ae are 
Alan Nicolay, of Montclair, N. J., visited the National Museum 
April 11 to study material in the Casey collection of Coleoptera and to 
arrange for the transport to the Museum, as a gift, of his collection of 
Rhynchophora. 
W. F. Sellers, of the Bureau's Gipsy-~Moth Laboratory, Melrose 
Highlands, Mass., returned to his duties there April 18, after spend— 
ing two weeks studying parasitic flies with Dr. J. M. Aldrich, of the 
National Museum. 
F. A. McDermott, of Wilmington, Del., recently Spent a day in the 
section of Coleoptera, examining lampyrid beetles and consulting with 
mes. Barber. 
On April 11 R. C. Williams, jr., of the Academy of Natural Scien- 
ces, Philadelphia, Pa., and Ernest L. Bell, of Flushing, Long Island, 
N. Y., came to Washington to examine the National collections of Hesper-— 
. lidae. 

L. J. Bottimer, of the entomological unit, insecticide control, 
Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration, located at Haddon Heights, 
N. J., visited the taxonomic unit April 12. He was especially interested 
in comparing certain Bruchidae, on which he has biological notes, with 
material in the Museum collection of Coleoptera. 
Mr. Frank Morton Jones, of Wilmington, Del., spent April 15 in the 
National Museum examining Lepidoptera, especially of the family Psychidae, 
and consulting with Dr. William Schaus. 
Miss Irene Bartlett, a graduate in entomology of the Massachusetts 
Agricultural College, has been appointed Junior Entomologist, to assist 
in the general aspects of identification work. 
H. F. Schwarz, of the department of entomology, American Museum 
of Natural History, New York City, spent April 16 to 18 studying bees 
of the genus Melipona in the National collection, with reference to a 
revision of the species of this genus. 
On April 21 L. L. Buchanan went to Montclair, N. J., where he 
spent two days preparing for shipment a collection of weevils recently 
presented the National Museum by Alan Nicolay. The collection was trans— 
ported to Washington by automobile on April 25. Mr. Buchanan also spent 
one day in New York City examining certain Curculionidae in the collec-— 
tion of the American Museum of Natural History. 
On April 22 Dr. J. G. Needham, head of the department of entomology 
of Cornell University, worked for a few hours in the Division of Insects 
and visited several of the specialists. 
