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Dr. F. A, Fenton, of the Bureau's cotton~insect laboratory at 
El Paso, Tex., came to Washington November 30 and will spend several 
days in the taxonomic unit working on wasps of the subfamily Anteoni- 
nae. He also consulted the specialists in parasitic Hymenoptera regard 
ing certain parasites of the pink bollworm, particularly some exotic 
Species which may be introduced into this country. 
TRUCK-—CROP INSECTS 
J. E. Graf, in Charge 
Paul Guillemet, Manager, Department of Agriculture of French 
Morocco, Angel Arrue, formerly Manager, Experimental Farm of Spanish 
Morocco, and Raymond Ricaud, American Trade Commissioner for the French 
Government at San Francisco, visited the field laboratory at Alhambra, 
Calif., November 1. 
W. H. White, Washington, D. C., visited the bureau's field lab- 
oratory at Sanford, Fla., on November 7 for consultation regarding the 
work on the celery leaf—tier. On his return trip to Washington he stopped 
at Charleston, S. C©., for consultation regarding investigations on the 
seed-—corn maggot, and at Chadbourn, N. C., in regard to work on the straw— 
berry weevil and strawberry root—louse. 
M. C. Lane, in charge of the field laboratory at Walla Walla, 
Wash., returned November 15 to Washington, D. C., from Cambridge, Mass., 
where he had been studying wireworms in the Leconte Collection at Harvard 
University. On November 19 he and J. A. Hyslop visited the field lab 
oratory at Charlottesville, Va., where some notes and specimens of wire- 
worms gathered by Mr. Hyslop at Hagerstown, Md., were studied. From 
Charlottesville Mr. Lane went to Walla Walla, arriving there November 25. 
He stopped over for a short time at the State College of Agriculture at 
Ames, Iowa. 
J. N. Tenhet, Chadbourn, N. C., was called to Washington, D. C., 
‘on November 15, to confer with M. C. Lane on the wireworm problem, 
D. E. Fink, Philadelphia, Pa., attended the meetings of the East— 
ern Branch of the American Association of Economic Entomologists at New 
York City, November 21 and 22. 
L. B. Reed has received a probational appointment as Junior 
Entomologist for duty at Picayune, Miss. 
Alfred Weed, Agent, located at Madison, Wis., resigned November 
19 to accept a position with John Powell & Co., Inc., New York City. 
The temporary appointment of H. E. Dorst has been terminated. 
