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R. W. HARNED TO HEAD DIVISION O F COTTON INSE CTS 


On June 20 Prof. R. W. Harned was appointed Principal Entomologist 
: and placed in charge of the Division of Cotton Insects. The appointment 
Roe Professor Harned fills the vacancy in the Cotton Insect Division 
caused by the separation of B. R. Coad from the service last February. 
iq During the past few months F. C. Bishopp, in charge of the Divi- 
_ sion of Insects Affecting Man and Animals, has been acting as leader of 
' the cotton insect work and has carried on this important detail very 
'satisfactorily. The appointment of Professor Harned will relieve Mr. 
_ Bishopp of this double duty and will enable him to devote all his atten- 
tion to his own important and rapidly expanding field. 
In order to become thoroughly familiar with the work which is now 
a being done on cotton insects, Professor Harned will spend considerable 
_ time in the field with temporary headquarters at Tallulah, La. Later on 
' his headquarters will be transferred to Washington, D. C. While Professor 
Harned is in the field, matters relating to cotton insects and requiring 
_ the attention of the Washington office should be addressed to Mr. Bishopp, 
who will continue to aid in handling the work that has to be done in this 
office. 
Professor Harned is well known to members of the Bureau, in fact 
to entomologists in general. The Bureau is pleased that he has been 
Willing to accept this important assignment. 
COTTON INSECTS 
R. W. Harned, in Charge. 
S. A. Rohwer, Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Entomology, spent 
June 20 at Tallulah, La. 
R. W. Harned, in charge of the Division of Cotton Insects, spent 
June 20 to 24 at Tallulah. 
F. C. Bishopp spent June 24 at Tallulah, after which he, in com- 
pany of Mr. Harned, visited Auburn, Ala.; Gainesville, Orlando, and 
Jacksonville, Fla.; Florence, Charleston, and Clemson College, S. C.; 
and Raleigh, N. C., for the purpose of consulting with Bureau and State 
entomological workers. Mr. Bishopp returned to Washington July l. 
. C. B. Hadden, Director of the Cotton Experiment Station, St. Jo- 
seph, La., was a visitor at the Tallulah field laboratory June <6. 
Syrus Conn left Tallulah June 19 for Stillwater, Okla., to assist 
in cooperative field—plat tests for weevil control. 
