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sexdentatum Oliv.). during the last year caused breaks in service wires 
in and near Constantinople. The insects Lore inte any part of the cable, 
Whether near the hangers or no%,' and rcolisned surfaces 2s well as rough 
are attacked. "Bonita" suspension rings are of no avail. It has been 
necessary to repair cables seven to eight: times an a run of fifty meters. 
The areas particularly affected are as follows in the order of density 
of fault: . 
_ "I," Both shores of the Goldén Horn. -* »" ‘at | 
&.-: The: ‘Asiatic ‘shore of» thé Bosphorus for' a distance of about 8 
kilometers ftomCartal to Bostandjik, fe te ee : 
3. The European shore of the Bosphorus for a distance of abovt 
10 kilometers froti-Bebek north. 9 *..°': PU ROIS / Oe ; 
4. The North:shore of thé’ Marmora' for: @ distance of 9 kilometers 
near Makrikeuy and San’ Stefano. : ies raf ok . ye 
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William Middleton, of this office, recently visited the Taylor 
estate near Trevilians, Va., taking down a number of cages of elm leaf- 
beetles parasitized to a considerable extent by the dipteron Erynnia 
nitida R. D., received ‘from Dr: W.’R:: Thompson; of-Hyéres, France. With 
this meterial-it is proposed to-establish thé ‘pardsite Erynnisa nitida in 
this country. ease ke ce 
- -.) J.C. Hvenden; of the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, field station, pre- 
pared a series of five lectures‘on forest entomology, and gave them. to 
the forestry students and rangers attending thé wihter short coursé at 
the University of Idaho; Mr... ‘Eventlen also atténdéd the Ranger leeting of 
the Clearwater National Forest on Warch’30, where he gave an illustrated 
talk on forest entomology. On March 20 Mr. ‘Bvenden spoke before the 
Rotary Club of Coeur d'Alene on the same subject. 
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SOUTHERN FIELD CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. L. Webb, Associate Entomologist, Acting in Charge 
Dy de. Crumb. of the Tobacco Insect Station at Clarksville, Tenn., 
spent about two weeks in Wasnington for the purpose of studying cutworm 
material in the Muserm... .. . bra one deca feng abies 
oo. f:. C. Bishopo was in Washington March 26:and 27 for conference 
with the Bureau of Chemistry in- regard to cooperative projects with that 
Bureau. oy AS Ar Mer o% ve 
Py an oversight no mention, was made in the February number of the 
Monthly Letter of the Appoinsment. of Dr. J. W.' Tolsem for duty at the 
Boll Weevil Field Station, Tallulah, La. Doctor Folsom is to be the prin- 
cipal assistant at that station. 
Wm. S. Cook has joinéd the staff of workers at the Tallulah labora- 
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tory, his work being an investigation of the adhesion of insecticidal 
dusts to different varieties of the cotton plant, 
