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As yet the black peach aphis has not been of much economic importance 

 in Colorado, although found from time to time in the peach-growing sections 

 of the Western Slope. 



Aphidiinae of North America, A. B. Gahan {Maryland Sta. Bui. 152, pp. 

 l-'i7-200, t'K.I^- 11)- — This is a synopsis of the braconid subfamily Aphidiinse, the 

 species of which are parasites of plant lice. Ten genera are recognized as be- 

 longing to the subfamily of which those that occur in North America are repre- 

 sented as follows: Ephedrus, by 4 species; Monoctonus, 1 species; Praon, 9 

 species; Aphidius, 23 species; Lysiphlebus, 3 species; Diaeretus, 4 species; and 

 Trioxys, 3 species. 



" The study of the types has been supplemented wherever possible by study of 

 cotype and homotype material, as well as of large series of reared specimens of 

 various species and some breeding work from known parents. The genera and 

 species placed in synonymy have been so treated only after careful considera- 

 tion and in the light of the knowledge gained of the range of variation from the 

 study of extensive series of reared specimens from numerous hosts. Five new 

 siiecies are described, and in order to point out new characters, correct errors 

 in former descriptions, obviate the confusion in certain cases resulting from the 

 numerous descriptions of the same species under different names, as well as to 

 bring the decriptions all together in a convenient form for reference, a rede- 

 scription is included of all the established species of which authentic specimens 

 could be obtained." 



The species described as new, are Ephedrus nigricornis from Fort Collins, Colo., 

 host unknown ; Aphidius gillettei, reared from Lachnus sp. on Abies lasiocarpa 

 at Fort Collins, Colo. ; A. juniperaphidis, parasitic on Laehnus sp. on Juniperus 

 sihirieus, at Boulder, Colo.; Lysiphlebus flavidus, parasitic on Aphis albipes at 

 Fort Collins, Colo.; and Trioxys coruscanigrans, parasitic on Macroslphum 

 frigida at Fort Collins, Colo. Tables for the separation of the genera and 

 species are included. 



Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalsenae in the British Museum. — X, Cata- 

 logue of the Noctuidae in the collection of the British Museum, G. F. Hamp- 

 SON {London, 1910, vol. 10, pp. XIX+S29, figs. 21-',; 1911, vol. 10, pis. 26; rev. 

 in Nature [London], 85 {1911), No. 2156, p. 539). — This volume is devoted to 

 the Erastrianse, the thirteenth of the subfamilies of the Noctuidaj recognized by 

 the author. It contains descriptions of 1,222 species belonging to 136 genera, a 

 considerable number both of the genera and species being described as new. 



The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, edited by A. E. 

 Shipley and G. A. K. Marshall {London, Calcutta, and Berlin, 1910, vol. 5, pp. 

 XII+362, figs. 211t; rev. in Nature [London], 86 {1911), No. 2165, p. 277).— 

 In this supplementary volume, extending from the family Lygreidse to the family 

 Corixidse, the author describes a large number of species, completing his work 

 on the Indian Heteroptera. It is announced that a further volume is to be 

 issued, which will form an appendix to the Homoptera, will complete the 

 enumeration of the Indian Rhynchota, with the exception of the families 

 Psyllidfe, Aphididre, Aleyrodidfe, and Coccidfe. 



The wheat-head army- worm as a timothy pest (Meliana albilinea), R. L. 

 Webster {loica Sta. Bui. 122, popular ed., pp. 3-7, figs. 5). — This is a popular 

 edition of Bulletin 122, previously noted (E. S. R., 25, p. 55). 



Sugar cane borers in British Guiana, J. J. Quelch {Abs. in Agr. Neics 

 [Barbados], 10 {1911), No. 236, p. lo'/).— The giant moth borer {Caetnia licus) 

 and the smaller moth borer {Diatraea saecharaUs) and their control are dis- 

 cussed in this interim I'eport. 



The fresh water fauna of Germany, K. GRiJNBERG {Die Silsswasserfauna 

 Dentschlands. Jena, 1910, vol. 2 A, pt. 1, pp. IV+312, figs. 3^8; rev. in Science, 



