CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECTS 
W. H. Larrimer, in Charge 
On April 17 D. W. Jones, in charge of the parasite work of the 
Ruropean Corn Borer Investigations, met in New York a shipment of parasites 
of the citrus black fly (Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby), collected by 
c. P. Clausen in the Straits Settlements. He then accompanied this ship— 
ment to Cuba, where he will act in an advisory capacity in the estab-— 
lishment of the parasites in that island. 
J. ©. Hamlin, of Salt Lake City, Utah, spent April 24 tomzaam 
Washington in consultation with Bureau officials. 
In the month of April the following appointments were made: 
Olus L. Barnes, Junior Entomologist, for duty at Tempe, Ariz., Virgil 
F. Kent, Junior Entomologist, at Monroe, Mich., Lewis H. Colby, Agent, 
at Toledo, Ohio, and Miss Marydea Thomas, Under Scientific Helper, at 
Tempe, Ariz. | 
R. A. Blanchard, in charge of the field laboratory at Sacramento, 
Calif., spent April 13 and 14 in El Centro and other points in the In— 
perial Valley, investigating the cricket situation. He has returned 
to Sacramento, having finished the main investigation of the effect of 
burning on the control of the alfalfa aphid in the Antelope Valley. 
Dr. Herbert Osborn, of Ohio State University, called at the Wash— 
ington office on April 28. 
Geo. W. Still, Assistant Entomologist, was reappointed on April 2 
for duty at Sandusky, Ohio. 
FOREST INSECTS 
F. C. Craighead, in Charge 
R. A. St. George attended a meeting at the Forest Products Labo- 
ratory during the last week in April. This is a meeting held annually 
to discuss the progress of forest research in the Forest Service and 
cooperating organizations. The Bureau of Entomology is chiefly inter— 
ested in the development of plans for the economic survey provided for 
in recent legislation. An inventory of the forest resources of the 
country will be made, and an attempt to arrive at figures for depreci- 
ation due to insects and fungi will be part of the undertaking. 
K. A. Salman, formerly with the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 
lege, has been appointed Agent at our field station at Palo Alto, Calitve 
and reported for duty April 14. Mr. Salman will take over our contacts 
with the National Forests and National Parks in District 5. 
