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The larch shoot moths {Bd. Agr. and Fisheries [London], Leaflet 208, pp. 

 'i, figs. 3). — An account is given of the tineicl moths, Argyresthia J(evigateUa and 

 A. atmoriella. In the neighborhood of Oxford and in Hampshire the larches up 

 to 20 years of age are said to have been much injured by these pests. 



Descriptions of some new mosquitoes from tropical America, H. G. Dyar 

 and F. Kxab (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., 35 (1909). pp. 5 J-70).— Thirty-one species, 

 representing 7 genera, are described as new to science. 



Mosquitoes at St. Vincent, W. X. Sands {Agr. News [Barbados], 8 {1909), 

 Xo. 185, p. 110). — A list is given of 12 species of mosquitoes known to occur on 

 the island of St. Vincent. The larvfe of CeUia {Anopheles) argi/rotarsis and 

 the wild pine mosquito, Wyeomyia sp.. were found breeding in abundance in 

 water that had collected at the bases of leaves of the so-called wild pines, which 

 are epiphytic bromeliads belonging to various species of Pitcairuia. .T^cbmea, 

 and Tillandsia that occur in large numbers on various trees. Nearly every 

 plant with water that was examined contained larvie, even those brought down 

 from a heigbt of 30 to 40 ft. 



New mosquitoes from the Sudan, F. Y. Theobald ( lipt. Welleoine Research 

 Labs. (Jordon Mem. Col. Khartoum, 3 {1908), pp. 2.',9-267, pi. 1, figs. 27').— One 

 genus (Mimeteculex), 6 species, and 1 variety are described as new to science. 



Mosquito work, A. Balfour {Rpt. WeUcoine Research Labs. Gordon Mem. 

 Col. Khartoum, 3 {1908), pp. 6-'/-67, figs. 2). — An account of the mosquito 

 investigations at Khartoum. It is said that while t<tegomyia fasciata has occa- 

 sionally reappeared it has never gained a footing in the town and the same is 

 true of the anoiiheline, Pyretophoru>< costalis. Because of effective work, mos- 

 quitoes are rare in Khartoum, being as a rule represented by only one s])ecies, 

 Cule.r fatigans. 



Prof. Koebele's work on horn fly, K. ('. L. Perkins ( Ifairaii. Planters' Mo., 

 28 {1909), No. If, pp. 122-125). — This is a preliminary report on the introduc- 

 tions, from Germany, of parasites and other enemies of the horn fly now under 

 way. 



Warble flies {Agr. Neics [Barbados], 8 {1909). No. 185, .p. J7«).— Notes 

 are given on the ox warble-fly, which is reported to have been found at St. 

 Lucia. West Indies, in cattle that had been imported from Canada. 



Sense of smell in flies, A. Hill {Nature [London], 80 {1909). No. 2063, p. 

 308; Sci. Amer. Sup., 67 {1909), No. 11 ',5, pp. 315. -J76).— The author has found 

 formalin (40 per cent formaldehyde), 2 teaspoonfuls to a soup plate full of 

 water, to be by far the most eflicient of fly destroyers. The solution neither 

 atti'acts nor repels the flies. 



Sleeping sickness and the Bahr-El-Ghazal Province, H. Ensor and R. G. 

 Archibald {Rpt. Wellcome Research Labs, (iryrdon Mem. Col. Khartoum, 3 

 {1908), pp. 93-99, maps 2). — Information on the habits and distribution of 

 (llossina palpalis and G. morsitanx is included in this account. 



Hylemyia coarctata, a destructive wheat pest, II. F. Fryer {Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 2. ser., 20 {1909), No. 234, in>- ISJ,, iJ5).— The larvie of this fly are said to have 

 seriously injured young wheat in England by feeding in the stem. The damage 

 caused seems to have l)een generally attributed to wireworms. 



An illustrated glossary of chaetotaxy and anatomical terms used in de- 

 scribing diptera, W. R. Walton •( i?«^. News, 20 {1909), No. 7, pp. 301-319, 

 pis. 3). — A richly illustrated glossary of value to the economic entomologist in 

 the identification of flies. 



A monographic revision of the Coleoptera belonging to the Tenebrionide 

 tribe Eleodiini inhabiting the United States, lower California, and adjacent 

 islands, F. E. Blaisdell {U. S. Nat. Mas. Bui. 63. pp. XI+52't. I>ls. 13. figs. 

 8). — The species of this tribe are considere<l under the four genera Ti-ogloderus, 



