lade ty 
which occur in the United States. This is a group of some economic im- 
portance, as it is parasitic on May beetles: 
C. H. Curran, of the Canadian Entomological Branch, spent from 
the lst to the 9th of January studying types of muscoid flies in the 
Museum collection. 
Dr. W. A. Hoffman, of the School of Tropical Research in Porto 
Rico, visited the dipterists in the Division on January 3. 
George M. Greene, of Harrisburg, Pa., visited his brother, C. T. 
Greene, on January 4, and spent some time looking up literature for his 
index of Coleoptera. 
Prof. Robert Matheson, of Cornell University, was a visitor to 
the Division on January 4, to discuss some flies parasitic on birds, 
which he had sent in for identification. 
R. C. Shannon left Washington on January 23 for New York, and 
from there he sailed on January 26 for South America. He will spend six 
months in Peru making a study of the disease verruga for the International 
Health Board. 
L. E. Dills, of the University of West Virginia, arrived at the 
- Museum on January 19 and is spending several weeks in the Division, work- 
ing on the bees of West Virginia, under the direction of Miss Sandhouse. 

COTTON-INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
B. R. Coad, Entomologist, in Charge 
In the latter part of January B. R. Coad visited Washington to 
confer with Bureau officials regarding the work on cotton insects. On 
his way to Washington he spent a day in conference with Prof. H. W. Barre, 
at Clemson College, S. C. 
Dr. J. W. Folsom, of the Delta Laboratory, accompanied Mr. Coad 
to Washington. While there he conferred with a number of Bureau special- 
ists, and spent some time studying foreign insects in the collections at 
the Museun. . 
On January 24 and 25 E. W. Dunnam, of the Florence, S. C., field 
laboratory, met Mr, Coad and others in Washington for a conference on the 
work on cotton insects, 
Dr. F. A. Fenton, of the El Paso, Tex., field laboratory, spent a 
few days at Tallulah in the latter part of January, in conference regard— 
ing the pink bollworm situation in the Southwest. 
