ABSTHACTS OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE IXITHD STATES DEPARTMENT OF 



AiilllCLLTLKE. 



DIVISION OF STATISTICS. 



IxKroiiT No. 87 (NEW SKIUKS), xVuousT, 18U1 (pp. ;377-437).— This 

 iiu'ludes jiitick'S on the coiulitioii of the giowiii*^ crops of corn, si»iiii;^ 

 w heat, spiin<;' rye, barley, buckwheat, oats, potatoes, tobacco, cotton, 

 grasses, canes, and frnits: Kiiropcnn crop rc]>ort for An<iiist; Indian 

 wheat crop of ISOl; the JJaitfciscn h»an associations of (ierinany: and 

 the freight rates of transportation (•oiiii)ames. 



Indian nlicnt. — Tlu- final oflkial returus of the (Tovfiiimeut of India of the Avlii-at 

 iiop of 1890-91 niak<! the aroa uuder wheat 2(),12t,000 arres, as compared with 

 l't,773,()(M) last year, and a normal or averajje for 5 years of 26,479,000. The i)rodu«t 

 is given as 6,842,000 tons, or 255,434,667 bushels, while that of last year was 6,123,000 

 tons, or 228,502,000 bushels. Last year was nufavorable for wheat production in 

 India. The increase of acreage of this year over last amounted to 651,000 acres, and 

 of production, 26,842,667 bushels. 



DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



Insect Life, Vol. Ill, Xos. 11 and 11', xVuuust, 1891 (pp. 433-.j19, 

 ligs. 5). — The ])rincipal artick'S in this double number are: Some Icerya 

 and Vedalia Xotes; Experiments with a Date Palm Scale (P«>7fl^or/a 

 zizifphi, Lucas); A Viviparous Cockroach {Panchhna riridis), by C. V. 

 Kiley; The (xiasserie of the Silkworm, by P. Walker; Observations on 

 Injurious and other Insects of Arkansas and Texas, by F. M. Webster; 

 An Encyrtid {Jlcnuladia sinitkiij n. sp.) Avith Six-Lranched Antennaj, 

 by W. II. Ashmead; History of the Uydrocyanic Acid Gas Treatment 

 for Scale Insects, by 1). W. Coiiuillctt: Some of the IJred Parasitic 

 llymeuo]>tera in the National Collection (continued); and Description of 

 a New Tortricid {Semasia bucephaloidcs, u. sp.), by Lord Walsinj^ham. 

 Tlie text of the ^lassiichusetts law against the Gypsy moth [(kni-ria 

 disjmr)^ anil the regulations of the state board of agriculture for car- 

 rying: out the provisions of the law, are given in full. Indexes to vol. 

 Ill accompany this number. 



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