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described in some detail. Tlie anatomical features of the various parts of the 

 proboscis and connected structures in tbis genus are enumerated. 



A disease of oats due to Tarsonemus spirifex, L. Guille (Jour. Agr. Prat., 

 II. scr., 13 (I'JOl). No. IS, pp. 552-556, fujs. .}). — Oats attacked by Tarsonemus 

 spirifex show peculiar cigar-sbaped enlargements at the apex of the stems. The 

 head of infested oats becomes spirally coiled, but remains shorter than in normal 

 plants, so that it is entirely contained within the sheaf. The author believes 

 that the farmer lias neglected cultural methods with oats under the belief that 

 they are not so valuable as other cereal grains and that this neglect favors infes- 

 tation by the parasitic mite. Lilteral use of fertilizers is recommended as a 

 preventive remedy. 



Grain weevils, J. R. Inda {Com. Par. Agr. [Mexico's, Circ. 59, pp. 21, figs. 

 S). — Biological and economic notes are given on the grain weevil, various species 

 of pea weevils, and other insects injurious to stored grain. The usual methods 

 of controlling these pests are recommended, including fumigation with bisulphid 

 of carbon. 



The pepper weevil, J. R. Inda (Com. Par. Agr. [Mexico's, Circ. 58, pp. 11, 

 pis. 3, fig. 1). — Attention is directed to the attaclvS of Anthonomus engenii upon 

 Chili peppers. It is commonly held that direct application of insecticides is of 

 little use in controlling this pest, but if applied in time Paris green may give 

 fairly satisfactory results. The author recommends that all fallen fruits be 

 collected and destroyed jiromptly and that rapid growing varieties of peppers 

 be selected. 



Fighting the boll weevil by picking up the infested squares, W. Newell 

 (Crop Pe^t Com. La. Circ. 15, pp. //). — In average seasons when it is possible to 

 produce an early crop of cotton the author would not recommend the additional 

 expense necessary in picking up and destroying infested squares. It appeared 

 impossible, however, to secure an early crop during the present season, and the 

 author, therefore, suggested as a means of preventing the undue ravages of the 

 boll weevil that fallen squares be collected once a week until July 25, and that 

 these squares be destroyed or confined in wire-cloth cages, so as to allow merely 

 the parasitic insects to escape. 



The most important factor in solving the boll-weevil problem, A. Mayer 

 (Crop Pest Com. La. Circ. Hi, pp. 8). — The author maintains that cotton is the 

 most important money making crop of the South. He considers that in the pro- 

 duction of large crojis in the future, animal industry in the South will contrib- 

 ute largely by increasing the fertility of the soil. Animal industry can be 

 encouraged most in the South by the eradication of the cattle tick, which is, 

 therefore, considered the most important factor in solving the troubles of the 

 cotton planter. 



Insect pests of jute, II. M. Lefroy (Agr. Jour. India, 2 (1901), No. 2, pp. 

 109-115, pi. 1, fig. 1). — A considerable number of insect pests have been observed 

 feeding upon jute, but fortunately not all of them are thus far of a serious 

 nature. Particular attention is given to an account of Caradrina exigaa and 

 Cosmophila sahiilifcra. A number of less important pests are also noted. Spe- 

 lific remedies have not been devised for these pests of jute, but thorough and 

 elean cultivation is suggested as an important preventive treatment. 



Some insects injurious to truck crops. The cranberry spanworm. The 

 striped garden caterpillar, F. II. Chittenden (U. S. Dcpt. Agr., Bur. Eiii. Bui. 

 ()6, [it. 3, pji. 21-32. figs. 2). — Cleora pampinaria has been known for some time as 

 an enemy of the cranberry. The insect is described in its various stages. It is 

 distributed from Maine to the (iulf region. It attacks garden and farm crops, 

 orchards, and forest trees. The larvfe feed on the foliage of host plants. The 

 egg and larval stages have not been determined. The natural enemies of the 



