352 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



occurrence of Thijsania zenobia is reported in Albany. This insect was ap- 

 parently imported from South America. 



Detailed notes are given on a large number of injurious insects upon which 

 observations were made. These include scurfy scale, San Jose scale, aspara- 

 gus beetle, tree crickets, grapevine root-worm, sugar-maple borer, Contarina 

 violicola, etc. The last-named insect appears to threaten serious damage to 

 the industry of violet growing. The injuries caused by this pest may be some- 

 what reduced by maintaining low temperatures in the violet houses during early 

 fall and by careful examination of violets before they are planted. Warnings 

 are issued regarding the possible introduction into New York of gipsy moth, 

 brown-tail moth, and oriental slug caterpillar. 



A summary is given of the notes received from voluntary entomological ob- 

 servers throughout the State. The author presents a list of the entomological 

 articles issued by his office during the year and also a list of the insects re- 

 ceived for identification and for specimens. 



In an appendix to the bulletin descriptions are presented of a large number 

 of new species of Ceci(lomyiid;i\ 



Second annual report of the State entomologist, E. F. Hitchings {Ann. Rpt. 

 State Ent. Maine, 2 {1906), pp. 77, pis. 2, fiys. 21). — A general report on the mis- 

 cellaneous work of the State entomologist for the year 1906. Particular atten- 

 tion was given to a study of the distribution and means of combating gipsy 

 moth and brown-tail moth in Maine. The San Jose scale has not yet been dis- 

 covered in Maine, but it is feared that infestation may take place. 



Brief practical potes are also given on apple-tree tent-caterpillar, strawberry 

 weevil, oyster-shell bark-louse, woolly aphis, and various other Injurious insects. 

 Mention is made of the interest taken by various local organizations in the 

 work of eradicating insect pests. 



Entomological practice, J. Vosseler {Pflanzcr, 3 {1907), A"o. 5-6, pp. 65- 

 77). — Attention is called to the important functions of the economic entomolo- 

 gist, particularly in countries where this subject has not been widely promul- 

 gated. The present account is largely a description of the work of the zoologi- 

 cal laboratory of the biological agricultural institute at Amani. Mention is 

 made of the many difficulties encountered by the economic entomologist in his 

 work. 



Notes on insect, fungus, and other pests {Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], Uf 

 {1907), ~So. .'/, pp. 212-222). — Biological and economic notes are given on 

 Smerinthus oceUatns-. 'Neoclytus caprea, Phaedon betuhv, carabid beetles, mites, 

 eelworms, larva^ of leaf-mining flies, plant lice, etc. 



New genera and species of Aphelininae, with a revised table of genera, 

 L. O. Howard {(J. 8. Dcpt. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 12, pt. J,, tech. ser., pp., 67-88, 

 figs. 10). — In the present paper descriptions are given of 20 new species and 5 

 new genera of Aphelininae. They are supplementary to those published in a 

 previous bulletin (E. S. R., 7, p. 516). The Apheliuinje have proved to be of 

 great importance in the control of scale insects. 



Leaf hoppers — Supplement, G. W. Kirkaldy {Haicaiian Sugar Planters" Sta., 

 Div. Ent. Bui. 3, pp. 189, pis. 20, figs. 3). — From the leaf hoppers collected by 

 Koebele, Perkins, and Muir in Australasian countries, Fiji Isles, and China, 58 

 additional genera and subgenera and 175 species and varieties are described as 

 new. This makes a total of 143 genera and 387 species from the material just 

 mentioned. The author presents technical descriptions of species, analytical 

 tables for their identification, and l)iological notes. 



The anatomy of the proboscis of Stomoxys, J. W. W. Stephens and R. 

 Newstead {Ann. Trop. Med. and Par., 1 {1907), \o. 2. pp. 171-198, pis. 8).— 

 The methods adopted in making dissection of specimens of Stomoxys are 



