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Kumblihulas attacking crops in Mysore (Amsacta albistriga), L. C. Cole- 

 man (Dept. Agr. Mysore, Ent. Ser. Bui. 3, 1912, pp. 12, pi. 1). — A. aJhistriga 

 Is said to be the most common of tlae hairy caterpillars attacking crops in 

 Mysore. 



CEceticus platensis (" Bicho de Cesto ") and its destruction, J. M. Huergo 

 (Bol. Min. Agr. [Buenos Aires], 13 {1911), No. 9, pp. 590-626, figs. 15; abs. 

 in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 

 3 (1912), No. 2, p. 586). — In the larval stage this lepidopteron attacks a large 

 variety of fruit, forest, garden, and forage plants, stripping them of leaves and 

 at times injuring the fruit. Among its important enemies are the ichneumonids 

 Pimpla brasiliensis and P. tomyris; the chalcidids Tctrastichus platensis and 

 iSmicra bergi; and the tachinid Phorocera xanthtira. 



Ways and habits of catei'pillars, H. W. B. Moore {Timehri, Brit. Guiana, 

 3. ser., 2 (1912), No. 1, pp. 197-206). — Among the habits of caterpillars which 

 the author mentions are those of cannibalism among caterpillars of Laphygma 

 frugiperda, Callidryas eubule, and Euptoieta heyesia; the feeding of several 

 species upon eggshells from which they have emerged; devouring their molted 

 skins, etc. 



Bird enemies of the codling moth, W. L. McAtek {U. 8. Dept. Agr. Year- 

 book 1911, pp. 231-2116, pis. 2). — In this paper the author reviews the evidence 

 relating to the destruction of the codling moth by birds, both native and exotic, 

 with references to the literature. 



" Birds are recognized as the most effective natural enemies of the codling 

 moth. In some localities they destroy from 66 to S.5 per cent of the hibernating 

 larvffi, and their work in large measure accounts for the small spring broods 

 of the insect. . . . Thirty-six species of birds are known to prey upon the 

 codling moth in the United States. These species belong to 13 families, of 

 which the most important, so far as number of species on the list is concerned, 

 are the woodpeckers, titmice, and sparrows. Especially valuable species are 

 the downy woodpecker, Bullock oriole, black-headed grosbeak, and bush tit. 

 At least 10 species of foreign birds have been recorded as enemies of the 

 codling moth, and there has been considerable agitation for the introduction 

 of one or more of them. The importation of foreign species is, however, 

 notoriously dangerous, and if successful would result in crowding out native 

 species probably of greater value." 



Experiments on infection with flacherie through food, and the means of 

 preventing its spread, A. Mozziconacci (Monit. Soies, 1911, No. 255 'f,' abs. in 

 Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 2 {1911), 

 No. S-10, pp. 2253, 225.'t). — The results of the author's investigations show that 

 flacherie is very easily and surely transmitted by the absoriition of dust from 

 nurseries where the disease has existed. Dust kept in a bottle 12 years does 

 not lose its virulent action. Lysoform appears to exert a greater destructive 

 power than sericine on the organisms of flacherie and gi-asserie. 



The mosquito plague of the Connecticut coast region and how to control it, 

 W. E. Bbitton {Connecticut State Sta. Bui. 173, pp. 3-1^, pis. //, figs. 2).—" The 

 mosquito plague of southern Connecticut is composed chiefly of 2 si^ecies of salt 

 marsh mosquitoes — the brown salt marsh mosquito {Culex cantator) and the 

 banded salt marsh mosquito (C. sollicitans) , which breed in the brackish stag- 

 nant pools of the salt marshes and fly inland several miles in search of their 

 food. . . . 



"The rain barrel mosquito {G. pipiens) breeds in rain water barrels, tin cans, 

 and other receptacles along the shore, and certain other species of Culex, as 

 well as the malarial mosquito, Anopheles, may breed in the fresh water pools 

 next to the highland, yet these are all local, fly only short distances and form 



