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beetle, melon aphis, squash bug, honied squash bug (Anasa armiger), banded 

 leaf-footed plaut bug (Lcptoglossus phyUopus) , northeru leaf-footed plant bug 

 (L. oppositus) , squash borer, pickle worm and melon worm (Diaphania hya- 

 lincata) . 



Corn pests, H. Gakman (Kentiwky Hta. Bui. l-'iS, pp. 291-298). — Brief popu- 

 Uir accounts are given of the more important insect pests of corn, including the 

 corn root aphis, corn leaf aphis, chinch bug, southern corn rootworm, cut- 

 worms, wireworms, grasshoppers, green June bug, sugar-cane borer (Ligynis 

 rn(iicrps), army worm and corn earworm. Two species of mice are said to be 

 common and to cause injury in the corn fields of Kentucky, namely Peromyscus 

 michiganensis and Microtus pinrtoriini. 



Notes on two insects found on corn, R. L. Webster (Jour. Econ. Ent., 2 

 {1909), No. 6, p. Ji63). — Honcrocampa Icucostigma and Aphis s('tari(F are re- 

 ported to have been found in Iowa feeding on the corn plant. 



Notes on the injurious scale insects and mealy bug's of Egypt, together 

 with other insect pests and fung'i, with notes on the methods of prevention 

 and remedies, W. Draper {Cairo, 1901, pp. 28, pis. 16). — Following a brief 

 introduction and an account of remedies, the author considers at some length 

 the scale and other insects common in Egyptian gardens (pp. 7-22). Twenty-five 

 species of coccids are noted, of which Aonidia glandulosa from acacia and 

 Sphwrococcus draperi from the date palm (both named by Newstead) are new 

 to science. A list of 27 other known African species of scale pests, prepared by 

 Ii. Newstead, is also included, of which the most destructive are the red-spotted 

 scale {Aspidioliis ficun) which attacks foliage of all of the citrus or orange 

 family, the different kinds of Fici, palms, etc., and the Akee fringed scale 

 {Asterolecanium pustiiluns), a most destructive species which attacks the 

 branches of the fig, oleander, mulberry, plum, and a number of other plants. 

 Other insects considered are the Egyptian cotton worm {Prodenia littoraUs) ; 

 a species of thrips which injures the foliage of vines, bitter oranges, limes, 

 lobbek. crotons, etc.; a red spider (probably Tetranyrhiis trlarii(s), which 

 injures cotton, the Casuarina wood-borer {Sinoxylon sp.), a destructive leaf- 

 eating weevil {Otiorhynchus sp.) which has injured roses, the lebbek beetle 

 {Xystrocera globosa), the sunt caterpillar {Gartropacha acacitc), an aphid; a 

 small pointed-shell snail {Cochlicclla harbara) which injures lebbek, Casuarina, 

 and other trees; the African cotton stainer {Oxycarenus hyalinipennis), and 

 the small bollworm {Stagmatophora gro.ssypicUa). 



Three species of Egyptian fungi mentioned (pp. 22-24) are (Imphiola pliwni- 

 cus, which attacks the date palm, Altcniaria violfc the cause of the violet leaf 

 disease, and Pucciuia cdrtlianil which is common in Upper Egypt on the leaves 

 of the Saf flower {Carthamiis tinctorius). 



It has been found that in irrigated fields the Egyptian cotton worm {Prodenia 

 lit f oralis) can be destroyed by allowing the cotton to wilt from dryness, when 

 the worms, which, after hatching on the leaves, lower themselves to the ground 

 and remain under the soil, feeding chiefly at' night, are destroyed by the heat of 

 the unshaded ridges, the temperature of which often rises to 120-130° F. Other 

 insect pests which attack cotton cultivated in Egypt are the Egyptian bollworm 

 {Earias insnlann), the small bollworm {Htugmatophora grossipiclla), cotton 

 cutworm {Agrotis ypsilon), green cotton worm {Caradrina cxigua), the cotton 

 stainer {Oxycarenus Imlin/pcnnis) , and a species of red spider. 



Damage to gardens, rockeries, etc., is often caused by the Egyptian field-rat. 

 Arvicanthis niloticus, which burrows in the soil and lawns, and also destroys 

 the tender shoots of young bamboo and other plants. By the introduction of 

 large rough scale tree-climbing lizards {Agama stclUo), common in the neigh- 



