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U. Cc. Loftin, formerly of the Bureau and the Federal Horticultural 
Board, was a recent visitor at the Sugarcane Insect Laboratory at New 
Orleans, La. Mr. Loftin is now per hous arat managér of a cotton 
plantation in Mexico. 
3. TP West expects to undertake a systematic study of Tabanidae, 
and to that end would be glad. to receive, from Bureau agents and others, 
specimens of adults and imnature stages of this family, aera isk as com 
plete data as possidie. . 
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Pe TAXONOMIC INVESTIGATIONS 
‘S.A. Rohwer; Entomologist, in Charge 
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During the month of July Dr. Aldrich's office was moved from 
room 425 to room 430, and Mr. Morrison's office from room 422 to room 
429. These changes were made to place the Division of Correspondence: 
and Documents closer to the office. of the Assistant Secretary in charge 
of the National Museum. The change-of.Mr. Morrison's office was just 
a change of room, and did-not’ increase the office space, but the room ° 
into which Dr. Aldrich has moved is somewhat larger than the one vacated 
and makes possible some expansion and a better arrangement of the 
collection. : 
At the same time, the Casey:Collection was transferred from the old 
building of the Museum to, room 42% of the new building, and is now. housed 
in one room, together with the very valuable library. ‘The library is 
being arranged and cl assified and it is expected that the entire collection 
of insects will soon be fumigated. It is hoped that in the near future 
some.of the curatorial work on the coliection may be done, and that 
certain of the types will be available to specialists who comply with 
the necessary restrictions to be established by the Museum. *. OF 
‘Word has been received ‘from Dr. Schaus that he has completed the 
packing of the Dognin Collection, and that he finds both it and the 
library much larger and more valuable than he had anticipated. The 
collection will be shipped to the Museum in August, and Dr. Schaus will 
proceed to England, where he weet ey ao types in some or vg British 
Museums. vsti 
During the meeting of the ‘northeastern entomologists a number 
of visitors improved the opportunity.to visit the Taxonomic Section of 
Insects. A few of them spent*some time in consultation with several of 
the specialists and in examining the material in the collections. Among 
the visitors were Sach Kirk, F. E. Jel and Josef Knull. 
C. fT. Greene has ebiasheod tie Saas ae the larvae and pupae of 
flies beloriging to the family Anthomyiidae, and will be very glad. 
to receive any material of immature stages,. especially larvae: and pupae, 
which have been definitely associated with adults. 
