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K. P. Ewing and A. C. Johnson, of the Federal Horticultural Board, 
have been transferred to this Bureau, and are engaged in investigations 
of the cotton hopper at Port Lavaca, Tex., under the direction of Dr. 
fave Panter . . ; 
T. P. Cassidy has returned to the Bureau after temporary assign- 
ment to the Federal Horticultural Board, and has been detailed to work on 
the Arizona weevil problem. His investigations will be conducted in the 
vicinity of Tucson, Ariz. wo 
BEE CULTURE INVESTIGATIONS 
James I. Hambleton, Apiculturist, in Charge 
A. C. Tate, of the Emery Scale Company, Conn:, was at the Labora- 
tory on March 10, making adjustments on the self-recording scale which 
his company recently manufactured for this Office. 
Jas. I. Hambleton was at Lewes, Del., from March 24 to 26 for the 
purpose of completing arrangements for the temporary. field station to be 
established there this. summer. 2 
Through the cooperation Afar at: ‘Kelly, a tages beekeeper, in 
permitting the use of his apiary, A. P. Sturtevant has undertaken some 
control measures against American foulbrood under conditions found in 
commercial apiaries. Lin 
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TAXONOMIC INVESTIGATIONS 
S. A. Rohwer, Entomologist, in Charge 
H. L. Viereck, of the Entomological Division, Department of Agri- 
culture of Canada, visited Washington during the month, and spent a short 
time in the Section of Insects looking over some specimens. Mr. Viereck 
is on his way to England to spend several weeks studying types in the 
British Museun. 
From the highly reputed French entomologist, Dr. L. Falcoz, Dr. 
Boving has recently received a letter in which the writer inquired in 
great detail about the terminology used by the members of the Burceu of 
Entomology in their technical descriptions of coleopterous larvae. This 
terminology, with a single change, is the one elaborated by Dr. A. D. 
Hopkins in his paper on the genus Dendroctonus (Technical Series 17, Ft.I, 
Bureau of Entomology, 1909). Since its first appearance it has been 
adopted not only by many of the. younger American and European entomolo- 
