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_.  P, J, Chapman, Acting Extension Entomologist, Ithaca, N. Y., L. Re. 
Simons, of the Central Parm Bureau, Ithaca, and Dr. BE. P. Felt, State Ento- 
mologist of New York, Albany,- visited the Silver Creek, N. Y., corn-borer 
laboratory on October 5. 
; i. H. Worthley was in Washington on October 22 and 23 for consulta- 
tion with Bureau officials, 
In the latter part of October Stewart Lockwood, of the Billings, 
Mont. , laboratory, spent a couple of weeks in Washington, for consultation 
and library work in connection with grasshopper manuscripts. 
V. L. Wildermuth, of the Tempe, Ariz., laboratory, made a ten days! 
trip early in October to points in southwestern Arizona and southern Cali- 
fornia, in connection with work on the Chalcis fly. While on this trip he 
was able to make a brief call on Mr. Campbell, of. the Alhambra, Calif., 
laboratory. ; 

COTTON INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
INVESTIGATIONS OF INSECTS AFFECTING THS HEALTH OF MAN AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
J. Ls Webb, Associate Entomologist, Acting in Charge 
fF. C. Bishopp and B. R. Coad were in Washington several days early in 
October for conference with Bureau officials. 
Qn October 1 H. EB. Wallace was transferred from the Division of Mis- 
cellaneous Insect Investigations and assigned to work on the cotton flea hop- 
per. a 
R. W. Moreland, G L. Smith, and G L. Garrison have been transferred 
from Tallulah, La., to Tucson, Ariz., and assigned to work on the Arizona 
weevil. a 
W. Ee Dove, who has been connected with the Bureau's work on insects 
affecting livestock, and was recently assigned to work in Florida, pursuing 
studies of creeping eruption-of man, resigned from the Bureau on October 1¢ 
to take up graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University. 
Dr. Re Ce Roark, of the Bureau of Chemistry, returned to Texas about 
the middle of October to continue cooperative investigations of the chemo- 
tropic responses of the screw-worm fly and related insects. The major part 
of his time while in Texas this fall will be spent at the Uvalde laboratory, 
working with D. © Parman. 
The appointment of Roy Melvin, a temporary field assistant at Tallu- 
lah, La., terminated October 6, 
