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TRUCK-CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 
J. &. Graf, Senior Entohhologist, in Charge 
During the first week of September, W. H. White, of the Washington ~— . 
office, and L. W. Brannon, Birmingham, Ala., made an inspection trip it ane 
certain sections of Virginia, including the Shenandoah and Page Valleys, in ~~ 
search of the Mexican bean beetle. This insect was found at Gore, Culpeper, 
and Luray. 
A. C. Morgan, of the tobacco insect laboratory, Clarksville, Tenn., © 
visited Columbus, Ohio, September 16 to 18, and conferred with N. F, Howard, 
S. BE. Crumb of Clarksville, Tenn,, has been detailed temporarily to 
Tampa, Fla., where, in cooperation with one of the local cigar manufacturers, ;. 
he will conduct vacuum fumigation experiments Reet ney the cigarette beetles... 
Rodney Cecil, of Genawed N. Y., has been temporarily detcited to the : 
Columbus, Ohio, laboratory. 
B. L; Boyden, Tampa, Fla., pees that the recent ‘tropical storms 
did very little damage in Tampa. K. L. Cockerham, Biloxi, Miss., advises . 
that the Gulf-coast region of Mississippi largely escaped the storm. 
On September 2 H. L. leatherby, recently of. Athens, ‘Ohio, visited 
the Washington office en route to Peo is mest ‘and discussed the Mexican 
bean beetle problem in Ohio. . 
S. F. Chamberlin, Quincy, ra... ‘visited agate’ the first week in 
September to confer with Bureau officials Megarel is the seikicatee on’ tobacco in- 
sects which is now under way in Florida. 
R. &. Campbell, Alhambra, Calif., crenignta) that on September 17 a num- 
ber of Federal, State, County, and private entomologists met at the Bureau's 
laboratory in Alhambra, and formed the. Entomologist Club of Southern Cali-— 
fornia, with 28 charter members. The: following officers were elected: Presi-. 
dent, H. J: Quayle; Vice President, R oir ohh hagha and. Secretary-Treasurer, 
R. EH. Campbell. 
W. B. Cartwright and Cc. C. Wilson, of the Sacramento station, visited 
the Alhambra laboratory on September 16. : 
CG. F. Henderson has been appointed Agent, effective September 15, 
and will sail from San Francisco on-or about October 9 for South America to 
make studies of the stgar-beet leafhopper and its natural enemies. This © 
work has been undertaken in cooperation with the University of California, | 
He will probably first visit Tucuman, Argentina, where he will confer with . 
Dr. G. L. Fawcett, Pathologist, of the Tucumant SAB ee oa Experiment Station, 
J. N. Tenhet and K, B. McKinney ,. aarneouad with the tobacco insgotl 
laboratory at Clarksville, Tenn., have: teen temporarily transferred to the 
Federal Horticultural Board, effective October 1, and will report to F. S. 
Puckett, Houston, Tex., for duty in connection with the pink bollworm service. 
