 16,000 _ 
species, of which’ vrobatly*6,000 are represented by types. The addition of 
this collection of beetles’ will greatly increase the value of the ‘Museum 
collection in ‘this order and -wilk ‘ma ake available’ to ‘the Bureau specialists 
types of many species and Casey's idea of the limits of forms degcribed by 
other authors. The collection will not become the property of the Museum = 
until after the will has been probated, but in anticipation of its ‘receipt 
certain steps have been’ taken to formulate and discuss the best tethods of 
handling this extensive 2ift, and-on March 3, at the invitation of ‘the 
Associate Curator. of Insects, a conference of thirteen specialists was held. 
Most of the men atterding this conference were coleopterists, and as. @ 
result of the meeting a set of resolutions was adopted expressing the views 
of those vresent, = 
Charles Schaeffer, of the Brooklyn Museum, recently visited the 
“Division of Insects for a few days,-examining the: collection of Coleoptera 
and consulting with the specialists, and was also present at the conference 
discussing the handling of the Casey collection, 
