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able Outbreak of Culex pipiens Linn. (Species appearing in West 

 River, New Haven, Conn., where fish had been killed.) C. GORDON 

 HEWITT, Ottawa, Canada, Further Observations on the Breeding 

 Habits of the House Fly and its control. A. W. MORRILL, Phoenix, 

 Ariz. Experiments with House Fly Baits and Poisons. (Tests 

 of the various fly trap baits and poisons used for house 

 flies to determine their relative attractiveness and effectiveness.) A. H. 

 JENNINGS, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C., The Entomologi- 

 cal Aspects of the Pellagra Investigation of the Thompson, McFadden 

 Commission. (Section K, A. A. A. S.) H. F. PERKINS, University of 

 Vermont, The Fly, Oestrus Ovis, Parasitic in Man. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS. LEONARD HASEMAN, Columbia, Mo.. 

 Beekeeping and Apiary Inspection in Missouri, (A brief report 

 of the work of the State Apiary Inspector and the work which 

 the Department of Entomology has undertaken.) The reading of 

 papers was followed by a discussion of Apiary Inspection in 

 the United States. Subject: The Relation of the Inspection of 

 Apiaries to other Factors for the Education of the Beekeeper. J. W. 

 McCoLLOCH, Manhattan, Kans., Notes on the Life History, Distribu- 

 n'on and Efficiency of the Egg Parasite of the Chinch Bug. (This 

 paper dealt with the length of the life cycle, number of broods, 

 habits, distribution in Kansas, and percentage of parasitism at various 

 times during the summer.) H. E. HODGKISS and P. J. PARROTT, Geneva, 

 N. Y., The Parasites of the San Jose Scale in New York, Species and 

 Distribution. OTTO H. SWEZEY, Honolulu, Hawaii, Notes on Parasites 

 in the Hawaiian Islands. WILLIAM MOORE, University of Minnesota. 

 A comparison of the enemies of Toxoptera graminium in South 

 Africa and the United States.* 



ORTHOPTERA. P. J. PARROTT, New York Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. Studies on the Snowy Tree-cricket, Qecanthns niveus, 

 with references to apple bark diseases.* E. L. WORSHAM, State 

 Entomologist of Georgia. Some notes regarding the natural history 

 of the mole cricket.* 



PLATYPTERA. NEUROPTERA. ODONATA. J. S. HOUSER, 

 Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Comventzia hageni Banks, life- 

 history notes and variations in wing venation.* J. T. LI.OYD, Cor- 

 nell University, The structure of the hind intestine of Corydalis* 

 See also Coleoptera. 



HEMTPTERA, THYSANOPTERA. HERBERT OSBORN. Ohio State 

 University, Studies on the geographical distribution of leaf-hoppers, 

 especially of Maine.* The box elder bug in Ohio. R. W. LEIBY, 

 Cornell LTniversity, Notes on the external anatomy of some Penta- 

 tomidae.* R. D. WHITMARSH, Wooster, Ohio, The Life History of 

 the Green Soldier Bug, \ r ezara hilaris. ALVAH PETERSON, University 

 of Illinois, Notes on the head structures of Thysanoptera.* 



