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Some experiments with maize stored in bins, A. J. GEO^'E {Agr. Jour. India, 

 9 (1914), No. 1, pp. 92-98).— The author states that in tests made at the Pusa 

 farm of the efficiency of naphthalin and carbon bisulphid in destroying insects 

 in stored maize it was found that 1 lb. of flake naphthalin distributed in com 

 in cylindrical bins 6 ft. high by 3 ft. in diameter was practically as effective 

 and more satisfactory to handle than fumigation with carbon bisulphid at the 

 rate of 5 lbs. per 1,000 cu. ft. 



Enemies of mustard and means of combating them, N. Sachakov (Abs. in 

 Rev. Appl. Ent., 2 {WW, Ser. A, No. 6, pp. 355-358).— A preliminary report 

 based on investigations at the Astrakhan Entomological Station. 



Onion pests {Wisconsin Sta. Bui. 24O {1914), pp. 44-46, figs. 2). — In attempts 

 to control the onion maggot {Pegomya cepetorum) which, together with the 

 onion thrips, threatens the destruction of the onion crop in Wisconsin, experi- 

 ments were made with sweetened arsenicals. For this purpose i pint of black- 

 strap molasses was added to 1 gal. of water and to this arsenical poisons were 

 added, 1 gm. of sodium arsenite proving to be the most effective. It is stated 

 that both sexes are very greedy for the sweets, and gorging themselves untit 

 their abdomens are greatly extended, are killed within three to ten hours after 

 the ingestion of the poison. 



Two insect pests of sugar beets from Turkestan new to Russia, E. M. 

 Vaksiliev {Viestnik SakJiar. Promysh., No. 3 {1914), PP- 68-75; abs. in Rev. 

 Appl. Ent, 2 {1914), Scr. A, No. 4, pp. 248, 2/,9).— This article relates to the 

 injury caused by Laphygma exigua and Plilyctwnodes nudalis. 



Manual of fruit insects, M. V. Slingeeland and C. R. Crosby {Neio York, 

 1914, PP- XVI +503, figs. 396). — This work, prepared in part by the senior author 

 just prior to his death and completed by the junior author, treats of the more 

 important insects injurious to deciduous fruits. In the preparation of this 

 work the aim has been to give in as concise form as possible the main facts 

 relating to the distribution, life history, and habits of the insect, the nature 

 and extent of its injury, and means of control from the standpoint of the 

 commercial fruit grower. 



The first five chapters deal with apple insects and are followed by chapters 

 on pear and quince, plum, peach, cherry, raspberry, blackbeiry, dewberry, cur- 

 rant, gooseberry, strawberry, grape, and cranberry insects, and insecticides. 



The xylophagous insect enemies of the vine, J. Feytaxid {Rev. Vit., 41 

 . {1914), Nos. 1046, pp. 5-7, pi. 1, figs. 2; 1047, pp. 41-45, figs. 7; 1049, pp. 94-99, 

 figs. 3). — This is a general account of the more ijnportant wood-attacking 

 enemies of the grapevine in France. 



Insects injurious to camphor (Cinnamomum camphora), A. Rutherford 

 {Trop. Agr. [Ceylon], 42 {1914), No. 6, pp. 463-468) .—The enemies of the 

 camphor tree in Ceylon include a thrips, probably Cryptothrips floridensis; a 

 leaf miner {Acrocercops sp.) ; the large bagworm {Clania variegata) ; a bag- 

 worm, probably Amatissa consorta; and Xyleborus compactus. 



The most common insects pests of pine and fir cones, I. TeagAedh {Skogen, 

 1 {1914), No. 2, pp. 42-50, figs. 5; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 2 {1914), Ser. A, No. 4, 

 pp. 242, 243). — The author discusses the injury caused in Sweden by Pissodes 

 ralidirostris, Orapholitha {Laspeyresia) stroMlella, Phycis {Dioryctria) abie- 

 tella, an undetermined chalcidid of the genus Megastigmus, etc. 



Ants and bees as carriers of pathogenic micro-organisms, W. M. Wheeler 

 {Amer. Jour. Trop. Diseases and Prev. Med., 2 {1914), No. 3, pp. 160-168).— A 

 paper read before the American Society of Tropical Medicine, at Boston in 

 May, 1914, in which the author presents a general discussion of the subject. 



Destruction of locusts in Turkestan, J. P. Barsacq (Intemat. Inst. Agr. 

 [Rome], Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 5 {1914), No. 4, PP- 558-564)- — 



