4 Dr. W. W. Stockberger, of the Department, and S. A. Rohwer, Assis— 
tant Rp Hoe of the Bureau, visited the laboratory.on April 27 to 29. 
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On April 28 C. H. Hadley and W. E. Fleming attended a conference 
ml the office of the New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture, William B. 
 Duryee, to discuss the program of the State Department of Agriculture 

for the control of the Japanese beetle. The conference was also attended 
by T.. J. Headlee, H. B. Weiss, E. G.: Rox, and -W. Martin, all of the New 
Jersey Department of Agriculture. 
Dr. L. A. Hawkins, of the Plant Quarantine and Control Administra— 
tion, visited the laboratory on April 29, to discuss control of inssects 
by the use of moist heat and to become familiar with the different exper- 
iments being conducted for control of the Japanese beetle. 
M. P. Jones, Extension Entomologist in the Bureau, visited the 
laboratory on April 11 and conferred with the project leaders on phases of 
their work. Mr. Jones was interested generally in the established para- 
Sites. 
T. R. Gardner and J. W. Balock, of this laboratory, made a scouting 
mrp tO Rutherford, N.« diysgon April«14, in starch of infestations of 
Aserica castan2a and Anomala orientalis. Dense local infestations of 
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Beecite | tite spring. 
On April 20 M. H. Brunson and T. R. Gardner made a trip through 
lower New England to study local conditions at various points of Japanese-— 
beetle infestation, with particular reference to the possibility of 
distribution of parasites During the course of their trip they made 
Short visits at the pi peyencn and corn—borer laboratories near Boston 
Dr. BE. P. Felt and Edwin McDerman, of the Bartlett Tree Expert 
Company, visited the laboratory on April 30, to discuss spraying and 
Other msthods for controlling the Japanese bectle. 
Clarence Farrell, of Trenton, N. J., who has recently. ibéen  ap— 
pointed by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture as Field Assistant to 
Der.e Rk. W. Glaser, of: the Rockefeller Institute, visited. the Japanese— 
beetle laboratory several times during the month to consult with Dr. Henry 
Fox regarding the field occurrence of nematode parasites of Japanese— 
beetle larvae and the method of conducting field experiments with these 
parasites. 
H. C. Hallock, of the Westbury, Long Island, sublaboratory, returned 
to duty on April 1, after an absence of several weeks on account of a 
Serious illness. 
