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Glossina palpalis as a carrier of Trypanosoma vivax in Uganda, D. Bruce 

 E-T AL. {Proc. Roy. 8oc. [London], Ser. B, S2 {1909), No. B 552, i)p. 63-66).— 

 " The G. palpalis on the shores of Victoria Nyanza are infected, not only by 

 T. gamUense, but also by T. vivax. What the reservoir of the virus of T. vivax 

 is, is unknown, but the buffalo, waterbuck, and other antelope which live on 

 the lake shore should be examined." 



Progress report on the Uganda Sleeping Sickness Camps from December, 

 1906, to November 30, 1908, A. D. P. Hodges (Rpt. Uganda Sleeping Sick- 

 ness Camps, J900-190S, pp. .'i-'i). — In an appendix to the report, a brief account 

 is given of the breeding grounds of Glossina palpalis, by A. D. Fraser and C. H. 

 Marshall (pp. 40-44). 



Injurious June beetles (Anomala marginata), J. C. Stiles (Jour. Econ. Ent., 

 2 {1909), No. 5, pp. 362, 363). — Through partial defoliation, A. marginata is 

 said to have seriously injured a large apple orchard in Patrick County, Va., 

 in July. 1!)0!). (Jnipevhies near by were entirely defoliated. 



A new treatment for wireworms, H. T. Feenald {Jour. Econ. Ent., 2 {1909), 

 No. Jf, pp. 279, 280). — ^Tlie treatment here proposed is based upon a series of 

 tests extending through 2 seasons. After tarring, seed corn is placed in a bucket 

 containing fine dust and Paris green mixed in such proportions that the corn, 

 after being shaken up in the bucket, shows a greenish color. When thus applied 

 it appears to act as a repellent. It is considered probable that Paris green is 

 present in sufficient quantity to prove a fatal dose for crows attacking corn. 



Eleodes as an enemy of planted grain, M. H. Swenk {Jour. Econ. Ent., 2 

 {1909), No. 5, pp. 332-336, pis. 2). — This is a detailed account of the injury in 

 Nebraska by the larv* of a tenebrionid {Eleodes opaca), of which a brief 

 account has been previously noted (E. S. R., 22, p. 57). 



On September 29, when the author visited Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebr., 

 the larvae were found to be abundant in every part of a grain field examined, 

 about 60 per cent of the planted seed being so gnawed that it could never germi- 

 nate. This condition seemed to be general in all fields over the whole region, 

 extending at least over the southern half of the county. It was necessary with 

 1 field of 90 aci-es in winter wheat to completely resow 40 acres. The larvte 

 were also present in corn fields, and in breeding cages they ate corn kernels 

 greedily. Mention is made of the occurrence in Nebraska of several other 

 species of Eleodes. In 1909, Emhapliion maricatum occurred in infested fields 

 in company with the swarms of E. opaca. 



The Scolytidae of Hokkaido: Their relation to forest injury, Y. Niisima 

 (Jour. Col. Agr. Tohoku Imp. Univ., 3 {1909), No. 2, pp. 109-119, pis. 7, figs. ,9).— 

 In this account of the bark beetles of the Japanese Island of Hokkaido, 64 

 species are recorded of which 16 are described as new to science. Generic 

 tables ai'e given for the !-eparatiou of many of the species, and a host plant list 

 of the beetles is appended. 



[Cave beetles], 11. Jeannel {Arcli. Zool. Expt. ct Geii, 5. ser., 1 {1909), pp. 

 Ji.'i7-532, pis. S; ahs. in Jour. Hog. Micros. Soc. [London], 1909, No. 6, pp. 716. 

 717). — A report on cave beetles found by the author in France and Algeria. 

 Sixty-one species are recorded from 54 French caves and 26 species from 

 Algerian caves. A bibliograitliy of .34 titles is appended. 



A parasite on the asparagus beetle, H. T. Fernald {Jour. Econ. Ent., 2 

 (1909). No. //, j)p. 278, 279). — The species of Tetrastichus described in the article 

 abstracted below was observed by the author at Amherst, INIass.. in June ovi- 

 positing in the eggs of the asparagus beetle. This parasite was also observed 

 at Concord, Mass. 



