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percentage contained maggots of the fly. Mr. Webber found that 63.53 
percent of the 2,262 larvae collected at 12 points were parasitized. 
The percentages of parasitization for the preceding 4 years, based on 
Similar collections, have been 0.78, 8.57, 16.49, and De.45, respect— 
ively. 
Death of A. B. Proper.--Argyle B. Proper, of the Melrose High- 
lands laboratory, died on December 16, 1933, after being ill for about 
a week with pneumonia. He had been connected with the laboratory 
Since his appointment as Junior Entomologist, July 1, 1927. Mr. 
Proper was born in Sunapee, N. H., on March 4, 1905. He received his 
Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Hampshire in 
1926 and his Master of Science degree from the same institution the 
following year, having majored in entomology. Although Mr. Proper 
had published but one entomological article, another of his manu- 
Scripts had been accepted for publication and he was to have presented 
a paper at the 1953 meeting of the Entomological Society of America 
at Boston, Mass. at the time of his death he was preparing two other 
manuscripts. These and the papers he had completed had to do directly 
or indirectly with forest and shade-tree insects. 
Meeting of western forest entomologists.--Meeting for the first 
time in a period of several years, the forest entomologists of the © 
three far western stations gathered at Portland, Oreg., on December 
11 to 13 for a 3-day conference on entomological problems of mutual 
interest. Those present were J. M. Miller and K. A. Salman from the 
Berkeley, Calif., laboratory; J. C. Evenden, A. L. Gibson, and W. D. 
Bedard from the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, laboratory; and F. P. Keen, 
J. A. Beal, W. J. Buckhorn, and J. M. Whiteside, of the Portland lab- 
oratory. Problems relating to the winter kill of bark beetles dur- 
ing periods of extremely low temperatures received special consider- 
ation. The operation of natural control factors and the improvements 
in methods of applied control for forest insects also were made the 
subject of round-table discussions. 

C. W. A. aids forest research program.--F. P. Keen, of the Port- 
land, Oreg., field laboratory, reports that through cooperation with 
the Forest Experiment Station, three C. W. A. workers were added to 
the staff early in December to assist with clerical and other duties. 
These workers include a clerk-typist for routine office duties; a 
draftsman-photographer to help in preparing maps, charts, and photo- 
graphs for use in reports; and an experienced technical artist- 
preparator capable of mounting insects and preparing exhibits and 
plates for illustration. This extra heip will be available as long 
as the C. W. A. program is continued and should prove of great value 
in bringing up to date and advancing the work at this station. 

