
P. C. Johnson has been appointed Field Assistant and reported to 
Dr. K. A. Salman, in charge of the regional survey crew on the Modoc 
National Forest, Calif., June 8. 
J. M. Miller and R. N. Jeffrey made a trip to the Stanislaus 
National Forest June 18 and 19 to collect infested logs containing brood 
material of the western pine beetle. This will be used at the Berkeley, 
Calif., laboratory in a study of the nutritional requirements of this 
bark beetle. 
R. W. Caird, who has been doing some work in connection with the 
Pack Fellowship at the University of Michigan, reported for duty on June 
8, as Field Assistant at Asheville, N. C. 
N. D. Wygant and L. E. Peterson reported for duty at Asheville, 
N. C., on June 16 to assist in studies of the southern pine beetle. Mr. 
Wygant expects to obtain his B. S. degree next year at Purdue University. 
Mr. Peterson has just received his B. S. degree from the University of 
Minnesota. 
On June 2 a meeting of the Appalachian Forest Research Council was 
held at the Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, N. C. R.A. St. George, of the 
Bureau of Entomology, discussed the work being done on the southern pine 
beetle at the Bent Creek laboratory. 
On June 3, 4, and 5 a meeting of the American Forestry Association 
was held at Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N. C. As apart of the exhibit of 
the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station, a set-up was prepared showing 
various phases of the entomological work. 
In the vicinity of Asheville, N. C., there seems to be a scarcity 
of the southern pine beetle following the heavy attacks of last summer and 
fall. Natural control of this beetle was believed to have been brought 
about largely through the premature emergence of beetles last fall re- 
sulting from unusually warm weather. Because of unfavorable conditions 
the broods did not overwinter very successfully. Birds also destroyed 
large numbers of the developing broods during the fall and winter months. 
C. E. Hood, of the gipsy moth laboratory, conducted spray experi- 
ments during June for the control of the saddled prominent, Heterogampa 
guttivitta Walk., and the elm leaf beetle, Galerucella luteola Mull. The 
caterpillars of the former species at intervals defoliate woodland areas 
where beech and sugar maple predominate in New England. The control ex- 
periments against the elm leaf beetle are intended to ascertain whether 
a single early spraying with lead arsenate, to which fish oil has been 
added as an adhesive, will protect the foliage throughout the season. 
J. V. Schaffner, jr., of the gipsy moth laboratory, spent June 15 
to 18 in Maine where, in company with H. B. Peirson, State Entomologist 
of that State, he made observations in areas in Cumberland, Sagadahoc, 
Lincoln, and Knox Counties where there are infestations of a spruce leaf-— 
