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Contributions from the Japanese-Beetle Laboratory 
Dr. Raymond C. Osburn, head of the Department of Zoology and Ento- 
mology of Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, visited the Laboratory 
on January 1. Dr. Osburn spent some time in looking over the various bran- 
ches of the work and their equipment. 
On January 19 Prof. Arno Viehaever, head of the Department of Bi- 
ology and Pharmacognosy at the Philadelphia Collese of Pharmacy and Sci- 
ence, and Dr. N. A. Sankowsky, Research Chemist of the Standard Oil Com- 
pany, N. Y., visited the Laboratory. They were very much interested in 
the various branches of the work. 
J. L. King gave one of the Ludwick Lecture Series at the Academy 
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia on January 21. His subject was "The 
Control of Insects With Insects, and Its Application in the Philadelphia 
Area." 

INSECTS AFFECTING MAN AND ANIMALS 
F. C. Bishopp, in Charge 
F. C. Bishopp attended the meeting of the newly organized Rein— 
deer Committee held in the office of the Commissioner of Education on Jan-— 
uary 9. Other members of the Committee from the Department of Agriculture 
who were present were Dr. J. R. Mohler, Chief, Bureau of Animal Industry, 
and Dr. Paul G. Redington, Chief, Bureau of Biological Survey. Representing 
the Department of the Interior on the Committee were William Spry, Commis— 
Sioner, General Land Office, A. E, Demaray, National Park Service, L. A. 
Kalbach, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Education, and Otto F. Ohlson, 
General Manager, The Alaska Railroad. The meeting was called for the pur-— 
pose of discussing ways and means of aiding the growing reindeer industry 
in Alaska. Interest was shown in the subject of reindeer bots, which are 
prevalent in Alaska and do considerable damage, especially to reindeer hides. 
R. W. Wells returned to his station at Beltsville, Md., January 7, 
after several weeks spent in work on the cattle grub near Dallas and Fort 
Worth, Tex. 
C. D. Huyler, formerly head of the Huyler Candy Company, visited 
the Washington office January 7 to consult in regard to the control of wood 
ticks on his estate, which consists of two islands off the coast of South 
Carolina. 
E. L. Filby, sanitary engineer for the State Board of Health of 
Florida, was in conference with F. C. Bishopp in Washington on January 
26, regarding research work on mosquitoes in Florida. 
On January 15 Mr. Bishopp made a trip to Burkes Garden, Va., to 
make observations on conditions there as to the cattle grub. 
