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JAPANESE BEETLE INVESTIGATIONS 
Loren B. Smith, Entomologist, in Charge 
_. On Friday afternoon, September 3, Governor A. Harry Moore, accom 
panied by Secretary W. B. Duryee, of the State of New Jersey, and the former's 
official retinue, paid the Japanese Beetle Laboratory at Riverton a short | 
visit. He was conducted through the various laboratories, where he gained 
an insight into the main features of the project. The Governor was particu— 
larly interested in the importation of parasites from foreign countries, the 
physiological researches, and the. question of arsenical deposits on fruitse 
He appeared favorably impressed with the extensive studies now being con— 
ducted, The visit to the laboratory was planned in connection with the — 
Governor's trip to the Exposition of Southern New Jersey, in Camden, where 
he addressed the fair-goers as a feature of the Governor's Day Exercises. 
On September 25 J. W. Wilson, recently Field Assistant, Boll Weevil 
Operations, Florence, Nw C., visited the Laboratory while on his way to 
Bussey Institution, Forest Hills, Mass., where he will continue his studies on 
the morphology of the Coccinellidae. 
: Dre Heinrich Prell, of Germany, recently spent several days at the. 
Japanese Beetle Laboratory, studying the several phases of the project. . 
The Japanese beetle has recently been found at several points along 
the Hudson River, between Ossining, N. Y., and New York City. Several small 
infestations have also been found on the southern third of Long Island, and 
it is known to occur at Port Chester, Ne Y., and Stamford, Conn. It has 
been found outside the quarantine area in Pennsylvania, at Easton, Allentown, 
Bethlehem, Lancaster, and Harrisburg. At. a public hearing held in Washing 
ton September 25, the area under ouarantine.was extended to include the ter= 
ritory mentioned. It is anticipated that the new quarantine lines will be~ 
come operative October 10, 1926, 
On account of the disappearance of the adult Japanese beetle, therdby 
rendering the unrestricted movement.of farm products safe in so far as danger 
of carrying the insect is concerned, the regulation restricting the moves 
ment of farm produce from the Japanese beetle area was discontinued, effective 
October 1, 1926, instead of October 15, 1926. 
