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they are undoubtedly, from the statement of their operations, Aphis 

 pruniJoHi. To i>revent its injury, the tree should be sprayed with ker- 

 osene emulsion, soap suds or whale-oil soap solution when the leaves 

 begin to open and the insect appears. Later, they are sheltered by 

 the curling of the leaves. 



Cutworms. (Country Gentleman, for June 6, 1895, Ix, p. 440, c. 

 3 — 10 cm.) 



As there are fifty or more species of cut worms, the habits and oper- 

 ations of which are largely influenced by the crops attacked, soil and 

 seasonal conditions, etc., no general remedy can be given for them. 

 The preventives and remedies contained in Bulletin No. 6 of the New 

 York State Museum of Natural History, on •' Cut-worms," are named — 

 twelve in number. 



A Manual for the Study of Insects. (The Nation, for June 6, 1895, Vol. 

 60, No. 1562, p. 451, cols. I, 2, 3 — 42 cm.) 



Notice of the above-named volume by Prof. J. H. Comstock and 

 Anna Botsford Comstock, 8 vo., 701 pp., 6 plates, and 797 figures: 

 refers to its new system of classification m Lepidoptera, its tables for the 

 determination of families in all orders, the numerous figures for the 

 identification of species, the large number of orders (19) designated, 

 the syllabication and accentuation of the scientific names, etc. 



The San Jose Scale, Aspidiotus perniciosus, and Some Other Destructive 

 Scale Insects of the State of New York. (Bulletin of the New York 

 State Museum, Vol. 3, No. 13, April, 1895. Published June 11, 1895, 

 4+ pp., 7 plates.) 



As introductory, what scale insects are, is told. The destructive 

 New York scale insects noticed are: Apple-tree Bark-louse; Scurfy 

 Bark-louse; Pine-leaf Scale-insect; White Scale; Maple-tree Scale- 

 insect ; and Plum-tree Scale-insect. Of the San Jose Scale is given : 

 Introduction and Spread ; Occurrence in the Eastern United States ; 

 Investigations by the U. S. Department of Agriculture; The San Jose 

 Scale in New York; The San Jose Scale on Long Island; The San 

 Jose Scale in New Jersey; Tne Two Infested New Jersey Nurseries; 

 The San Jose Scale in Ohio; Description of the Scale; Description 

 of the Insect; Its Life-history; Its Food Plants; Spread of the In- 

 sect; Protection from Infested Stock; Proposed Legislation ; Reme- 

 dies; Bibliography; Plates and their Explanations. 



[Published in pages 200-233 of this Report (xi).] 



The Asparagus Beetle Goes North. (Country Gentleman, for June 13, 

 1895, Ix, p. 455, cols. I, 2 — 47 cm.) 



This insect is detected for the first time as abundant and destructive 

 to asparagus in Magnolia, Mass. The h^calities where it had pre- 

 viously appeared are named, as tending to indicate that the northward 

 distribution will be confined to the "Upper Austral life-zone." Mag- 



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