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tacks B. piniarius, the nouue aud gipsy moths, and C. sphingidarum, which 

 attacks sphingids, are described as new to science. 



A bibliography of 30 titles is appended. 



A worm that attacks sugar cane in the Chanchamayo Valley, Peru, A. 

 Ferreykos (7?('r. Indus, ij Agr. Tucunidii. 1 (Wll). No. !), pp. 20-26; Jiol. Dir. 

 Fomento \Pcn(^, 8 (JDIO), No. 7, pp. 52-61).— This paper deals with the in- 

 jury caused by the sugar cane leaf-roller, Oniiodes acccpta. The 2 parasites 

 Macvodyctium omiodivorum and Chnlcis ohscnrata are mentioned as occurring 

 in the valley. 



The fruit tree leaf roller. A new pest of the apple in New York, G. W. 

 Herrick (Rural New Yorker, 11 (1912), No. 41 W, P- -^^'J, figs. //). — The author 

 reports that this leaf roller suddenly came into prominence in 1911 as a serious 

 I'csl to apples and a minor one (o p«>ars at Bethany Center. X. Y. 



The insecticidal action of pyridin and quinolin when used in combating' 

 the cochylis and eudemis moths, I'. Cazeneuve (Rev. Vit., SG (1911), No. 921, 

 lip. 1.j3~160; Rcr. Hort. {Paris], g.i (1911). No. l.'u pp. 319, 320).— In combat- 

 ing the cochylis and eudemis moths, the author made use of commercial pyri- 

 din. which can be purchased at the rate of 2 francs per kilogram (about 17.5 

 cts. per pound). 



Two applications consisting of 2CK) gm. of pyridin to a hectoliter of Bordeaux 

 mixture (or Paris green, which is preferred by the author) were made before 

 the blossoms opened and a third application while the vines were in bloom 

 and the larvje located in the blossoms. This resulted in the immediate de- 

 struction of many, while others dropped and succumbed on the groinid, or 

 transformed to pnpie on the stalks. As a result of this treatment, the second 

 generation of moths, which emerge toward tlie end of July, is reported to have 

 been small. In combating the pest at this time the author has used a fourth 

 application consisting of 300 gm. of pyridin to a hectoliter of Bordeaux mix- 

 ture, care being taken that the grapes are well covered with the spray. 



A powder consisting of flowers of stilphur aud hydraulic lime 35 kg. e;u-li. laic 

 28 kg., copper carbonate 1 kg., aud trioxyniethylene 1 kg. applietl at the same 

 time and while the grapes are yet wet is said to act as a repellent, formaldehyde 

 gas being liberated and iirevonting the moths from ovi])ositing on the vines. 



On the early stages of certain geometrid species, W. Barnes and J. McDun- 

 NouGH (Psyche, 19 (1912), No. 1. pp. Vi-2(j). — Studies of 7 species are re- 

 corded. 



Destruction of flies abroad (Daily Cons, and Trade Rpts. [U. 8.], 15 (1912), 

 No. 60, pp. 1031-1033). — Brief notes are given in regard to the occurrence of 

 the house fly aud of the use of fly paper, etc., abroad, particularly in Euro- 

 pean countries. 



Report on fruit fly control, W. M. Giffakd (Haivaii. Forester and Ayr., 9 

 (1912), No. 1, pp. 28-31). — It is stated that up to the present time the Medi- 

 terranean fruit fly has been found in Hawaii infesting the following fruits: 

 Strawberry and all other garden varieties of guava; peach, avocado, Chinese 

 orange, mandarin orange, sweet orange, green peppers, fig, rose apple, star 

 apple, mountain apple, coffee berry, wild guava, Chinese plum (Roronhia emar- 

 ginata). mango, overripe papaya, varieties of lime, baby papaya (Carica 

 quercifoUa), Carissa arduina, Chinese ink berry, grapefruit, prickly pear, 

 Eugenia iini flora, loquat. and "kamani " (umbrella tree) nut. 



The mode of transmission of leprosy, T. L. Sandes (Brit. Med. Jour., 1911. 

 No. 26'i.'i, pp. .'i69, 'flO). — From the data presentetl, the author concludes that 

 " considering the enormous numbers of lepra bacilli in the infiltrated or ulcer- 

 ated skin and nasal mucosa of an active ' tubercular ' leper and the ingestion of 

 bacilli by certain insects, direct contact and transmission by flies, fleas, mos- 



