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ISOPTERA 
Termites of the world (excluding fossils) 




1 ae Genera Subgenera Species 
Mastctermitidae 1 0 i 
Hodotermitidae : 3 abe, 
Kalotermitidae A 14 ROO 
Rhinotermitidae 9 5 145 
Termitidae 48 62 1,236 
5 66 84 1,646 
INVESTIGATIONS OF INSECTS AFFECTING MAN AND ANIMALS 
F. C. Bishopp, in Charge 
On November 13 F. C. Bishopp left Washington for Dallas, Tex.. 
to confer with the investigators in the field laboratory there and aid 
in the planning of work to be conducted in the near future. During 
the following two weeks he visited the field laboratories at Sonora 
and Uvalde, and conferred with authorities of the Texas Experiment Sta~ 
tion in Sonora and the representatives of the Plant Quarantine and 
Control Administration and the Biological Survey in San Antonio. 
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A meeting with a huge barbecue, roping contest, and other typ— 
ically western entertainments was held at the Devils River Ranch of 
Congressman Claude Hudspeth, 30 miles north of Comstock, Tex., on Novem— 
ber 17. The meeting was called to discuss ways and means of reducing 
losses from the screw worm and wool maggots. About 1,000 representative 
ranchmen of western Texas were present. Secretary Jardine and Dr. Mohler 
were invited to address the gathering, but neither could be present. F. 
C. Bishopp represented the Bureau of Entomology, and discussed the work 
which the Bureau has been doing in developing measures for control of 
the screw worm. O. G. Babcock also attended the meeting. 
For the purpose of testing a number of insecticides in control 
of cattle grubs, the available field men were concentrated at Dallas, 
Tex., in the latter part of November, for work during the month of Decen- 
ber. H. S. Peters andR. W. Wells, of the field laboratory at Beltsville, 
Mad., E. C. Cushing, of the field laboratory at Mound, La., and W. G. 
Bruce of the one at Fargo, N. D., are the men engaged in this work. 
