the early fall have made no attempt to leave the 
soil, and it is believed that sane of these late 
beetles remain in their pupal cells during the 
winter and do not liberate themselves from the 
soil until spring. 
“Weather conditions during October have been excellent 
for gassing peach trees, and peach growers in 
Georgia have put out thousands of pounds of para- 
di chlorobenzene. 
"A delegation of peach growers from South Carolina 
visited the station during the first week in 
October to observe experiments under way, and to 
gather information on the results of recent ex- 
periments in peach pest control. 
"On October 6, the writer addressed the Fort Valley, 
Ga., Kiwanis Club on recent results from peach in- 
sect investigations under way in central Georgia, 
and the agricultural possibilities of the section." 





Jemes Zetek, in charge of the field station at Ancon, Canal 
Zone, reports that F. X. Williams, an entomologist of the Hawaiian Sugar 
Planters! Experiment Station, spent a week at the field station. He 
“left for Ecuador, where he hopesto find the parasites of the sugar-cane 
‘Wireworm, Should he fail there he intends to return to the Canal Zone 
and so to the interior of Panama, where favorable facilities for his 
“work have been procured. 
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"Some of the curculio adults that transformed during 
' 
q Doctor Quaintance, in company with Profs, J. J. Davis and W. P. | 
‘Plint and Mr. A. J, Ackerman, made »n investigation of the San Jose scale 
Situation in orchards in southern Indiana and Illinois, The scale was 
‘found to be very abundant and destructive in some orchards and growers 
we thorougnly alive to the necessity of energetic remedial measures if 
me orchards are to be saved. | 
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LIBRARY 
Mabel Colcord, Librarian 
New Books } 
iford, H. W. The cotton thrips (Heliothrips indicus, Bagnall) in 
the Sudan, with 2 description of its history and habits in the 
Gezira (Blue Nile Province) and measures for its control. 52 p. 
illus., pl. 1921. (Wellcome Tropical Research Labs., Kartow, 
Ent. Section. Bul. 198) 

