ek pes 
J. Carroll, of the University of Dublin, Ireland, called at the 
Division of Taxonomy June 26, to meet the specialists of the Bureau of 
Entomology. Mr. Carroll has just completed a year's work at Cornell Uni- 
versity. 
The section of Hymenoptera has received from D. S. Wilkinson, of 
the British Museum, as a part of an exchange, cotypes of 15 species of 
Braconidae, mostlyrepresentatives of oriental species recently described 
by Kr. Wilkinson. This is a valuable addition to the Museum collection. 
CEREAL AND FORAGE INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
W. H. Larrimer, in Charge 
Dr. and Mrs. Uunio Saalas, of Finland, visited the sugar-—cane 
insect laboratory at New Orleans in June. 
H. A. Jaynes, formerly assigned to the Japanese Beetle Labora— 
tory, has been transferred to the project of introduction of parasites 
of the ESAS ae moth borer. He spent the month of June in Louisiana 
studying problems relative i Sugar-—cane insects. In July he will go 
to Pitas, where he will study and collect parasites of the moth 
borer for shipment to Louisiana. 
T. E. Holloway was in Washington about the middle of June for 
conference He also visited the Japanese Beetle Laboratory at Moores— 
town, N. J., where he was particularly interested in the parasite equip-— 
ment. 
Dr. J. C. Hamlin reported June 21 at the Salt Lake City Labor- 
eatvory, where he will assist G. I. Reeves in investigations of the al- 
falfa weevil. 
Cem. Packard, en route from Carlisle, Pa., to experimental 
plats in Ohio and Indiana, spent June 28 and 29 in the Washington office 
in consultation with Bureau officials regarding work on the Hessian Fly. 
Dr. W. R. Thompson, formerly in charge of the European para- 
site Laboratory at Hyéres, Var, France, has resigned to take charge of 
the Farnham Royal Laboratory, located at Farnham, England. Dr. H. L. 
Parker, who has been associated with Dr. Thompson for a number of years, 
has been placed in charge of the Hyéres laboratory. 
H. D. Smith, formerly of the Carlisle, Pa., laboratory, has accept-— 
ed a transfer to the European Corn Borer Laboratory at Hyéres, Var, 
France, where he will assist Dr. Parker in the collection and shipment of 
parasites of the corn borer and alfalfa weevil to the United eo had He 
Sailed for Europe June 14. 
