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TAXONOMIC INVESTIGATIONS 
Karold Morrison, in Charge 
On May 7 H. S. Barber went to Wingina, Va., with J. H. Riley, 
of the staff of the National Museum, to pack for shipment to the Mu— 
seum the collections of the late Colonel Wirt Robinson. These collec— 
tions include a number of rare and unusual Coleoptera which, after they 
have been incorporated in the Museum collections, will be of consider— 
able value to the Bureau specialists for purposes of reference. 
W. D. Reed, of the field laboratory for the study of dried—fruit 
insects, Fresno, Calif., visited the Taxonomic Unit May 9 to consult 
hymenopterists regarding possible parasites of the dried-—fruit beetle, 
which does much damage to figs. He also spent May 12 to 14 in the section 
of Coleoptera, examining the collection of Nitidulidae, particularly of 
the genera Carpophilus and Epuraea, to obtain records of these beetles 
for California. 
Miss Kathleen McClure, a recent graduate of Iowa State College, 
has been given a temporary appointment as Senior Scientific Aid in the 
Taxonomic Unit. 
Dr. J. G. Gehring, of Bethel, Me., spent May 12 to 14 with Mr. 
Barber in the section of Coleoptera of the Taxonomic Unit. 
Dr. J. M. Aldrich, Associate Curator of the Division of Insects, 
United States National Museum, left New York on May 15 forLondon, where 
he will spend some weeks in the study of muscoid types in the British 
Museum. At the conclusion of this work he will proceed to northern Nor— 
way and Sweden on a collecting expedition, the object being to obtain 
insects of northern Europe, especially Diptera, for comparisonmiwage 
similar forms occurring in the northern part of North America. While 
in Europe Dr. Aldrich will also visit some other museums for the purpose 
of examining types of muscoid Diptera. He expects to return to Washing— 
ton about August 20. 
On May 16 C. Boden Kloss, of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, 
Straits Settlements, consulted with W. S. Fisher in regard to the deter— 
mination of beetles, and with A. B. Gahan and R. A. Cushman about the 
parasitic Hymenoptera loaned from the collections under his charge. 
On May 18 L. L. Williams, Jr., of Richmond, Va., discussed with 
C. T. Green the mosquitoes of North Dakota and South Dakota. 
A. B. Champlain, of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 
Harrisburg, Pa., called at the Taxonomic Unit May 17 to consult A. Busck 
about the European corn borer. 
C. E. White, of Brookline, Mass., visited the National Museum 
on May 22 to examine certain beetles, particularly those of the family 
Carabidae, in the National collection. 

