92 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., '15 



Sprays for Brown-tail Caterpillars (result of spraying young brown- 

 tail caterpillars in the spring with various contact sprays of different 

 strengths). E. A. McGREGOR, Batesburg, S. C., Tennipalpus bioculatus 

 McG., A Serious Pest to Privet Hedges (description of pest's work 

 with notes on life history, habits and methods of control). E. P. 

 FELT, Albany, N. Y., Fumigation for the Box Leaf Miner (a summary 

 of the effects of various fumigants upon both plant and insect). 

 V. I. SAFRO, Louisville, Ky., The Nicotine Sulphate-Bordeaux Combi- 

 nation. P. J. PARROTT and W. J. SCIIOENE, Geneva, N. Y., Insecti- 

 cidal Properties of Various Sulphides and Polysulphides (results of 

 experiments with insecticides containing sulphides and polysulphides 

 of sodium, potassium, calcium, and barium as regards effectiveness 

 against various injurious insects). W. M. SCOTT, Baltimore, Md., A 

 New Contact Insecticide (results of experiments in the use of a dry 

 barium sulphur compound as compared with lime-sulphur solution for 

 the control of the San Jose scale and the oyster-shell scale). J. \Y. 

 McCuixocH, Manhattan, Kans., Recent Results in the Use of Dust 

 Sprays for Controlling the Corn-Ear Worm. L. HASEMAN, Columbia, 

 Mo., The Corn-Ear Worm and Its Control. GEORGE A. DEAN, Man- 

 hattan, Kans., Further Use of Poisoned Bran Mash Flavored with 

 Fruit Juice for Controlling Insects (Effectiveness of this bait in con- 

 trolling army worms invading fields and gardens ; also in controlling 

 variegated cutworms, black crickets, and grasshoppers). E. P. FELT, 

 Albany, N. Y., Grasshopper Control in New York State. W. C. 

 O'KANE, Durham, N. H., Arsenical Residues on Fruit and Grass (Sum- 

 mary of further experiments to determine the residues on fruit, foliage 

 and grass after spraying with arsenate of lead, and the possible danger 

 of poisoning human beings or livestock). H. H. P. SEVERIN and H. C. 

 SEVERIN, Marietta, Ohio, Kerosene Traps as a Means of Checking up 

 the Effectiveness of a Poisoned Bait Spray to Control the Mediter- 

 ranean Fruit-Fly (Ccratitls capitata Wied.) with a Record of Bene- 

 ficial Insects Captured in the Kerosene. L. HASEMAN, Columbia, Mo., 

 The Work of the Cotton Worms and Moth in Missouri (Work of the 

 pest on cotton and injury to fruit; also notes on development of the 

 pest and control measures). H. B. SCAMMELL, Pemberton, X. J., The 

 Cranberry Root Worm (History, distribution, life history and habits, 

 with recommendations for control). W. M. SCOTT, Baltimore, Md., 

 Arsenate of Lime as an Insecticide (Report on the use of arsenate of 

 lime as a substitute for arsenate of lead in the control of the codling 

 moth and certain shade tree insects). H. A. SURFACE, Harrisburg, Pa., 

 Frauds, Semi-Frauds and Questionablcs (Brief discussion on the diffi- 

 culties met by an economic zoologist in combating materials of more 

 or less questionable value, recommended as insecticides). W. W. 



