ays, 
Lt. W. Brannon visited Washington on March 18 to discuss the prob-— 
lem of the Mexican bean beetle. Mr. Brannon was en route to Norfolk, Va., 
from Columbus, Ohio, where he was temporarily located during the winter. 
On March 18 M. W. Stone, Junior Entomologist at the Alhambra, 
Calif., field laboratory, gave a talk at the Norfolk, Calif., Farm Center 
on the control of vegetable insects. 
J. B. Demaree and H. E. Parson, of the Bureau of Plant Industry 
laboratories at Thomasville, Ga., and Springhill, Ala., respectively, 
visited the Biloxi, Miss., field laboratory on March 23. 
Troy Thompson, H. J. Carter, and T. F. Johnson, inspectors of the 
Alabama State Department of Agriculture, visited the Biloxi, Miss., 
field laboratory in March in connection with work on the sweetpotato 
weevil in Alabama. 
J. R. Douglass, who was temporarily located at Columbus, Ohio, dur— 
ing the winter, left for Estancia, N. Mex., on March 25. 
Dr. H. E. Burke, Senior Entomologist, of the Palo Alto, Calif., 
shade-tree insects laboratory of the Forest Insects Division, visited the 
Alhambra, Calif., field laboratory on March 27. 
K. L. Cockerham, Associate Entomologist, in charge of the field 
laboratory at Biloxi, Miss., reports that an intensive campaign of sweet— 
potato-storage inspection for the sweetpotato weevil has just been com— 
pleted in Mobile County, Alabama. In addition to the regular employees 
of the Bureau, namely, S. C. Brummitt and 0. T. Deen, the State Depart— 
ment of Agriculture of Alabama furnished three inspectors, Troy Thompson, 
H. J. Carter, and T. F. Johnson, to assist in this work. Duringeege 
period, March 2 to March 26, inclusive, 1,264 farm visits and inspections 
were made. No infestation of the sweetpotato weevil was found during 
these inspections. The last infestation was found in November, 1930. 
CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECTS 
W. H. Larrimer, in Charge 
The meeting of the North Central States Entomologists, which was 
held at Urbana, Ill., on March 4 and 5, was attended by the following 
members of this division: Dr. W. H. Larrimer, D. J. Caffrey, C. M. 
Packard, W. B. Noble, H. L. Painter, and J. S. Wade. 
