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‘T, Re Gardner, with headquarters at Yokohama, Japan,:is spending 
some little time in December at Shanghai, China, in consultation with 
H. A. Jaynes, who is investigating Japanese beetle parasites in the 
Yangtze Valley, China. 
- The first shipment of parasites of Popillia to come from northern 
India was received in December, This consisted of a shipment of cocoons 
of an Indian species of the genus Tiphia, Mr. Clausen reports the out- 
‘look for Popillia parasites as very promising in the hill region of 
‘horthern India, 
Dr. John Glassford, chief chemist of McCormick & Company, Inc, 
Baltimore, Md., spent a day at the laboratory at Riverton in consultation 
eoncerning insecticides. 

TRUCK CROP INSECY INVESTIGATIONS 
J. E. Graf, Entomologist, in Charge. 
In the early part of December the main Mexican bean beetle labo- 
ratory Was transferred from Birmingham, Ala., to Columbus, Ohio, in order 
that the insect might be studied throughout the year under the more 
northern conditions. Neale F. Howard is in charge; his Columbus address 
is 2520 N. High. St., or Box 116, Sta. "B." Wallace Colman, formerly of 
the Birmingham laboratory, Was also transferred to Columbus. L. W, 
Brannon has been designated to act in charge of the Birmingham laboratory, 
now a substation of the one at Columbus, 
Rodney Cecil has. been transferred from.Geneva, N. Y., to Columbus, 
Ohio. He attended the Kansas City meetings of the Association of 
Economic Entomologists, 
' Walter Carter, in.charge of the sugar-beet leafhopper work, at 
Twin Falls, Idaho, was designated to represent this division at’ ube 
Kansas City meetings of the Association of Economic Entomologists. 
S. H. Rountree, for the ‘past 7 aio) years connected with the 
ae sweet-potato weevil work, has resigned to enter commercial fields, 
Sa RH,  Curet, temporary: field assistant in Alabama, has resigned, 
‘as also has Torbert Slack, Collaborator, engaged. in the sweet-potato 
weevil work in Louisiana. 
