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W. T. McAllister has been appointed Field Assistant and assigned 
to investigations of the oriental fruit moth parasites at Moorestown, 
N. As 
G. J. Haeussler has recently transferred his laboratory from Antibes 
to Nice (Alps-Maritimes), France. His new location brings him closer to 
the main sources of parasites in the orchards of southern France and 
northwestern Italy. 
R. W. Burrell, of the Japanese-beetle project in Australia, re- 
ports the finding of oriental fruit moth in moderate numbers at several 
points in that country, with parasites fairly numerous in the area about 
sydney. New South Wales. Four species of parasites have already been 
recovered by Mr. Burrell, one being Gambrus stokesii a species previously 
reported from that region. 
H. W. Allen of Moorestown, N. J., was in Washington on May 19 for 
conference with Dr. C. L. Marlatt and S. A. Rohwer. 
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COTTON INSECTS 
F. C. Bishopp, in Charge 
G. J. Fleming, manager of the Kassala Cotton Company, Wad Shair, 
Hassa Heissa, Sudan, was a visitor at the Tallulah, La., field labora— 
tory on May 25. He expressed great interest in the research and pro-— 
gress made in control of cotton insects, and especially in the develop-— 
ments in airplane equipment for applying insecticides to cotton. 
G. C. McGinley, pilot. left Tallulah on May 4 by airplane for 
maven, 1ex., to conduct flights for collection of insects in the upper 
air in connection with migration studies. He returned to Tallulah on 
May 18. 
Gwynn L. Garrison returned to Tallulah May 2 after completing work 
on the Thurberia weevil at Tucson, Ariz., and on the pink bollworm at 
Presidio, Tex. He was transferred to these projects last winter. 
H. C. Young, of the Tucson, Ariz., field station, was at Tallulah 
from May 8 to 14 conferring on plans for cooperative control work on 
the boll weevil in Oklahoma. 
R. W. Moreland left Tallulah May 21 for Bryan, Tex., where he will 
remain during the cotton-growing season, conducting tests for control of 
the cotton bollworn. 
A. C. Christopher and R. P. Patty were appointed temporary Field 
Assistants, effective on May 18 and 20, respectively. 
