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TAXONOMY 
Harold Morrison, in Charge 
Dr. A. G. Béving, of the taxonomic unit, has recently been elected 
a corresponding member of the Finnish Zoological and Botanical Society 
"Vanomo," Helsingfors, Finland. This society has only two other corres— 
ponding members—-one in Sweden and one in Germany. 
Octave Piel, S. J., of the Museum of Natural History of Zi-ka-—wei, 
Université l'Aurore, Shanghai, China, spent November 6 to 19 studying 
the National Collection of Hymenoptera and consulting with the bureau 
hymenopterists. 
Wilson Popenoe, of the United Fruit Company, located at Tela, 
Honduras, visited the taxonomic unit November 15. 
Prof. L. M. Peairs, of the University of West Virginia, at Mor- 
gantown, called November 18 to consult the specialists on parasitic 
Hymenoptera regarding parasites of certain apple insects. 
Dr. D. P. Curry, Assistant Chief of Public Health, Panama Canal 
zone, Spent November 5 to 11 at the division of insects studying mos— 
guitoes and consulting with Mr. Greene on various problems in the classi- 
fication of mosquitoes. 
Jack Horner, of the University of Maryland, at College Park, 
visited the section of Coleoptera November 19. 
Harlan N. Worthley, of the Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania 
State College, spent November 22 studying various Diptera in the National 
Collection and consulting with Dr. J. M. Aldrich, Associate Curator of 
the Museun. 
P, J. Darlington, a graduate student of Bussey Institution 
Harvard University, spent November 22 to 27 studying various Carabi- 
dae in the Casey collection of Coleoptera, and looking up New Hampshire 
records of Dytiscidae in the Sherman collection. 
Alan Nicolay, of Montclair, N. J., called at the Museum Novem— 
ber 22 to examine certain species of beetles in the National Collec- 
tions and to consult bureau specialists in Coleoptera. 
N. E. Sanderson, Manager, Compania Agricola of Guatemala, con— 
sulted with Carl Heinrich, of the taxonomic unit, on November 29. 
Dr. W. V. King, in charge of the Bureau's malaria mosquito lab- 
oratory at Mound, La., came to Washington November 29, to spend about 
two weeks in the taxonomic unit studying mosquitoes. 
