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INSECTS AFFECTING MAN AND ANIMALS 
F. C. Bishopp, in Charge 
On May 20 D. C. Parman returned for a short period to his offi- 
cial headquarters at Uvalde, Tex., from Coachella, Calif., where he has 
been engaged in studies of the eye gnat, a species of Hippelates. 
On May 9 W. E. Dove arrived in Washington from his station at Dal- 
las, Tex., to consult bureau officials and specialists in the National 
Museum. He returned to Dallas after spending two weeks in Washington. 
Upon the invitation of Captain R. G. Heiner, Marine Corps, U. 5S. 
Navy. F. C. Bishopp gave an illustrated lecture on flies and their con- 
trol before a class of naval and marine medical officers at Quantico, Va., 
May 14. The class was then conducted over the reservation for a study 
of the local situation as regards flies and was given instruction as to 
how different practical problems might be met. 
J. L. Webb made a trip to New York on May 14 to consult with a 
representative of the Sumatra Caouchouc Company, the principal company 
engaged in exporting derris roots from Sumatra. 
LIBRARY 
Mabel Colcord, Librarian 
NEW BOOKS 
Bailey, I. W., and Spoehr, H. A. 
The role of research in the development of forestry in North Amer- 
ica. 118 p. New York, The Macmillian Company, 1929. 
Balari Gali, Alberto. 
Iniciacion en la tecnica apicola (Nociones de apiculture). 40 p. 
Gerona, Imprenta y liberia de Antonio Franquet y Gusiné, 1928. 
Banks, Nathan. 
Spiders from Panama. Bul. Mus. Compar. Zool... Vv. 69,4~N07 OS) paroo= 
Paeeepl,, Freb., 1929. 
Bondar, Gregorio. 
A laranjeira no Brasil. 138 p., illus. 5. Paulo, "Chacaras e Quin- 
taes," 1929. (Parte II. Insectos damninhos e molestias da laran- 
jeira, p. [77]-134. Bibliographia, p. 135-136. )} 
Bondar, Gregorio. 
Pragas da lavoura. Bahia. Sec. da Agricultura.» ¥)) A) Boletim sda 
Pathologia Vegetal, Anno 1928, No. 6, ph':65-149,) ¢lllus, 4 wise: 
