CONTENTS. V 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOLOGY. 



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The Biota of the San Bernardino Mountains, Grinnell 449 



Game [in Massachusetts] 450 



The otter in eastern Massachusetts, Brewster 450 



Birds of the world, Kuowhon and Ridj^way 450 



On bird i)rotection and bird destruction in New South Wales, North 450 



Report of the superintendent of entomology and inspector, Craw 450 



Review of the dragon Hies of Wisconsin, Muttkowski 450 



The life history of the termite, Eschericli 451 



Ternes gestroi, Towgood 451 



First rey)ort of the South African central locust bureau. Fuller et al 451 



Turkish locust destruction, Jackson 451 



Two new species of North American Tingitidae, Heidemann 451 



AphididtB of southern California, J , Essig 451 



Plant louse parasites, I, Baker 451 



On two new species of parasites of Aleyrodidse, Howard 452 



Notes on coccida^, I, Essig 452 



The red scale ( Chrysomphalus aurantii), Cook 452 



The cross-breeding of two races of Acidalia virgularia, Prout and Bacot 452 



New species of Balaninus, with notes, Chittenden 452 



A new genus and species of Mymaridae, Howard 452 



Notes and descriptions of North American parasitic hymenoptera, VI, Brues. . 452 



Tetrastichus as a parasite on polygnotus, Ainslie • 452 



Notes on Toxoptera graminum and parthenogenesis of its parasites, Phillips. . . . 452 



The insect pests of clover and alfalfa, Folsom 453 



Cabbage worms and suggestions for destroying them, Rumsey and Brooks 454 



The cigar case-bearer ( Coleophorajldcherella), Hammar 454 



The codling moth in thie Ozarks, Jenne 455 



Life history of the codling moth in Virginia, Buck 456 



Apple enemies and how to fight them, Munson 457 



Combating the Eudemis, Feytaud 457 



The grape-cane gall maker and the grape-cane girdler, Brooks 457 



A new Tetranychus, Banks 458 



Combating the coconut palm scale {Aspidiotus destructor), Schwartz 458 



The leopard moth (Zeuzera pyrina), Howard and Chittenden 458 



The green-striped maple worm (Anisota ruhicunda), Howard and Chittenden. . 458 



Injury to oak forests in Texas by Heterocampa manteo, Hooker 458 



Some common bagworms and basketworms, Fuller 459 



The Ohio species of the genus Disonycha, Scott 459 



A new orchid pest, Lindinger 459 



Crusade against mosquitoes in Leipsic, Warner 459 



Mosquitoes destroyed by the nighthawk, Jennings 459 



Larvacides, Gorgas 459 



Further report on a disease of bees in the Isle of Wight, Maiden 459 



[Introduction of a South China silkworm into Formosa], Deichman. .' 4G0 



Tasar silk cocoon rearing at the Chaibassa Tasar Farm in Bengal, Smith 460 



FOODS — HUMAN NUTRITION. 



Effect of sugar and temperature on fruit juices. Snow 460 



Contribution on the chemistry and physics of jelly making, Goldthwaite 461 



Discoloration of canned goods, Duckwall 461 



The destruction of tubercle bacilli in bread by cooking, Auche 462 



The composition and analysis of chocolate. Booth, Cribb, and Richards 462 



The composition of cider, Barker and Russell 462 



Composition of kirsch and its cyanogen compounds, Rocques and L^vy 462 



Food analyses No. 24, Willard ; 462 



Ninth report on food adulteration under the pure food law, Allen and Hill 462 



[Report of the food and dairy commissioner], Wheaton 462 



Annual report of the chemical ins]>ection station at Halle, Klostermann 463 



Circular letters issued by order of the State board of health, Barnard 463 



Official inspecticms - 463 



A uniform standard for meat inspection, Matarotti 463 



Inspection of ])roducts of animal origin, Richelet 463 



The influence of boric acid on diastatic reactions, Agulhon 463 



Minimal quantities of food preservatives, Snell 463 



