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Annual report for 1911 of the zoologist, Warburton 552 



Insect peets in 1911, MacDougall 552 



Report of the entomologist and vegetable pathologist, Tryon 552 



Report of the entomological branch, Newman 552 



Papers on cereal and forage insects 552 



Some insect pests of maize, Jack 554 



[The cotton worm and the Mexican cotton boll weevil], Hinds 554 



Relation between rotation systems and insect injury in the South, Hunter. .. . 554 



Pests and diseases, Sands 554 



Parasites of insects attacking sugar cane, Perkins 554 



Elm-leaf beetle and white-marked tiiseock moth, Felt 554 



Forest entomology, Gillanders 554 



Insect damage to mine props and methods of preventing the injury, Snyder. . . 554 



A contribution to the study of the lucifuge termite, Feytaud 555 



The greenhouse thrips (Heliothrips hsemorrhoidalis) , Russell 555 



Spraying for the orange thrips, Morrill 555 



Note on a tiypanosome from Conorhinus ruhrofasciatus , Lafont 555 



Elm-leaf curl and woolly aphid of the apple. Patch 555 



The grape scale (Aspidiotus [Diaspidiotus] uvse), Zimmer 555 



Diaspis pentagona in Argentina, Huergo 556 



Diaspis pentagona in the Province of Buenos Aires, Amadeo 556 



The cotton worm or cotton caterpillar (Alabama argillacea), Hunter • . . 556 



The evergreen bagworm, Haseman 557 



Butterfly hunting in many lands, Longstaff 558 



The brown-tail moth in New Brunswick, Mcintosh 558 



The grapevine scrawler or writer (Bromius vilis), Picard 558 



A new pest of cowpeas 558 



Kumblihulas attacking crops in Mysore {Ainsacla albistriga), Coleman .^. . . 559 



(Eceticus platensis ("Bicho de Cesto ") and its destruction, Huergo 559 



Ways and habits of caterpillars, Moore 559 



Bird enemies of the codling moth, McAtee 559 



Experiments on infection with flacherie through food, Mozziconacci 559 



The mosquito plague of the Connecticut coast and how to control it, Britton. . . 559 



Notes on mosquito eradication, McCoy 560 



Fly larvae and rabies virus. — Lyssicide action and virus transmission, Fermi. . . 560 



Note on a venomous dipteron, Joan 560 



The grain flies, Stromer and Kleine 560 



Influence of frost on development of barley in presence of frit fly, Litvinov. . . 560 



Value of predaceous beetles in destroying msect pests, Burgess and Collins 560 



Preliminary report on the alfalfa weevil, Webster 560 



The rice water-weevil and methods for its control, Tucker 562 



Mexican cotton boll weevil, Hunter and Pierce 562 



The cause of European foul brood. White 563 



The broad-bean weevil (Laria rujimana), Chittenden 563 



Keeping native bees in Paraguay, De Winkehied Bertoni 564 



The behavior of Prospaltella bcrlesei in Italy, Berlese 564 



Parasitic enemies of the Mediteranean flour moth, Froggatt 564 



A hymenopterous parasite of Ixodes, Du Buysson 564 



The zoocecides of North Africa, Houard 564 



The fowl tick (Argas persieus), Froggatt 565 



Trombidiidse, Berlese 565 



The leaf blister mite (Eriophyes pyri), Quaintance 565 



Parasitism of Aulax scahiosx by Pediculo'ides ventricosus, Blanc 565 



Physiological investigations of entomophytous fungi, Portier 565 



Cold storage of furs and fabrics, Tweedy 565 



FOODS — HrMAN NUTRITION. 



The net weight or volume of food products sold in packages, Street 565 



Food inspection decision 566 



Decomposition and its microscopical detection in some food products, Howard. 566 



Green vegetables and their uses in the diet, Langworthy 567 



Tropical fruit recipes and confections, Rolfs 567 



Foods — nutrition and digestion, Cocroft 567 



Experimental scm-vy : Influence of a one-sided diet. Hoist and Frolich 567 



A contribution to the etiology of experimental scurvy in guinea pigs, Fiirst. . . 567 



