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weevil in the Sdiiliiern SIntcs, |i,irt iculai'l\- in Texiis, Liiuisi;iii;i. niid Arkiiiisjis. 

 ill iiiiiiiy Idealities llie si raw iierry weevils were fdUiid tn lie coiiiiiaratively 

 rare, which is taken as indii-at in.u' jia rasit ism. 



The poplar and willow borer (Cryptorhynchus lapathi), ^V. J. Si iioenk 

 iXcir York State Sta. Jiiil. .iS6. mi. S.i-lli'/ pis. ll). — The iiiipdrted piijjlar ami 

 willow boror lias I)een known in the I iiitt'd States since 1.SS2 and recently has 

 been rejioftod ffom Massachnsetts to North Dakota. It attacks nearly all 

 species of poplar, willows, ;ind alders, and is a serious pest not oidy to shade 

 trees hut to the w illow basket business. The ins(>ct is on(>-brooded and the adult 

 beetles begin to a|ppear aimut tlie middle of July. 



In controlliui,' this jiesl it is advisable to a\did making new iilantations of 

 piipl.ir and w illow ne;ir old ones. I'.adly infested trees or |)arts of trees should 

 lie cut and burned in .Inne before the adult beetles appear. The same treat- 

 ment should be iii\-en to all infested branches and trees broken by the wind. 

 In nurst'fies it is belie\'ed that considerabU' benefit will follow the aiii)licatioii 

 of liordeaux ini.xture containins; an arsenical ])oison durini; the month of July, 

 rreliiniiijiry exiu'rimeiits indicate that tlH> beetles which feed upon ](l.ints treated 

 in this way are killed within .'} or 4 days. 



An enemy of ijoplars and willows, F. II. IIam, iXcir York State Sta. Bui. 

 .^xa. iKipiihir e<l.. jip. S. fii/s. 10). — A popular summary of tlu- above bulletin. 



Insect injury to cacao beans, L. Kkii {ZtseJir. li'/.v.v. fuxeh-teiibioL. ,i (1!)07), 

 .\<t. J. pp. ,i1-2.')). — Notes are ,i,Mven on the injury caustMl to cacao beans l)y th(! 

 attacks of IJpliextid cliitclla and Anraecnis fasciciilntiis. Attention is called 

 to the life history and habits of these insects and bibliou'raphical references 

 are added. 



The spotted locust (Aularches miliaris), E. E. Green (C'/rcs. and Af/r. .Jour. 

 Hop. Hot. (lard. Cepluii. J {I'.UKi), .Vo. 16. pp. 227-236, pJ. 1). — In various parts 

 of Ceylon this insect ap])ears in large numbers and causes injury to various 

 cultivated )ilants. Their favorite food seems to be Eri/thriiia lithoNpenna. but 

 they also attack various other trees, 'i'he ])est is not observed to be doing 

 any serious harm to tea, cacao, or rubber. 



Notes on spraying' and suggestions for combating crop pests, 10. Walker 

 ( Arkansas Sta. Hal. !>.'>. pj). 'i!)-89). — This bulletin contains jn-acticil dinM-tions 

 for farmers, gardeners, and fruit growers for the preparation and aiiplic-ition of 

 the standard fungicides and inseeticide.s. Notes are also given on si)ray pumps 

 and their use. and a list is presented of the common field, garden, and fruit 

 crops with the disc^ases and insect pests to which they are most subject and the 

 remedies to be aitplied. 



The breeding of bees, E. F. Phillips (Amer. lirreder.^' l.s-.s'oc. I'roe.. 2 

 (I!i'i6). jip. i;ii-i;.',). — In recent years a considerable variety of bees have been 

 introduced into this cmintry. so that at ]iresenf we have (ierni.in, Italian, 

 Cy|ii-ian. Carniolinn. Holy L.-ind. Tuiiisi.in. Il.inat. Caucasian, and Dalmatian 

 races of bees. This gives opiiortunity to test the value of a munber of hybrids. 

 and some work along this line has already been done, .\tteiition h.as been 

 given in bee breeding to increasing the length of the tongue, to the ca]):icity for 

 honey collection, and to other iioints. including efforts to i)roduce non-swarming 

 bees, and to obtain more gentle races. The indiscriminat(> mixture of races 

 does not give satisfactory results, but occasionally the tirst cross is betti-r than 

 either parent. It is reconunended that bee raisers should |iroduce their own 

 • lUeens. 



Sericultural experiments at Shillong, ]',. C. F.ASf i.\i/r. .lour. India. 2 

 (HXil). \ii. I. pp. >2~.32). — European one-brooded silkworms were introduced 

 into India to test their adaptability to the climate. At Shillong the winter tern- 



