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There seems to be an increasing tendency to submit manuscripts for 
approval for reading at meetings and subsequent publication, without allow- 
_ ing sufficient time for pr ‘oper. consideration, necessary editing, and final 
_ approval by the Secretary: With a few exceptions, it is doubtful if such 
_ haste in publication is*necessary or even desirable. With proper considera- 
tion of this matter many difficulties can be overcome, the standard of our 
’ ‘publications will be raised, and publications which are truly emergent will 
_ be expedited. Sil 

TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
A C. Baker, Entomologist, in Charge 
Dr. Chester I. plies? who has been engaged on several occasions in 
Deciduous-Fruit Insect Investigations, has been appointed Associate Entomol - 
ogist and assigned to duty at ew Orleans, La., in connection with work on 
the camphor scale, 
T, F. Catchings, who has been associated with the camphor scale pro- 
ject for several years, has resigned from the service to accept another 
position, Re ets SAN 
JAPANESE BEETLE INVESTIGATIONS 
Loren B, Smith, Entomologist, in Charge 
A recent addition to the staff of the Japanese Beetle Laboratory is 
Drs H. W. Allen, who has been assigned to the parasite work of the Division. 
Dr. Allen is a native of Massachusetts and received the degree of Bachelor 
of Science from Massachusetts Agricultural College -in 1913. For the follow- 
ing five years he was connected with the Gipsy Moth Laboratory at Melrose 
Highlands, Mass., as scientific assistant. Following this, nearly a year’ 
and a half was spent in the army, in pathological laboratory work and as a 
student in army medical schools. During 1919 he was connected with the 
U. S. Public Health Service,’ acting in charge of the pathological laboratory 
at Hospital No. 2, Chicago, Ill. During 1920 he was again connected with 
the Bureau of Entomology as scientific assistant, being stationed at the 
_ European Corn Borer Laboratory, Arlington, Mass, In 1921 and 1922 he was 
at the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College as instructor, assis- 
tant professor, and associate professor, in the Department of Zoology and 
Entomology; and in 1923 with the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion as associate entomologist. In 1923 he received the degree of Master 
of Science from Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, During the 
year 1925-26 Dr. Allen held a fellowship at Ohio State University, where he 
was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosphy at this year's commencement, 
