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Thrips tabnci Lindeman : Schadl. Ins. d. Tabak in Bessarabien, 1888, 

 pp. 51-65 (life-history, habits, description, remedies). 



Thrips sp. Thaxter : in Ann. Rept. Conn. Agr. Expt. Stat., 1889, 



p. 180 (injuries in Conn.). 

 Thrips sp. Riley-Howard: Insect Life, iii, i8gi, p. 301 (reference); 



id., vi, 1893, pp. 4-5 (reference). 

 Thrips sp. Coquillett : in Insect Life, iv, 1891, p. 79 (seriously in- 

 juring potatoes and tumble-weed). 

 Thrips tabaci Lind. Ritzema Bos : Tierische Schadlinge und Niitzlinge, 



1891, pp. 577-578 (description, brief notice). 

 Thrips sp. Lintner : in Country Gent, Oct. 27, 1892, Ivii, p. 809 (on 



cabbage); 9th Rept. Ins. N. Y. for 1892, 1893, p. 445 (abstract 



of notice in Country Gent.). 

 Limothrips sp. Baker: in American Florist, 1892, vii, p. 168, iig. oc- 

 curring in rose-buds). 

 Thrips striata Osborn. Gillette ; in Bull. 24 Col. Agr. Expt. Stat., 



July, 1893, p. 13, figs, II, 12 (may be n. sp., and suggests «//«.) ; 



in 5th Ann. Rept. Col. Agr. Expt. Stat, for 1892, 1894, p. 36 ; 



in 6th do. for 1893, 1894, p. 55 (referred with doubt). 

 Onion Thrips. Smith: in Ann. Rept. N. J. Agr. Coll. Expt. Stat, for 



1893, 1894, p. 441 ; in id. for 1894, 1895, p. 447 (abundant); 



Econom. Entomol., 1896, p. 102 (mention). 

 Thrips alii \allii\ Gillette. Sirrine : in Bull 83 New Ser., N. Y. Agr. 



Expt. Stat., 1894, pp. 680-683, plate II; the same in 13th Ann. 



Rept. N. Y. Agr. Expt. Stat., for 1894, 1895, pp. 758-760, plate. 

 Thrips alii Gillette. Osborn-Mally : Bull. 27 lo. Agr. Coll. Expt. 



Stat., 1895, pp. 139-142. 

 Thrips tabaci Lind. Pergande : in Insect Life, 1895, vii, pp. 392- 



395 (general account). 

 Lifnothrips tritici Pack. Webster: in Bull. 58 Ohio Agr. Expt. Stat., 



1895, pp. xxxiii-xxxiv (on onions in Ohio). 

 Thrips tabaci. Slingerland : in Rural New Yorker, Iv, 1896, p. 561 



(at Peace Dale, R. I.; brief notice with remedies). 



In August of 1892 a severe attack, of Thrips on cabbage was brought 

 to my notice in a letter and infested leaves received from Kingston, Pa. 

 The following was the statement made : 



I mailed you yesterday a box containing a number of cabbage leaves 

 from the field of a neighbor. To assist in identifying the pest, I mail 

 this morning a box containing cauliflower leaves on which are a number 

 of eggs, worms, lice, etc. Some of our people think the difficulty is a 

 species of fungus, and the lice a result rather than a cause. Late cab- 

 bage have failed from this cause for a number of years. 



M. G. 

 The Attack Apparently New. 



The result of my examination, published in the Country Gentleman for 

 October 27, stated " that the insects present in many hundreds of indi- 

 viduals on the cabbage and cauliflower leaves — minute forms, of which 

 the features are not distinguishable without a lens — and of a green color, 



