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Insect Colonization
and Mass Production
Edited by CARROLL N. SMITH
Entomology Research Division
Agricultural Research Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Gainesville, Florida
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List of Contributors
Numbers in parentheses indicate the pages on which the authors' contributions begin.
J. RALPH AUDY, The George Williams Hooper Foundation, University
of California Medical Center, San Francisco, California (25)
ALFRED M. BAUMHOVER, Entomology Research Division, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, Oxford, Nprth Carolina (533)
H. P. BOLES,1 Stored-Product Insects Research and Development
Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Savannah, Georgia
(259)
G. T. BOTTGER, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Re
search Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Tucson, Arizona (425)
G. S. BURDEN, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research
Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, Florida (175)
EDGAR W. CLARK, U. S. Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory,
Durham, North Carolina (305)
M. M. COLE, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research
Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, Florida (15)
FRANK T. COWAN, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Re
search Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bozeman, Mon
tana (311)
T. B. DAVICH, Roll Weevil Research Laboratory, Entomology Re
search Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, State College, Mississippi (405)
BOTHA DE MEILLON,2 WHO Filariasis Research Unit, Rurma Medical
Research Institute, Rangoon, Burma (101)
1 Present address: Mid-West Grain Insects Investigations, Stored-Products Insects
Branch, Marked Quality Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, Manhattan,
Kansas.
2 Present address: Army Mosquito Project, Smithsonian Institute, U. S. National
Museum, Washington, D. C.
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vi LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
CARL W. FATZINGER, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station,
Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Olustee, Florida (451)
JAMES B. GAHAN, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Re
search Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, Florida
(85)
R. T. GAST, Roll Weevil Research Laboratory, Entomology Research
Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agri
culture, State College, Mississippi (405)
B. W. GEORGE, Northern Grain Insects Research Laboratory, Ento
mology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, Brookings, South Dakota (367)
ANDREW J. GRAHAM, Animal Health Division, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Mission, Texas (533)
J. D. GREGSON, Research Station, Canada Department of Agricul
ture, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada (49)
D. W. HAMILTON,3 Entomology Research Division, Agricultural
Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Vincennes,
Indiana (339)
PHILLIP K. HAREIN,4 Stored-Product Insects Research and Develop
ment Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Savannah, Georgia
(241)
F. H. HARRIES,5 Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Re
search Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Washington
State University, Pullman, Washington (429)
D. O. HATHAWAY, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Re
search Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Yakima, Wash
ington (339)
3 Present address: Japanese Beetle Investigations, Entomology Research Division,
Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Moorestown, New
Jersey.
4 Present address: Department of Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife, Univer
sity of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.
5 Present address: Tree Fruit Research Center, Wenatchee, Washington.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii
T. J. HENNEBERRY, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural
Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Riverside, Cali
fornia (461)
J. DAVID HOFFMAN, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural
Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Oxford, North
Carolina (479)
W. L. HOWE, Northern Grain Insects Laboratory, Entomology Re
search Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Brookings, South Dakota (367)
CHESTER N. HUSMAN, Administrative Services, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland (533)
CARLO M. IGNOFFO, International Minerals and Chemical Corpo
ration, Rioferm Division, Wasco, California (501)
STANLEY W. JACKLIN, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural
Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Mary
land (445)
CALVIN M. JONES,6 Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Re
search Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Lincoln, Nebraska
(145)
ROBERT HENRY JONES, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural
Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Denver, Colo
rado (115)
A. N. KISHABA, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research
Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Riverside, California (461)
E. F. KNIPLING, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Re
search Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Mary
land (1)
B. S. KRISHNAMURTHY, National Institute of Communicable Dis
eases, Delhi, India (73)
6 Present address: Insectary, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
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M. M. J. LAVOIPIERRE, The George Williams Hooper Foundation,
University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, California (25)
F. R. LAWSON,7 Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research
Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, North Carolina (479
W. H. R. LUMSDEN, Trypanosomiasis Research Unit, Royal (Dick)
School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush,
Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland (153)
DIAL F. MARTIN, Cotton Insect Research Rranch, Entomology Re
search Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland (355)
F. O. MARZKE, Stored-Product Insects Research and Development
Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Savannah, Georgia (259)
JOHN W. MATTESON,8 Northern Grain Insects Laboratory, Entomol
ogy Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Brookings, South Dakota (385)
EDWARD P. MERKEL, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Forest
Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Olustee, Florida (451)
SHIZUKO MITCHELL, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural
Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Honolulu, Hawaii
(555)
HARVEY B. MORLAN, Aedes aegypti Eradication Rranch, Communi
cable Disease Center, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia (585)
R. C. MUIRHEAD-THOMSON, Division of Communicable Diseases,
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (127)
EBEN A. OSGOOD, JR., Department of Entomology, University of
Maine, Orono, Maine (305)
7 Present address: Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service,
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Columbia, Missouri.
8 Present address: Monsanto Company, Agricultural Division, Insecticide Chemi
cals Development Department, St. Louis, Missouri.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
EARLE S. RAUN, Corn Borer Laboratory, Agricultural Research Serv
ice, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Ankeny, Iowa (323)
ALBERT E. RYCKMAN, Department of Microbiology, Loma Linda
University, Loma Linda, California (183)
RAYMOND E. RYCKMAN, Department of Microbiology, School of
Medicine, and Biology Department, Graduate School, Loma Linda
University, Loma Linda, California (183)
D. S. SAUNDERS, Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh, Scotland (153)
F. J. SIMMONDS, Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control,
Gordon Street, Curepe, Trinidad, West Indies (489)
EDWARD H. SMITH, Department of Entomology, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, North Carolina (397)
FLOYD F. SMITH, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Re
search Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Mary
land (445)
BURRELL J. SMITTLE, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural
Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Gainesville,
Florida (227)
EDWIN L. SODERSTROM, Stored-Products Insects Research and De
velopment Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Savannah,
Georgia (241)
D. SPILLER, Plant Diseases Division, Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research, Auckland, New Zealand (203)
LOREN F. STEINER, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural
Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Honolulu, Hawaii
(555)
VIJAYAMMA THOMAS, College of Agriculture, Serdang-Selangor,
Sungei Besi, P. O. Malaysia (101)
ERMA S. VANDERZANT, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural
