1892.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 183 



the station. While water alone will roll off from the insects without 

 wetting them, the addition of soap gives a compound that penetrates 

 readily (Bull. No. 30, S. Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station)." 



Calandra reniotepunctata Gyll. it seems has not been noticed heretofore 

 attacking grain, although two allied species, namely, C. oryzte and C. 

 granaria, are famous for their depredations. Recently my attention was 

 called to a number of small weevils, which were found in freshly-made 

 soup, and on enquiry being made, it was ascertained that the barley, ob- 

 tained from a near-by grocery, contained numerous specimens of this 

 insect. It is evident that this species has heretofore been confused with 

 C. oryzt? by observers. WM. J. Fox. 



A CURCULIO REMEDY. "The curculio flies," says a plum grower, 

 " are our greatest enemy. But in Florida I learned of a curious method 

 of saving the fruit, which the flies kill when it is very young, just as the 

 bloom is falling off, and when the plums are no larger than marrowfat 

 peas, half a dozen small tin cans, empty tomato cans will do, two-thirds 

 full of molasses and water, with a tablespoonful of vinegar added, must 

 be hung from the branches of each tree. The curculio fly will be attracted 

 by the mixture and eat it greedily, forgetting at the same time to sting the 

 baby plums." AVri 1 York Tribune. 



Entomological Literature. 



AMERICAN NATURALIST, Philadelphia, May, 1892. A spider enemy of 

 Oeneis semidea S. \Y. Denton. 



HAKDWICKE'S SCIENCE GOSSIP, London, May, 1892. Famous collect- 

 ing grounds for Dragonflies, iii (W. H. Bath). The constancy of the Bee, 

 G. \V. Bulman. 



GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE, London, May, 1892. On a neuropterous in- 

 sect from the lower Lias,*t H. Woodward, i pi. 



MKMOIRS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANCHESTER LITERARY AND 

 PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 1891-1892 (4), v, i. Hymenoptera orientalis; 

 or Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Indian zo- 

 ological region,* P. Cameron, i pi. 



VERHANDLUNGEN UND MrrTHEii.r.\r.KN DES SIEBENBURGISCHEN YE- 

 REINS FUR NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN IN HEKMANNSTADT, xli, 1891. On 

 the Coleopterous fauna of the vicinity of Schaessburg, Dr. K. Petri. 



THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATTKAL HISTORY (6), ix, 53, Lon- 

 don, May, 1892. On some new species of Histei-ida-,* G. Lewis. On 

 the scale-like and flattened hairs of certain Lepidopterous larva-, A. S. 

 Packard, rigs. On Ophidercs princeps Guen. and its utter dissimilarity 



* Contains new species other than North American. t Contains new 



