554 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The entomological writings of William Harris Ashmead, with an index 

 to the new genera described by him, J. C. Crawford (Proc. Eiit. >S'oe. Wash., 

 JO (1908), No. 3-Jf, pp. 131-160). — Two hundred and sixty titles are listed. Of 

 the 627 genera described by the author all belong to the Hymenoptera, except 

 Euryuieloides and Polydoutoscelis, which are Hemiptera. 



Proceedings of the twenty-Jirst annual meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion of Economic Entomologists {Jour. Econ. Ent., 2 (1909), No. 3, pp. 

 201-220). — This is a continuation of the proceedings previously noted (E. S. R., 

 21, p. 347). 



Notes of the Year (1008) from North Carolina were presented by F. Sherman, 

 Jr. (pp. 201-206). The chicken flea iXcsto2)si/Ua [Sarcop.sijUu] galUiwcea) 

 appeared for the first time, having been reported from Wilmington, where it 

 w;is very abundant and proved troublesome to the human host. The straw- 

 berry weevil did serious damage in the spring in the southwestern part of the 

 State. The cabbage louse is said to be a serious pest almost every spring. A 

 cricket {AnurognjJlus mtiticus) was reported for the first time as a source of 

 injury to cabbage. The corn root aphis, commonly attended in the State by 

 Lof<ius alicna, was the source of injury to cotton. The new cotton beetle 

 (Lupcrodcs hrunncus) injured corn by eating off the silk and devouring the 

 pollen from the tassels. The army worm, an account of which has been pre- 

 viously noted (E. S. R., 20, p. 1051), appeared in destructive numbers in August. 

 An unusual number of complaints were received concerning the gloomy scale on 

 red and silver maple. The elm-leaf beetle is destructive every year, chiefly in 

 towns in the Piedmont or red-clay region between the elevations of 500 and 

 1,000 ft. 



E. L. Worsham reported on the Insects of the Year in Georgia (pp. 206-210). 

 The San Jose scale is still the most important insect pest in the State. The 

 cherry scale was quite numerous, while the terrapin scale was found in a num- 

 ber of orchards and the oyster-shell scale and scurfy scale in a few. The 

 West Indian peach scale was abundant in August. The gloomy scale is I'eported 

 to be very common on oaks and maples and as killing maples in Atlanta. The 

 plum curculio, while not as abundant as in previous years, badly infested a few 

 orchards. In experiments conducted in combating the pest, 2 lbs. of arsenate 

 of lead and 3 lbs. of lime to 50 gal. of water were used. " When we sprayed 

 twice, 69 per cent of the fruit was sound ; tbree times, 72 per cent of the fruit 

 was sound, and where we sprayed four times, 75 per cent of the fruit was sound. 

 On unsprayed trees there were 13 to 49 per cent of sound fruit; or on 7 un- 

 sprayed trees a general average of 30 per cent sound." Other insects of the 

 year here noted are the Euonymus scale, AspicUotiis tcnchricosus, Ceroplastcs 

 cirripcdiformis, citrus white fly, shot-hole borer (Scolytus rugiilosus), peach- 

 tree borer, peach-twig borer, codling moth, apple aphis, woolly aphis, Hessian 

 fly, boll worm, new cotton beetle (Luperodes hrunneus), red spider {TctranycJms 

 gloveri), mole cricket iScaptcrisciis didactylus), etc. 



Notes on the Insects of the Year in Iowa were presented by R. L. Webster 

 (pp. 210-212). The English grain louse { Macro siph urn granaria) which was 

 common in Iowa the previous year was hardly noticeable during 1908. The 

 spring grain aphis was also scarce. The wheat-head army worm {HcliophUa 

 albilinea) was very common over the State during July especially on timothy. 

 The stalk borer {Papaipema nitela), was common during the summer boring in 

 corn and oats. The clover seed caterpillar {Enarmonia interstictana) was pres- 

 ent in clover fields in the vicinity of Ames, where Aphis bakeri was extremely 

 common and caused some serious injury. The strawberry root worm (Graphops 



