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K. W. Babcock, of the Arlington.laboratery, now engaged in ecological 
investigations in Europe, reports that the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture 
has again revived the "Edict of 1917% compelling all property owners to clean 
up apie and other susceptible plant material in areas infested by the 
corn borer, a ana ee ae ay ie 
| As reported by L. H. Patch, the first observed pupation of the corn 
borer in the field in Ohio occurred June 5, five days later than in 1925. 
In western New York H. N. Bartley recorded the first pupation on June 15, 
eleven days later than in 1925, In New England ‘the early pupation, adult 
emergence, and deposition of eggs were about two weeks later than normal. 
Discs Caffrey returned: to Arlington on June 17, after spending about 
10 weeks conducting field experiments and observations in the infested areas 
of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. 
‘Miss Susan Alexander, who for several years had filled most efficiently 
the position of Secretarial Stenographer in this office, resigned from the 
service on June 15 last. It is Miss Alexander's intention to enter commercial 
work in the Middle West. een ae 

TAXONOMIC INVESTIGATIONS 
 §, A. Rohwer, Entomologist, in Charge 
Dr. H. He Knight, of Iowa State College, has been appointed Entomol~ 
ogist and assigned to work on the collections of Miridae from June 20 to | 
about the end of August. It is hoped that Dr, Knight will in this time have 
an opportunity to arrange and classify a large share of the Miridae in the 
collections of the Museum, so. as to facilitate prompt identification of 
insects belonging to this group. 
Dr. W. Ve Balduf, of the University of Illinois, is working in the 
Maseum during the: summer under a special grant, and in this time expects to 
continue his studies on chalcid flies belonging to the family Burytomidac. | 
Dr. Balduf has been studying the eurytomids for some time and hopes ue 
the aid of the material in the National Collection to be able to complete . 
certain taxonomic papers on this group. , 
W. S. Fisher returned on June 30 from a trip to Boston, New York, and 
Philadelphia, where he examined types of buprestid beetles of the ene 
Agrilus in the collections of the Boston Society of Natural apmaiecsitie pigs 
ligeun of Comparative Zoology, the American Museum of Metburel HAS a 
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and the collection of Dr. ee 
Mr. Fisher has nearly completed his manuscript for a revision of vars at 
esting and important group of buprestid beetles, and has been able ° 
practically all of the types of the species of the genus Agrilus. 
