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importance, is said to have caused damage to green Cavendish bananas in the 

 locality of Tweed Heads. 



Disease-bearing mosquitoes of North, and Central America, the West 

 Indies, and the Philippine Islands, C. S. Ludlow {War Dept. [U. 8.], Off. 

 Surg. Gen. Bui. 4 {19U), pp. 97, pis. 30, figs. 50).— Following a brief introduc- 

 tion descriptions are given of 11 species of Anopheles, 7 of Myzomyia, 3 of 

 Pyretophorus, 4 of Myzorhynchus, 3 of Nyssorhynchus, 4 of Cellia, and 1 each 

 of Cycloleppteron and Stethomyia, of the Anophelinae; and of 4 species of 

 Culicinse. This is followed by a brief account of breeding places, life history, 

 collecting and collections, and a discussion of dissecting and staining. 



American black flies or buffalo gnats, J. R. Malloch {V. 8. Dept. Agr., 

 Bur. Ent. Bui. 26 (1914), tech. ser., pp. 71, lils. 6). — This is a synopsis of the 

 Simulidae, a group of flies of considerable economic importance as direct enemies 

 of man and domestic animals and, indirectly, through the role that they may play 

 in the transmission of disease. 



Five species of Prosimulium, 1 of Parasimulium n. g., and 31 of Simulium 

 are recognized as occurring in North America and Central America, of which 14 

 species are characterized for the first time. 



A list of the principal papers dealing with the life histories of Aauerican 

 Simulidse is appended. 



The reproductive organs and the newly hatched larva of the warble fly 

 (Hypoderma), G. H. Cabpenter and T. R. Hewitt {8ci. Proc. Roy. Dublin Soc, 

 n. ser., 14 (1914), ^o. 19, pp. 268-289, pis. 6, fig. i).— This is an anatomical 

 study of the genitalia and larva of Hypoderma. A bibliography of 21 titles is 

 included. 



Mahogany borers of the Gold Coast, T. F. Chipp (Roy. Bot. Gard. Keto, 

 Bui. Misc. Inform., No. 2 {1913), pp. 72-75, figs. 6). — A brief account of injury 

 by a borer belonging to the genus Xylotrya. 



The Colorado potato beetle migrating to the Pacific coast, F. H. Chittenden 

 (Jour. Econ. Ent., 7 {1914), No. 1, p. 152). — The author reports the receipt of 

 specimens of Leptinotarsa deccmlineata. from Colton, Wash. 



The biology of Rhynchytus auratus, N. N. Troitzky {Materialy po Biologii 

 Vishnevago Slonika. Tashkend: Turkest. Ent. Stantsiia, 1913, pp. 49, pls. 2; 

 ais. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 1 {1913), Ser. A, No. 11, pp. 438-4-^1).— A detailed 

 description is given of this weevil, which occurs in the southern and south- 

 eastern parts of European Russia, in the Crimea and the Caucasus, and in the 

 territories of Middle Asia. 



The pest appears in orchards at Tashkend at the beginning of April after 

 having hibernated in the adult stage. The weevils stay on the lower parts of 

 stems of cherry trees, from whence they gradually spread over the crown of the 

 tree, feeding on the blossoms and buds and later on the fruit. In the govern- 

 ments on the Volga they feed on plums, apricots, apples, pears, prunes, thorns, 

 and even gooseberries. Various methods of control are suggested. 



The biology of Bruchus chinensis, R. Schandee and K. Boss (Mitt, Kaiser 

 Wilhelms Inst. Landw. Bromberg, 6 (1914), No. 2, pp. 125-132, pi. i).— Studies 

 of the cowpea weevil are reported. 



Apiary inspection (Sess. Laws Colo., 1913, pp. 24-27). — The text of an act 

 establishing a division of apiary inspection and investigation under the state 

 entomologist is presented. Its duties will include the protection of bees from 

 contagious diseases, the prevention and spread of bee diseases, the employment 

 of county apicultural inspectors, the transfer of bees from box hives, the pre- 

 vention of the poisoning of bees by fruit tree sprays, etc. 



The temperature of the honeybee cluster in winter, E. F. Phillips and 

 G. S. Dkmuth (V. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 93 (191.',), pp. 16, figs. 2).— This pre- 



