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F. H. Shirck has been transferred from Toppenish, Wash., to Parma, 
Idaho, and K. E. Gibson has been transferred from Walla Walla, Wash., 
to Toppenish, Wash. 
Probationary appointments to the several grades named have been 
given W. C. Cook, Entomologist, Davis, Calif.,0Ge By Yorke Juntor Bre 
tomologist, Riverside, Calif., and W. B. Hollingsworth, Junior Ento- 
mologist, Picayune, Miss., who have been asSigned to duties at the ad— 
dresses stated. 

DECIDUOUS—FRUIT INSECTS 
A. L. Quaintance, in Charge 
E. H. Rawl, Horticultural Agent for the Louisville & Nashville 
Railroad, Montgomery, Ala., visited the field laboratory at Cherry- 
field, Me., on August 29. L. S. McLaine, of the Entomological Branch, 
Ottawa, Canada, visited the same laboratory on Auzust 20. 
G. F. Moznette, in charge of investigations of pecan insects, 
attended the twenty-ninth annual convention of the National Pecan As-— 
sociation, held at Jackson, Miss., September 23, 24, and 25. While 
there he presented a paper on "How some factors limit efforts for ar- 
tificial control of the pecan nut case-bearer in the Southeast." 
Contributions from the Japanese-—Beetle Laboratory 
On September ll Dr. Filippo Silvestri, of the Royal Institute of 
Agriculture, at Portici, Italy, visited the laboratory. He was much 
interested to learn of the progress of the work of introducing para- 
sites of the Japanese beetle since his first visit to this institution, 
in August, 1928. A large part of his brief visit was spent in an in- 
teresting discussion of the principles underlying introduction of para- 
sites. 
On September £9 C. S. Beckwith, of the New Jersey Agricultural 
Experiment Station, visited the laboratory to discuss with Dr. Fleming 
methods cf fumigation of blueberries for the Japanese beetle. 
STORED-PRODUCT INSECTS 
E. A. Back, in Charge 
Erskine M. Livingstone was appointed Junior Entomologist, Sep- 
tember 18. He graduated last June from the Clemson Agricultural College, 
S. C., and will assist W. D. Reed in the investigation of insects affect— 
ing cured tobacco, with headquarters at 515 Jefferson Street, Danville, 
Va. 
