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TRUCK-CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. E. Graf, in Charge 
W. E. Stone, formerly in charge of the celery leaf—tyer investi-— 
gations at Sanford, Fla., has been temporarily detailed to the Plant Quar-— 
antine and Control Administration to assist in organizing the scouting for 
wild hosts of the Mediterranean fruit fly. | 
Dr. N. F. Howard, Columbus, Ohio, visited Norfolk, Va., June 5, 
to inspect bean-beetle experimental plots and to discuss the control of 
the Mexican bean beetle in that section with L. W. Brannon. He visited 
Washington June 6. 
The summer laboratory of the pea-aphid project at Columbus, Wis., 
was opened on June’ 10. J. °H. Dudley, Ur... will be in charger 
B. J. Landis arrived at Mexico City on June 15, where he will in-= 
vestigate the biology and host relationships of the parasites of the Mex— 
ican bean beetle. 
W. J. Reid, Jr., Chadbourn, N. ¢@., has been temporarily detailed 
to Columbus, Ohio, where he will assist Dr. D. M. DeLong in the investi-— 
gation of the potato leafhopper on beans. Mr. Reid arrived at Columbus 
on June 20. 
The following employees attended the meetings of the Pacific Slope 
Branch of the American Association of Economic Entomologists at Berkeley, 
Calif., June 20 to 21: R. E. Campbell, Alhambra, Calif., J. C2) Biiguae 
Garden Grove, Calif,, and E. W. Davis, Richfield, Utah. 
L. W. Brannon, Norfolk, Va., N. F. Howard, Columbus, Ohio, and W. 
H. White, Washington, D. C., accompanied by entomologists from Maryland 
and New Jersey, and others interested in the control of the bean beetle, 
inspected bean fields on the Eastern Shore of Maryland June 27 and 28. 
This inspection trip was conducted by Prof. E. N. Cory, State Entomologist 
of Maryland, and had for its principal object the gathering of information 
on the results obtained by the commercial growers on the control of the 
bean beetle under conditions prevailing in this large commercial area. 
QO. A. Hills and J, C, Chamberlin have been appointed as Junior and 
Associate Entomologists, respectively, the former to serve at Hermiston, 
Oreg., and the latter at Palo Alto, Calif. 
The following appointments as field assistants have been made: lL. 
Jones, Twin Falls, Idaho; F. W. Fletcher, D. M. DeLong, D. F. Miller, and 
R. W. Brubaker, Columbus, Ohio; E. C. Herber and H. Rosen, Philadelphia, 
Pa.; E. W. Jones, Walla Walla, Wash.; J. R. Thomson, Chadbourn, N. C.; 
V. E. Romney, State College, N. M.; V. F. Kent, Estancia, N. M.; J. F. Roe, 
T. E. Bronson, and J. H. Lilly, Madison, Wis.; and O. W. Rosewall, Baton 
Rouge, La. 
