
Fae 
The entire day of October 22 at the Feather River Training School 
of Forest Service was given over to discussion and field demonstra— 
tions in forest entomology led by J. M. Miller. The class this year 
consisted of 35 men from the national forests and the State and rational 
park services of Region 5. Unusual interest in this subject was displayed. 
Contributions from the Gipsy—Moth Laboratory 
Early in November the Gipsy—Moth Laboratory was moved to new quar- 
ters at 1156 Main Street, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 
Visitors to the laboratory in November included Dr. N. S. Scher- 
binovsky, of Tashkent, Russia, on November 19, and M. H. Ford of Har- 
lingen, Tex., and B. L. Boyden, of Indio, Calif., on November 24. 
On November 19 a small shipment of parasites of the birch leaf-— 
mining sawfly, Phyllotoma hemorata Fall., was received from P. B. Dow— 
den, of the European gipsy-moth station, at Budapest. This material, 
apparently consisting of two species of Hymenoptera, and arriving in a 
dormant condition, had been procured in lightly infested areas in north— 
ern Austria. 
C, F. W. Muesebeck spent the period from November 13 to November 
26 at the National Museum, studying the types of certain Braconidae. 
COTTON INSECTS 
B. R. Coad, in Charge 
B. R. Coad returned to Tallulah, La., on November 6 from an ex— 
tended trip to the West. While in the West he conferred with the men in 
charge of the investigations of the pink bollworm, Thurteria veevil, 
and cotton leaf rerforator, reviered with them the work of this season, 
and outlined investigations for the coming year. 
C. H. Billett returned on November 16 from an extended trip in 
the West, where he had made a large number of photographs relating to 
investigations of the pink bollworm, Thurberia weevil, and cotton leaf 
perforator, 
On November 29 M. T. Young and G. L. Garrison left for Tucson, 
Ariz., where for the next several months they will assist in the investi- 
gations of the Thurberia weevil and the pink bollworn. 
On November 9 D. A. Isler returned to Tallulah from the West, 
and left on the 26th for Presidio, Tex., where he will assist in out-— 
lining tests on control of the pink boliworn. 
In November T. C. Barber returned to his headquarters at Browns— 
ville, Tex., to continue studies there on the cotton leaf perforator and 
the cotton flea hopper. 
