CONTENTS. V 



Page. 



Yellowing of sugar beets, Malaquin and Moiti^. 243 



The past history and present position of the bitter pit question, McAlpine. . . 244 



The diseases of the banana, Van der Laat 244 



Report on some of the diseases of citrus fruits, Ross 244 



Significance of endocellular fibers in tissues of grapevines, Petri 245 



Reply to L. Petri regarding endocellular fibers and roncet, MameU. . .-. 245 



More on the pathological significance of the endocellular fibers, Petri 245 



Diseases affecting pecan trees. Miller 245 



Immunization of hollyhock against rust, Ericksson and Hammarlund 245 



Observations on the life history of Ustilago vaillantii, Massee 246 



Phytopathological notes from North American forests, von Tubeui 246 



The morphology and life history of the chestnut blight fungus. Audersctn 246 



The death of chestnuts and oaks due to Armillaria vicllea. Long 246 



A preliminary contribution on the receptivity of oak for Oidium, Rivera 246 



The yellow spot disease of cork oak, Maige 247 



An enemy of the western red cedar, Murrill 247 



Cone bearing and caulifiory in witches' broom, Jaccard 247 



A preliminary note on a new bark disease of the white pine, Graves 247 



White pine blister, O'Kane 247 



Fairy rings, Miinch 247 



Two new wood-destroying fungi, Weir 247 



Studies in dry rot, IH, IV, Wehmer 248 



Soil disinfection vdXh. carbon bisulphid, Rolet 248 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOI.OOY. 



A history of British mammals, Barrett-Hamilton 248 



Use and value of wild birds to Texas farmers, Attwater 248 



(irowth and organization of applied entomology in tlie United States, Parrott . 248 



A simple and economical method of filing ent()mologifalcorrespondence,Xewell 248 



Report of the state entomologist and ])laut pathologist for 1913, Bentley 248 



Report of the state entomologist and plant pathologist of Virginia, Sfhoojif. . 248 



List of insect pests of cultivated plants in southern India, Fletcher 249 



The enemies of chicory (Cichorium), Noel 249 



Tobacco insects in Hawaii, Fullaway 249 



( Jrasshopper control work in western Kansas, Dean 249 



Thrips injury to tobacco, Jensen 249 



A little-known lantern fly injuring corn {PeregrimLS maidis), Thomas 249 



The rose aphis, Russell 250 



The cotton root louse (Aphis maidi radicis), Thomas 250 



Oa the biology of aphidid pests of tree and bush fruits, Dobrovliansky 250 



Plant louse notes from Oalif ornia, Davidson 250 



The life history of the sugar beet root louse {Pemphigus bet^'), Parker 250 



The San Jose scale in Nova Scotia, Matheson 251 



A new cotton scale from Panama, Cockerell 251 



Work on gipsy and brown-tail moths by U. S. Department, Burgess 251 



What Massachusetts has accomplished against gipsy and brown-tail moths. Rane . 251 



The parasitism and reproduction of Empusa elegans n. sp., Majmone 251 



Infection experiments with eggs of the nun moth, Meves 251 



The Sporotrichum fungus and Arclia caja caterpillars. Pastre 251 



Chemical composition of silkworm at different stages of metamorphosis, Inouye. 251 



The maize pyralid {Pyrausta mibilalis), Vuillet 252 



Control of the codling moth in the Pecos Valley in New Mexico, Quaintance. . . 252 



Lesser bud moth, Scott and Paine 252 



The so-called tobacco wireworm in \'irginia. Runner 253 



A new fruit boring caterpillar of bananas (Heteromicta latro), Jarvis 253 



Disease-bearing mosquitoes of America and the PliiUppine Islands, Ludlow. . . 254 



American black flies or buffalo gnats, Malloch 254 



Reproductive organs and larva of warble fly. Carpenter and Hewitt 254 



Mahogany borers of the Gold Coast, Chipp 254 



The Colorado potato beetle migrating to the Pacific coast, Chittenden 254 



The biology of Rhynchytus auratus, Troitzky 254 



The biology of Bnichus chinensis, Schander and Boss 254 



Apiary inspection 254 



The temperature of the honeybee cluster in winter, Phillips and Demuth 254 



Destruction of germs of infectious bee diseases by heating, WTiite 255 



