100 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



BOOK NOTICE. 



Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man- 

 By Glen W. Herrick, Professor of Economic Entomology, 

 Cornell University, New York. The McMillan Company. 

 470 pages, price $1.75. 



Few persons realize to what extent our homes are liable to 

 attacks by insects, though everyone may complain of those that 

 are directly annoying to him personally. It will be somewhat of 

 a surprise, therefore, to the average reader to learn from this 

 book how many and how varied are the numbers and modes of 

 attack of what may be termed domestic insects. The first 

 hundred and fifty pages of the book are filled with the life 

 histories and methods of control of House and Stable Flies, 

 Mosquitoes, Bedbugs, Cockroaches and Fleas. Ants and their 

 activities and invasions are next dealt with; then follow chapters 

 on insects injurious to clothes and carpets, to cereals and pre- 

 served fruits, to meats, cheese and condiments; human parasites, 

 annoying pests of man, some troublesome invaders, wood-boring 

 insects and a chapter on insects that are poisonous and objects of 

 dread, concluding with instructions for fumigating. The book is 

 illustrated with 152 cuts and eight plates. 



The writer has had occasion to refer to this work when 

 replying to the enquiries of correspondents and has found it most 

 convenient for the purpose, especially where one wishes to learn 

 the well-tested methods of control. The lists of references to 

 economic literature at the end of each chapter are also very 

 useful. Those who are in charge of the entomological depart- 

 ments of Experiment Stations, and who are, therefore, constantly 

 applied to for information and advice lespecting insects of all 

 kinds, will find this book a most convenient manual of reference. 

 The ordinary householder may fail to appreciate it until his 

 property or comfort is seriously attacked by one or more minute 

 insect foes; when such troubles arise he will find all the information 

 he requires in clear and plain language and full directions for 

 waging a successful warefare against the invading enemy. 



C. J.S. B. 



Mailed March 10th, 19L5. 



