
ee 
H. A. Jaynes, stationed in Peru, has sent to New Orleans during 
the summer almost 170,000 parasites of the Sugarcane moth borer. Most 
of these were the dipterous species Paratheresia claripalpis, but there 
were 10,000 specimens of a species of Ipobracon. 
E. K. Bynum, formerly connected with the State experiment sta- 
tions of Florida and Mississippi, has been assisting the force of the 
field laboratory at New Orleans in receiving and releasing the parasites 
from Peru. 

STORED—PRODUCT INSECTS 
E. A. Back, in Charge 
A. 0. Larson, who has been in charge of investigations of the 
bean weevil in California, has been transferred to the Pacific North— 
west, where he has been placed in charge of investigations of the pea 
weevil, with headquarters at the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, 
at Corvallis. The truck transporting Mr. Larson's household effects 
to Oregon was demolished in an accident, and all of Mr. Larson's goods 
were destroyed by fire. Fortunately, they were insured. 
G. K. Fisher returned to California in July, after a conference 
in Washington regarding investigations of the bean weevil, in charge 
of which he has been placed. 
The laboratory for the study of insects affecting cured tobacco 
in the bright-tobacco belt has been located at 515 Jefferson St., Dan- 
ville, Va. W. D. Reed, formerly of the dried-fruit insect investiga-— 
tions, has been placed in charge. 
At the request of the county agents of Cook, Laurens and Lanier 
Counties, Ga., S. E. McClendon gave them assistance in August in their 
work of controlling the corn weevil. Weevils will have a hard time in 
the western parts of Georgia and South Carolina, where drought is reported 
to have ruined the corn crop. 
At the request of the tobacco interests, W. D. Reed attended 
the tobacco markets which opened at Valdosta, Ga., July 29, and at Lake 
City, S. C., August 5. In July and August Mr. Reed also visited to- 
bacco establishments in Washington, Greenfield, Wilson, Rocky Mount, 
Farmville, Wendell, Smithfield, Kinston, Durham, and New Bern, all in 
North Carolina. He also made a careful survey of the tobacco plants 
in Richmond and Norfolk. 
W. C. Wooding, jr., who was employed during July and August at 
the field laboratory at Danville, Va., has left the service to continue 
his studies at the University of Virginia. 
