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Host plants of the boll weevil,—-R, 0. Gaines ‘reports that during August 
and September at Tallulah, La., 18 weevils ceveloped in. and energed fron . 
althea (Hibiscus: syriacus). buds--1l developing in buds in a‘ caged’ plant and 
7 in buds of plants growing in a cotton. field, No. weevils developed: in the 
fruit of Hibiscus militaris, H.: lasiocarpus, or okra, eee a 
- The insectary and.fieldi studies of the. field‘cricket, Gryllus’ assimilis 
pennsylvanicus,.under way. at Tallulah, Le, for several years by J.’ W, Pols 
som, with the assistance of P, A. Woke and others, have been practically: | 
completed and the results are being written up. for publication, One ef the 
.interesting discoveries in connection with these studies is’ the umsually” 
large number of instars that this insect has, Of 131 adults reard from‘the 
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INSECTS AFFECTING MAN AND ANIMALS: - 
Mosquito control as a work relief project.——The Bureau of Entomology * 
has been giving much attention to plans for the development throughout the 
Country ef extensive programs of pest-riosquite control as work-relief pro. 
jects. As apart of this activity a conference was held in New York City ° 
on October 30,° All of the Northeastern States from Marylend to Maine, ine 
clusive, were represented by the State Entomelogists and others actively’ ™ 
directing anti-mosquito work, the State directors of emergency relief, or” 
their representatives. The Washington effice of the Federal Emergency Re~ 
lief Administration was represented by Julius Stone, Jr., and the Bureau 
of Entomology by F. C. Bishopp. The following resolution was passedy: 
. Resolved: That in the judgnent of the official entomologists and of 
‘the officers of the Federal and State Unemployment Rélief Administrations 
ere assembled, mosquit. control projects should be given sérious consid» ’ 
eration as @ source of emergency unempluyment relief work wherever these 
insects constitute a pest problem of sufficient magnitude,’ +7 ae 
.. Following the conference Dr. Bishopp reviowed some of the plans for 
extensive drainase work for mosquito control in New York and Delaware, — 
