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G. S. Tulloch, of the Bureau's Division of Insects Affecting Man 
and Animals, is spending several days in the Taxonomic Unit, studying 
the: collection of Alaskan mosquitoes and consulting with C. T. Greene. 
Dr. B. Preston Clark, of Boston, Mass., examined the National 
collections of Sphingidae April 29. 
* August Busck, of the section of Lepidoptera, has just received from 
“Edward Meyrick. well-known lepidopterist of Marlborough, England, over 
‘100 determined species of South American microlepidoptera, including 
some cotypes. 
BEE CULTURE 
Jas. I. Hambleton, in Charge 
The library of the Division of Bee Culture is indebted to E.G. 
tary-Treasurer of the New Jersey Beekeepers' Association, 
ting its files of "New Jersey Bee Culture," a publicauiag 
ee tO ws development of beekeeping in that State. ar 
A. .Freoland, of Dunkirk, N. Y¥., has been appointed temporary 
‘field a Bee and reported for duty April 16 at the Bee Culture Labora= 
tory, seteaye Md. 
Visitors at the Division of Bee Culture, Somerset, Md., during 
the month included H. C. Dadant, a member of the firm of Dadant and 
sons, Hamilton, Iill.; Dr. Kurt Wagener, of the Hygienischen Institut 
‘der ap aa ees Hochschule, Berlin, Germany; Dr. E. F) Philvigges 
Corneil University, Ithaca, N. Y.; Norman Phillips and L: E. =Degmee 
‘Ithaca, N. on and George J. Abrams, of the University of Maryland, 
‘College Park, Md. 

INSECT PEST SURVEY AND EXTENSION ENTOMOLOGY 
J. A. Hyslop, in Charge 
M. P. Jones, Extension Entomologist, spent the period from March 
i7 to April 15 visiting extension workers and entomologists in the States 
of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New 
Jersey, and Delaware to study the insect problems and methods of carrying 
on extension entomology in these States. On April 22 to 24 he visited 
New Jersey to study and observe practices in mosquito control. 

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