MONTHLY LETTER OF THE pe REAU OF ENTOMOLOGY 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT.OF-AGRICULTURE 

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Ace Burgess, Senior BL ated in Charge 
R. T. Webber sailed February 20 on the S. S. Roosevelt for Cherbourg, 
_ France. His mission is a continuation of the investigations of the gipsy moth 
_ and brown-tail moth infestations in Europe. His trip will take him to France, 
: Spain, Portugal, northern Africa, Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czecho- 
_ slovakia, Poland, and the Balkans. He will endeavor to establish temporary 
summer laboratories wherever he- locates places suitable for obtaining natural 
enemies of the two moths just mentioned, for shipment to the Ginsy Moth Labora- 
_ tory, at Melrose Highlands, Mass. Mr. Webber will return to Melrose Highlands 
after having completed the Reunege work. 
C. F. W. Muesebeck and R. ©. Brown sailed for Europe March 24 on the 
S- S. Republic. They are first groing to the ‘Kuropean Corn Borer Laboratory 
at Hyeres, France, where R. 7, Webber will meet them after having completed 
| the first part of his trip. He will then accompany them to certain gipsy moth 
infestations in Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. Mr. Meesebeck's work 
' in Burope will be an intensive study of the gipsy moth, the brovn-tail moth, 
) and their parasites. Such an investigation will necessitate his stay in Europe 
for two or more years. The moth conditions will be investigated in several 
/ countries, vith an intensive study in the country where the gipsy moth 
_ infestation is best suited for these investigations. For the present his 
» address will be Budapest, Hungary, care of the U. S. Consulate. During the 
® summer R- C. Brown will assist Mr. Webber in his importation work, but will re- 
main in Europe and assist Mr. Muesebeck during the winter, 
We are glad to announce that C. E. Griswold returned to his work at 
the Gipsy Moth Laboratory on February 18. Mr. Griswold was confined for about 
one month on account of sickness, from which he has entirely recovered, 
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A. F. Burgess spent several days in conference at Washington, D. C., in 
the week of March 16. 
The following entomologists have recently visited the Gipsy Moth Lab- 
oratory or office: Dr. Arthur Gibson, Chief, Entomological Branch, Ottava, 
Canada; J. T. Ashworth, in charge of moth work for the State of Connecticut; 
H. L. McIntyre, of the Conservation Commission of the State of New York; D. J. 
Gaffrey and L. H. Worthley, of the European Corn Borer project; L. B. Smith 
and. C.W. Stockwell, of the Japanese Beetle project, and W. A. Osgood, of the 
New Hampshire State Experiment Station. 
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