ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY. 559 



toeasiires, inclncling burning over pastures, cattle washes, and dips, are also 

 discusseiL 



The screw worm fly {Chrysomyia maccUaria) is said to be a common species, 

 and mention is made of a case in which 3 immature larvjie were removeil from 

 a man's ear. Other important pests noted are Lijpcrosia irritans, the stable 

 fly, Clirysops costalis, a new blood-sucking tabanid {Atylotus jamaicensis 

 n. s]).), a hippoboscid parasitic on birds {Ornithoctona crythrocephala), also 

 one on bats {TrichoMus parasiticus), the chiggoe flea (Dermatophilus [Sar- 

 copsylla] penetrans), and Anthrax lucifer. 



Thirty-ninth annual report of the Entomological Society of Ontario {Ann. 

 Rpt. Ent. Hoc. Ontario, 3D {1008), pp. 7J2. pis. ID, flys. ///).— In this report of 

 the society numerous papers are included, among which are the following: 

 Reports on Insects of the Year, by C. E. Grant, J. B. Williams, C. W. Nash, 

 and P. Hahu (pp. 10-14) ; The Interpretation of Nature, by E. P. Felt (pp. 

 23-30) ; a report of Entomology in the Graduate School of Agriculture, held at 

 Cornell University, July, 1908, by W. Lochhead (pp. 31, 32) ; The Economic 

 Importance and Food Habits of American Gall Midges, by E. P. Felt (pp. 43- 

 46) ; Observations on the Sorghum Midge, by R. C. Treherne (pp. 47^9) ; 

 Hydrcecia micacca, especially in Canada, by A. Gibson (pp. 49-51) ; Further 

 Notes on the CoccidK of Ontario, by T. D. Jarvis (pp. 52-54) ; Some Enemies 

 of Ontario Coccidse, by J. W. Eastham (pp. 54-50) ; Some Beetle Haunts, by 

 F. J. A. Morris (pp. 56-63) ; Notes on the Occurrence of Lachnosternas in 1908, 

 by J. D. Evans (p. 66) ; Apparatus for Collecting Small Arthropods Terrestrial 

 and Aquatic, by T. D. Jarvis (pp 66-69) ; A Catalogue of the Gall Insects of 

 Ontai'io, with numerous illustrations and a bibliography, by T. D. Jarvis (pp. 

 70-98) ; Entomological Record, 1908, by J. Fletcher and A. Gibson (pp. 99-116) ; 

 Insects of the Year 1908 at Ottawa, by A. Gibson (pp. 116-120) ; an account of 

 the Present Condition of the Work Connected with the Importation of the 

 Foreign Parasites of the Gipsy and Brown-tail Moths, by L. O. Howard (pp. 

 121-124) ; The Strawberry Weevil, by W. Lochhead (pp. 124, 125) ; Injurious 

 Insects in Ontario in 1908, by C. J. S. Bethune (pp. 128-135) ; Injurious In- 

 sects of Quebec in 1908, by W. Lochhead (pp. 135-138) ; and Life History of 

 Euchwtias orcgoncnsis, by H. H. Lyman (pp. 145-147). 



Report on parasitic and injurious insects, 1907-8, W. W. Froggatt {Syd- 

 ney, N. S. W.: Govt., 1D09, pp. 115, pis. 22). — This report consists of 3 parts. 



Part 1 (pp. 1-57) is a general report on the author's trip, previously noted 

 (E. S. R., 21, p. 648). It deals with the commercial value of introduced para- 

 sites in dealing with insect pests, the range and spread of fruit flies and the 

 methods adopted in other countries to check them, the value of parasites in 

 exterminating fruit flies, and the habits of cosmopolitan insect pests. 



In part 2 (pp. 58-72), notes are presented on parasites and insects that have 

 been introduced from foreign countries to check or exterminate injurious in- 

 sects. In part 3 (pp. 73-115), a general account is given of the flies belonging 

 to the family Trypetidre that damage sound fruit, with descriptions of the dif- 

 ferent species and their habits and range, and suggestions for destroying them. 

 Four species, Dacus frenchi and D. ornatissinms from New Caledonia, D. cur- 

 vipennis from Fiji, and Ccratitis stiHata from Ceylon, are described as new to 

 science. 



The principal insects injurious to horticulture during 1906-7, M. H. 

 SwENK {Ann. Rpt. Nebr. Hort. Soc., 39 {1908), pp. Uf 1-158, figs. i3).— Previ- 

 ously notetl from another source (E. S. R., 20, p. 1146). 



[Some olive insects in Spain], N. Gakcia {BoJ. Ayr. T6c. y Econ., 1 {1909), 

 Nus. 3, pp. 267-280; 5, pp. '/J7-.'/0'6'). — The species for which biological notes 



