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This sort of trapping is quite feasible around any Iiouse with a garden, but it 

 means also that the tub or pail must not be forgotten long enough to allow 

 any brood to come to maturity. The larvae can be killed off every few days 

 with tobacco extract without affecting the water as to attractiveness for ovipo- 

 sition. . , . C. salinaris larvae were found on Gillmore's Island ou the Barnegat 

 bay shore as late as December 1, 1908, not yet full grown." 



Brief notes are also presented on C. aiirifer, C. restiKms, and Anopheles 

 punctipcnnis. 



Cerebral localization of a larval CEstrus, D. Blasi (Rev. Med. Vet. Monte- 

 video. 1 (1910), No. 11, pp. 430, 431; aJ}s. in Vet. Rec, 23 (1911), No. 1187, p. 

 652). — The author reports the case of a sheep, 1^ years of age, in the right 

 lateral ventricle of the brain of which a larva of CEstrus ovis was found. 



Introduction into Italy of an Indian hymenopteron to destroy the orange 

 fly, F. SiLVESTRi (Bol. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. R. Scuola Sup. Agr. Portici, 4 

 (1910), pp. 228-245, figs. 8; abs. in Inter-nat. Inst. Agr. IRmie], Bui. Bur. Agr. 

 Intel, and Plant Diseases, 1910, No. 2, p. 375). — Syntomosphyrum indlcum u. sp., 

 a parasite of Ceratitis eapitata, which was introduced from India into Italy in 

 1909 has been bred in large numbers, about 10,000 being distributed at liosarno, 

 Calabria. 



Experiments with Drosophila ampelophila concerning evolution, F. E. 

 LuTz (Carnegie Inst. Washington Pub. 148, 1911, pp. 40, figs. 53). — The greater 

 part of this work deals with the inheritance of abnormal venation (pp. 1-35). 

 The effect of sexual selection and disuse and degeneration are also briefly con- 

 sidered. 



In regard to breeding habits the author states that this red-eyed pomace fly 

 " is very common about cider mills, ripe fruit, vinegar barrels, and the like. 

 The larvae normally live in the pulp of rotting fruits, especially during the 

 acetic acid stage of decay. They will, however, thrive on the side of a tumbler 

 containing fruit juices, and I have reared them through several generations oa 

 stale beer. At a temperature of 25° C. the eggs hatch in 40 hours or less. The 

 duration of the larval period is, on the average, 5 days and of the pupal period 

 4s days. The adults become sexually mature about 48 hours after emergence 

 when kept at this temperature. They live for about 3 weeks. The mean num- 

 ber of eggs is close to 200. Copulation is repeated and frequent." 



Injury by the adult spotted Pentodon, P. Hebbet and F. Aussenac (Jour. 

 Agr. Prat., n. ser., 20 (1910), No. 46, pp. 626, 627; abs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. 

 [TJome], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel, amd Plant Diseases, 1910, No. 2, pp. 381, 382). — 

 The authors report that in the adult stage Pentodon punctatus is the source of 

 injury to lettuce in La Reole, Gironde, through gnawing the roots. 



Metamorphosis of Cybocephalus rufifrons, and information concerning 

 its habits, F. Silvestri (Bol. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. R. Scuola Sup. Agr. Por- 

 tici, 4 (1910), pp. 221-227, figs. 6; abs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome^, Bui. Bur. 

 Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 1910, No. 2, p. 375). — The author finds that the 

 adult beetle 'lives on the branches and in cracks in the bark of mulberry trees 

 infected with Diaspis pentagona. This scale is frequently destroyed by rufi- 

 frons larvae. 



The life history and control of the cacao beetle (Steirastoma depressum), 

 P. L. GUPPY (Bd. Ag-r. Trinidad Circ. 1, 1911, pp. 33+111, pis. 4, figs. .J).— This 

 is a detailed report of an investigation of the biology and of remedial measures 

 for the cacao beetle. 



An annotated bibliography of the Mexican cotton boll weevil, F. C. 

 BiSHOPP (17. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Circ. I40, pp. 30). — This annotated bibliog- 

 raphy of 297 titles is intended to serve as an index to the extensive literature on 

 the Mexican cotton boll weevil. 



