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JAPANESE BEETLE AND ASIATIC BEETLE RESEARCH 
C. H. Hadley, in Charge. 
Barly in June C. H. Hadley and J. L. King made a trip through New 
- England for the purpose of making general observations. One day was spent 
conferring with Dr. W. E. Britton, State Entomologist of Connecticut, 
with reference to the Japanese beetle situation in Connecticut, and 
_ possibilities for the distribution of parasites. Short visits were made 
at the European corn borer laboratory at Arlington, Mass., and the gipsy 
moth laboratory at Melrose Highlands, Mass., to discuss various ques— 
tions regarding handling of imported parasites. 
yt C. R. Jones reported on June 16 as temporary Field Assistant, and 
» is now stationed at Bridgeport, Conn., conducting general life-history 
- investigations of the Japanese beetle. 
. Dr. I. M. Hawley, Senior Entomologist, has been transferred from 
salt Lake City, Cereal & Forage Insects Division, to the Moorestown, N. J., 
laboratory. Dr. Hawley took up his work at this laboratory on June 18. 
He will be in charge of the section of biological investigations. 
On June 17 a conference was held with the committee of Eastern Nur— 
Seryman's Association at this laboratory to discuss nursery problems 
dealing with the Japanese beetle. ‘The following men were present: J. 
Clark and H. Sim, representing H. A. Dreer's Nursery; R. de Wilde, rep-— 
- resenting Jackson—Perkins Nursery; Lester Lovett, representing Lovett's 
mursery; EH. H. Costich, representing Hicks Nurseries; R. T. Brown, 
representing Cottage Gardens Nurseries; J. H. Humphreys and W. W. Har- 
per, representing Andorra Nursery; F. Hendrickx, representing Bobbink 
& Atkins Nursery; Carl Flemer, representing F & F Nurseries; Mr. Van 
den Hoek, from the Koster Co.; Mr. Harris, of the Old English Boxwood 
Co.; L. W. Needham, from Reading, Pa.; Dr. T. J. Headlee, Entomologist 
of the Agricultural Experiment Station at New Brunswick, N. J.; and C. H. 
Hadley, J. L. King, and W. E. Fleming, of the laboratory staff. 
H. K. Plank, Entomologist of the Tropical Plant Research Founda-— 
tion, tuba, visited the Moorestown laboratory on June 20. Mr. Plank was 
chiefly interested in methods of parasite control. 
On June 22 and 23 C. H. Hadley and I. M. Hawley visited C. R. Jones 
at Bridgeport, Conn., and H. C. Hallock at the Westbury, Long Island, sub- 
laboratory to discuss the general program for the season's work. 
S. A. Rohwer, Assistant Chief of the Bureau, visited the Moorestown 
maeoratory..on dune 24, to confer with C. H. Hadley, J. L. King, T. R. 
Gardner, and H. W. Allen relative to the continuance of parasite work in 
Australia. 
On June 26 Dr. D. Stewart MacLagan, from the Department of Agricul- 
ture, Scotland, visited the Moorestown laboratory. Dr. MacLagan is 
chiefly interested in work in biological control. 

