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Insects injurious to clover and alfalfa, J. W. Folsom (Ann. Rpt. III. Farm- 

 ers' Inst., 13 {1908), pp. 101-115, figs. 30). — A more extended acco-ant has been 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 21, p. 453). 



Some thing's that the grower of cereal and forage crops should know about 

 insects, F. M. Wkbster ( V. »S'. Dept. Agr. Yearhoolc 1008, pp. 367-388, pis. 3, figs. 

 11). — The author considers the life history and habits of injects and illustrates 

 the importance of such knowledge in combating them. It is shown that 

 destructive insects may often be controlled by methods of farm practice. 



Information about spraying for orchard insects, A. L. Quaintance ( TJ. S. 

 Dept. Agr. Yearhoolc 1908, pp. 267-288, i)1s. 5). — The way in which insects feed, 

 the spraying of dormant trees, and summer spraying are briefly considered. 

 The important insecticides, spraying apparatus and accessories are discussed at 

 some length, accompanied by illustrations. 



The insect pests and diseases of the grape, O. von Kirchner (Die Rehcn- 

 feinde, ihre Erkennung und Bekampfung. Stuttgart, 1909, pp. 42, 1)1 s. 2, figs. 

 25). — This account is accompanied by 2 large colored plates, one illustrating 

 the nature of the injury caused by fungi, and the other the insects and the 

 nature of their injury. A discussion of remedial measures is included. 



So-called fruit flies that are not fruit fl.ies, W. W. Froggatt (Agr. Gaz. N. 8. 

 Wales, 20 (1909), No. 5, pp. 36 J,-369).— The metallic-green tomato fly (Lonchcea 

 splendida) which has caused considerable loss to growers of tomatoes in New 

 South Wales due to their product'r; being condemned at Melbourne, Victoria, is 

 shown to attack damaged tomatoes only. The other species mentioned are the 

 wine fly (Drosophila obscura), the green-bodied fly (Phaonia personata) bred 

 from rotting oranges, and the black tomato fly (Muscina stabulans). 



Papers on deciduous fruit insects and insecticides. Contents and index 

 (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 08, pp. YIII+109-117).—A table of contents 

 and index to the 9 papers dealing with deciduous fruit insects and insecticides 

 which form Bulletin No. 68 of the Bureau of Entomology of this Department. 



Cholera and flies, J. Ganon (Genecsk. Tijdschr. Ncdcrl. Indie, ^8 (1908), No. 

 2, pp. 227-233; abs. in Jour. Trop. Mrd. and Ilyg. [London], 12 (1909), No. 10, 

 p. 158). — Flies can transmit infection at least 24 hours after a meal of infective 

 matter, and during such a period may be carried very long distances in railway 

 cars. The author was unable to show that the insects could retain the power 

 of infecting for more than 4 days, as none of those he experimented with lived 

 longer than that. 



Further investigation on recurrent fever, Manteufel (Arb. K. Gsndhtsanit., 

 29 (1908), No. 2, pp. 337-35',; abs. in Bui. Inst. Pasteur, 7 (1909), No. 5, pp. 

 205, 206). — The author has found that Ornithodoros moubata can transmit from 

 rat to rat not only 8piroch(rta duttoni but also 8. obermeieri from Russia. 



Sheep maggot and related flies; their classification, life history, and 

 habits, R. S. Macdougall (Trans. Highland and Agr. Soc. 8cot., 5. ser., 21 

 (1909), pp. 135-17 J/, figs. 9). — Lucilia sericata is said to be the chief maggot fly 

 of sheep in Great Britain. Very severe dii'ect loss from the death of the mag- 

 got-infested sheep is not often reported, however, and such loss is chiefly ou 

 hill farms. CaUiphora erythrocephala, which is typically a carrion feeder, was 

 bred from sheep by the author. Other species here considered are C. vomitoria, 

 Myiospila meditabunda, Stomoxys ealeitrans, H(rtnatobia stimulans, H. irritans, 

 Miisca domestica, M. corvina, and several Anthomyiid and Sarcophagid flies. 



Amoeba chironomi n. sp., parasitic in the alimentary tract of the larva 

 of a Chironomus, Annie Porter (Parasitology, 2 (1909), No. 1-2, pp. 32-^1, figs. 

 21). — This amoeba is said to be distributed through the entire length of the 

 digestive tract of the larva of a Chironomus. 



