328 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 



from Holland. Cecidomyid gall on pine from Japan. Larva; 

 ■i^Qf^talidcE) in soil around roots of blue spruce from Holland. 





Hemiptera. 

 Tingitid eggs on rhododendrons from Holland. 



Acarina. 

 Notaspis (Oppia) sp. on boxwood from Holland. 



The orily desirable members of this list are Hister stercorarius, 

 which is insectivorous and possibly the Hymenopterous parasites 

 Itoplectis and Brachycryptus spp. With the exception of Cercyon 

 hcemorrhoidalis , which feeds on decaying vegetable matter and is 

 therefore of no economic importance, most of the other species 

 are, to a greater or lesser extent, injurious. The most unwelcome 

 importation was Evetria buoliana, the European Pine Shoot Moth, 

 which came over in the larval stage in surprising numbers on six 

 shipments of pines from Holland. As many as ten infested buds 

 were found on numerous plants. Two shipments were burned 

 entirely and all buds on the remainder trimmed off and destroyed. 



In point of numbers, the Homoptera as usual occupy the first 

 place. The following table shows how the different orders have 

 been represented on imported stock during the past three seasons 

 in New Ji^rjSj^y, ' -i;.. 



Spring, 1915 Spring, 1914 Fall, 1914 



Ajcarina , ; 1 1 



Lepidoptera 7,; : . 3 , 2 



Coleoptera 6 6 



Hymenoptera 4 3 1 



Homoptera 9 18 U 



Hemiptera 1 2 1 



Diptera....... ; •.,...... , 3 ' 



-Orthoptera ....:,,<... 1 1 



Insect importations will undoubtedly continue just as long as 

 nursery stock is imported and the protection afforded by inspection 

 is necessarily only partial and sometimes ineffective, depending, as 

 it does, on the ability and carefulness of the individual inspector. 



