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TAXONOMY 
Harold Morrison, in Charge 
Dr. S. W. Frost, of Pennsylvania State College, called on July 
8 to consult with several specialists of the Bureau of Entomology~- 
He returned recently from a trip to Panama, where he studied various 
leaf—mining insects. 
George M. Greene, of Harrisburg, Pa., spent some of his time 
from July 15 to July 22 working on Coleoptera in the Division of in- 
sects. 
Frank Johnson, of New York City, came to Washington on July 
26 to consult with Dr. Schaus and to examine material in the National 
collections of Lepidoptera. 
Henry Bird, of Rye, N. Y¥., came to Washington July 27 to obtain 
information on the life history of a rare species of Papaipema, one 
of the few not yet known to him. With the assistance of Mr. Busck he 
was able to obtain desired material at Plummer's Island, Md. 
Dr. C. BE. Mickel has been employed by the bureau to work for the 
second summer on the mutillid collections, and will be so engaged un— 
til about the middle of September. 
Miss Catherine Ford, a graduate of Iowa State College, has been 
given an appointment as Junior Entomologist, to continue the work of 
cataloging taxonomic literature begun by Mrs. Mansuy before the latter 
was transferred to the Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. 
Miss Marjorie Jones has received an appointment as Under Scien-— 
tific Helper, to take the place of Mrs. L. H. Richardson, who resigned 
from her position in June. 
By transfer from the Biological Survey L. L. Buchanan has been 
added to the staff of the Taxonomic Unit, in order to work on Rhyncho— 
phora and Adephaga for the Bureau of Entomology. 
During the month of July the collections of Coleoptera were ex— 
tensively rearranged, and the work of identification and research on 
the classification of Coleoptera was divided up among the several spe— 
cialists more definitely than before. Under the present arrangement 
H. S. Barber will specialize on the Chrysomelidae and the cantheroid, 
mordelloid, and several other smaller series of coleopterous families; 
L. L, Buchanan will handle the Rhynchophora, the Adephaga, and a few 
other families; Dr. E. A. Chapin has taken over the scarabaeoid, ten— 
ebrionoid, and most of the staphylinoid series and several individual 
families from other series; W. S. Fisher will continue his speciali- 
zation on the Buprestidae and Cerambycidae, and will also be responsi- 
ble for identifications of beetles belonging to the cucujoid, bostri- 
choid and elateroid series of families. 

