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and in the pith of vines and the dried roots of herbaceous plants, but do not 

 infest the wood of coniferous trees. Some of the species appear to prefer the 

 dead and dry wood of standing trees, shrubs, and vines under natural condi- 

 tions, and therefore are rarely found in the commercial articles; for this 

 reason they are not subject to temporary or iDermanent removal from the 

 natural range of the species. The other species, which infest commercial 

 products, are subject to wide distribution over the world." 



A new species of Eccoptogaster, J. M. Swaink (Cnnad. Ent., 1,2 (1910), No. 2, 

 pp. 33-35, pi. 1). — Eccoptogaster picew n. sp., collected at Hudson. Quebec, in 

 branches of Picew canade^isis, is reported to be the first species of this genus 

 of beetles recorded from conifers in eastern North America. 



The unknown snout beetle or bud weevil, G. Chase (Better Fruit, 5 

 (1911), No. 10, pp. 93, 9//).— The author reports that in March, 1910, an unde- 

 termined species of weevil, which he had first observed in 1909 attacked all of 

 the trees in an orchard of over 16,000 at Prosser, Wash. Good results were 

 obtained from the application of kerosene emulsion in early March to the soil 

 about the trees, where the weevils gathered in numbers varying from 12 to 50 

 to a tree. Thus far the author has found this weevil only on 1-year-old trees in 

 soil that had been cleared from sagebrush two years previous. 



The apple blossom weevil, N. Jachontoff (Izv MosTcov. Selsk. Klioz. Inst. 

 (Ann. Inst. Agron. Moscou), 16 (1910), No. 3, pp. 229-254, figs. 5, dgni. 1).— 

 The author reviews the literature relating to the natural history of Anthononvus 

 pomorum, records observations made personally in the gardens of the Moscow 

 government and of the Moscow Agi'icultural Institute, and discusses remedial 

 measures. 



In 1909 weevils that mated on April 22 oviposited from May 11 to 16; the 

 first nymphs appeared May 31 and the first adults on June 15. The species is 

 quite widely distributed in Russia, especially in the southern and central parts 

 of the country, where the injury caused by the larvae to the flower buds some- 

 times rises as high as from 50 to 75 per cent. 



A bibliography of 42 titles is appended. 



The occurrence of bee diseases in the United States, E. F. Phillips (U. 8. 

 Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Circ. 138, pp. 25). — In this preliminary report the infoi'ma- 

 tion at hand on the occurrence of American and European foul brood in this 

 country is listed by States and counties. Although most of the data were ob- 

 tained by correspondence, the records are based on examinations made in the 

 bacteriological laboratory of the Bureau, in all 1,800 samples having been 

 examined. The counties from which satisfactory samples have not been re- 

 ceived but from which information of the presence of the disease has been 

 received from an apiary inspector or beekeeper thought to be conversant with 

 the disease are listed as " suspected." Foul brood is known to occur in 416 

 of the 2,932 counties, American foul brood occui-ring in 294 and European foul 

 brood in 165. 



For the information of beekeepers a brief statement is made concerning the 

 apiary inspection in each State where it is provided by law. 



A supposed occurrence of Anag'rus incarnatus in the United States, A. A. 

 GiRAULT (Ent. News, 22 (1911), No. 5, pp. 207-210). — The species A. spiritus, 

 here described as new to science, is supposed to have been reared from the 

 apple aphis. 



Compressed air spraying, J. W. Stewart (Amer. Agr., 81 (1911), No. 17, 

 p. 656, fig. 1). — The author, who has used compressed air in large orchards in 

 Berkeley County, W. Va., during a period of five years, here discusses its advan- 

 tages and disadvantages. While not recommended for use in orchards that are 

 not of sufficient size to warrant an expenditure of $1,000 for spraying outfit^ 

 he considers the compressed air equipment to be a necessity m large orchards. 



