
ah ee 
_ Genteter cinerea, a tachinid parasite of the adult Popillia, is 
proving to be more abundant this year than last. Since its introduction 
nm 1923 this species has constantly increased and, in 1926, records indi- 
cated that an area of approximately 62 square miles was covered. It is 
hoped that at the close of the present season this area will have been 
materially increased. fi our 
Ee H. Siegler, of Silver Spring, Md., recently conferred with 
HZ. R. Van Leeuwen concerning codling moth investigations. 
Curtis H. McDonnell, of Wesleyan University, will join the Physiolog- 
ical Section of this laboratory on July l. : mis 
Among the foreign entomologists visiting this laboratory in June 
were Dr. Stanislaw Minkiewicz, Pulaway, Poland; Mr. Stanley Garthside, . 
Australia; Prof. Dr. Karl Ludwigs, Berlin, Germany;-Dr. W. Yagi, Kyoto, 
Japan; and Dr. T. Inukai, Sapporo, Japan, Dr. iudwigs was accompanied by 
S. B. Detwiler, in charge of the Blister Rust Control, Bureau of Plant 
Industry. 
A. BE. Stene, State Entomologist. of Rhode Island, and Harry Horovitz, | 
Superintendent of Field Work in the Rhode Island State Department of Agricul- 
ture, recently conferred with members of. the laboratory force relative to 
present research methods and results. 
A Japanese beetle quarantine office was recently established at 682 
Main Street, Stamford, Conn.*, to supervise the quarantine activities in 
Connecticut. This office is in charge of J. P. Johnson, who has been engaged © 
in control work on Anomala orientalis for the State of Connecticut. Temporary 
quarantine offices have also been opened at Hamburg and Allentown, Pa., in the 
territory added to the regulated area with the last revision of the quarantine. 
The first fatality within the organization of the Japanese Beetle 
Laboratory occurred on June <2 at Easton, Pa. L. D. Freas, a quarantine in- 
spector stationed at Norristown, Pa., was killed, and V. G. Carlin and D. D. 
Hetrick, also of the Norristown office, were slightly injured. Hetrick was . 
driving a large G. M. C. truck and was approaching an obscure railway crossing 
when an approaching engine forced him to leave the road in order to avoid 4 
Collision. All three men jumped, but Freas was caught between the side of the 
truck and a tree, and crushed so seriously that he died at the hospital a few 
hours after the crash. 

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"7 TROPICAL AND SUBTROQOPICAL PLANT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
A. C. Baker, Senior Entomologist, in. Charge 
The Mexican fruit worm having been found at Brownsville, Tex., Dr. A. C. 
Baker made a trip there during the last week in June for the purpose of investi- 
gating the insect in that general region, He also investigated the insect in 
several of the States in Mexico. Dr. Baker was joined in this work by Mr. James 
Zetek, in charge of the Bureau's laboratory at Ancon, Canal Zone. 
