








MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

— Sn net ere caneaetn ee Papal TT I 


“Wumber 154 February, 1927 

DECI DUOUS-FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
A. L. Quaintance, Associate Chief of Bureau, in Charge 
f Oliver I. Snapp and H. S. Swingle, of the peach insect laboratory at 
‘Fort Valley, Ga., attended meetings of the Cotton States Branch of the Amer- 
‘ican Association of Economic Entomologists in Atlanta, February 2 to 4. 
Mr. Snapp was elected secretary of the branch for the coming year. 
; Dr. L. B. Soliman, of the Plant Protection Section, Ministry of Agri- 
‘culture, Cairo, Egypt, recently spent a part of a day with Dr. Par 8. Mason, 
discussing aphid problems. Dr. Soliman will make a careful study of the 
aphid fauna of Egypt. 

COTTON INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
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7 INVESTIGATIONS OF INSECTS AFFECTING THE HEALTH OF MAN AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
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; J. L. Webb, Associate Entomologist, Acting in Cnarge 
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Dr. J. W. Folsom, Dr. W. V. King, R. C. Gaines, and K. P. Ewing at- 
tended the meetings of the Cotton States Entomologists at Atlanta, Ga., of z 
February 2 and 3. Dr. J. W. Folsom gave a talk on "The Cotton Flea Hopper 
Situation end Control Measures," and on "Progress in the Use of Airplanes for 
Insect Control." 
ri i408. R. Coad and Elmer Johnson have returned to Tallulah, La. , from 
the Southwest, where they have been studying the Arizona weevil eae 
Arizona weevil infestations, obviously in many cases of some years da ing, 
have been found in practically every cotton-growing area Centre ee ae ery 
Arizona. Pink bollworms have been found in southeastern Arizona ot wes St 
' western New Mexico. 
R. W. Moreland, V. V. Williams, W. A. Stevenson, G. L. Smith, ee 
@. L.-Garrison, of the Arizona weevil force at Tucson, Ariz., have ass 1a, 
- been transferred-to the Federal Horticultural Board for a pers od. of wo months. 
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