mae ee 
work in the important subject of natural control, and the story of his 
first work with the Australian ladybird will be told whenever achievements 
in economic entomology are discussed. 
I hope to prepare a fuller account of his very useful life. —-=]jej oes 

STORED FRODUCT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
EH. A. Back, Entomologist, in Charge 
The Dried Fruit Laboratory was moved on March 9 from 422 Yale Avemie 
to 1584 Ferger Avenue, Fresno, Calif. 
On February 25 J. C. Hamlin returned to the Dried Fruit Laboratory 
at Fresno, Calif., from a brief visit to Houston, Tex. ‘fhrough the kindness 
of Dr. W. D. Hunter, Mr. Hamlin familiarized himself with the successful 
developments in heat sterilization of cotton seed which have been effected 
under Doctor Hunter's direction as a safeguard against the pink bollworn. 
It is thought that some of the machines in use in Texas may provide the - 
basis for modifications which would make feasible the heat treatment of cer- 
tain dried fruits. 
Daring the month §. EB. McClendon visited St. Simons and Stapeloe 
Islands, off the Georgia Coast, for the purpose of contimaing observations 
on the status of the corn weevil. ‘The establishment of the broad-nosed 
grain weevil on St. Simons Island affords an opportunity to study its capac- 
ity as a corn pest in comparison with that of the rice weevil. By the summer 
and fall of 1923 this lesser-known pest had become more ebundant and de- 
structive to corn than the rice Weevil, both in the field and in the crib. 
Observations during 1924, made after the cold of the preceding winter, indi- 
cated that the broad-nosed grain weevil is less resistant to cold than the 
rice weevil, 
On March 10 A. O. Larson, of the Bean Weevil Investigations at 
Alhambra, Calif., met with about thirty members of the Ferm Bureau of Chino 
to review the results of the 1924 field control work of the Burean and to 
plan for the 1925 campaign. A Bean Weevil Committee was appointed to co- 
operate With Mr. Larson, and tlioney Was appropriated for posters which have 
Since been printed. The farm Bureau commended the work done by the Bureau 
of Entomology in San Bernardino County, and attributes the very marked de- 
crease in bean weevil infestation to the control work of the Bureen carried 
nunder the direction of Messrs. Larson and Fisher. 
2) 
Curtis Benton, of Fresno, Calif., has been granted a tvo months! 
leave of absence. THis address during April and Mey is Macomb, I11. 
On March 21 Dr. R. T. Cotton went to Kansas City to represent the 
Bureau at a field demonstration on a large scale staged by the United 
States Industrial Chemical Company, of Baltimore. This company is the only 
