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UNITED STATES: DEPARTMENT OF “AGRICULTY ———— 

Number:240.° ++" (Not for publication). ©... “°° May 1934 

| NaW DIVISIONS ESTABLISHED 
‘Statements outlinding the. activities, of certain new Sa ay: have 
recently. been generally distributed. The se divisions are the Division 
of Control Investigations, the Division of Insect Pest Survey and In- 
formation, both established as-of May 1, and the Division of Foreign 
Parasite Introduction, established as of May 15. ° Changes effective May 
1 in the method and procedure of handling manuscripts were also announced: 
and the activities of the editorial. unit were modified by transfer of cers 
tain functions to the new Division of Insect Pest Survey and Informations 
The proposed method of handling manuscripts should expedite their review, 
editorial consideration, and approvale Among other changes the revised |- 
plan provides that if a manuscript is returned to a division for considers 
ation of comments by reviewers the name of the reviewer will accompany 
the comments, 
Including, as it does, items’ ‘for’ the month of Bint: this issue of . 
the Monthly Letter is arranged. in accordance with the plan for preceding. 
numberse Although the new divisions are organized and operating, a 
changes as to general subject matter and arrangement of the Monthly Let-e 
ter will await other modifications that may be found desirable in the 
presentation of news items when the reenter authorized ees tiie 
effective on July l. 
PROPER DESIGNATION FOR LABQRATORIES | 
The preferred and correct designation for field laboratories He 
"Taboratory, Bureau of Entomology, Ue Se Department of Agriculture. 
Other designations, such as "U, Se Entomological Laboratory", are incor= 
rect and shoudd not be uSede Where signs or similar labels give er- 
roneous a EN changes should be made at the earliest Beas ee: 
dates 
* FRUIT INS&CTS | 
Elimination of peach borer infestation in peach nursery: stock.—«# 
Oliver J. Snapp and Je Re Thomson, , Jre, Of the Fort Valley, Ga., labora- 
tory, have made a final report on a series of experiments conducted during 
the past winter for the purpose of developing methods of eliminating in» 
festation by Aegeria exitosa Say in nursery stock. This work was under= 
