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SOUTHERN FIELD-CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. L. Webb, Associate Entomologist, Acting in Charge 
On account of the death of Dr. W. D. Hunter, previously announced, 
a conference concerning the future work of this branch was heid at the Boll 
Weevil Laboratory, Tallulah, La., on October 24. Those attending the con- 
ference were B. R. Coad, A. ©. Morgan, 1. B. Holloway, F. C. Bishopp,W. V. 
King, and J. L. Webb. Pending the’ selection of a permanent officer in 
charge, Mr. Coad will direct the policies of the branch. 
| A demonstration of airplane dusting of cotton was given at Tallulah 
on October 25. In the afternoon of the same day F. C. Bishopp and J. L. 
Webb visited the malaria mosquito laboratory at Mound, La., of which Dr. 
W. V. King is in charge. 
A conference between Federal and State officers concerning the no squi- 
to situation along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi was held in 
New Orleans, la., on October 15. Dr. L. 0. Howard and Dr. W. V. King repre- 
sented the Bureau of Entomology. 
Daniel D. Ewing, Jr., of New Orleans, has been given a temporary ap- 
pointment to determine the relative abundance of the sugarcane moth borer 
in the sugarcane-growing region along the Gulf Coast. 
Reginald H. Painter has been appointed Collaborator to assist in ine 
vestigations of the cotton hopper. - . 
" TAXONOMIC INVESTIGATIONS 
S. A. Rohwer, Entomologist, in Charge 
Prof. Stephen Bruner, of the Agricultural Experiment Station, San- 
tiago de las Vegas, Habana, visited the Division of Insects on October 15 
to become acquainted with some of the specialists and examine the collec- 
tion of Hemiptera. ft 
| Emil L. Liljeblad, of the Field Musewn of Chicago, spent four days in 
the latter part of October studying beetles in the collection of the Museum. ~ 
Mr. Liljeblad was especially interested in beetles of the family Mordellidae | 
and is preparing a revision of the North American species of this group. He 
examined the material in the National Collection and was especially inter- 
ested in John B. Smith's types. | 
Alan §. Nicolay, of New York, recently spent a few days looking over 
the collection of beetles, being especially interested in those belonging 
to the families Buprestidae and Carabidae. 
