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IT. Solms-Laubaeli; Monofiraphio dii VourrhUe des Vignes ct des 

 Arbres fruiticrs, Montpcllicr, V. Viala; Ciooiiian Lecture, On some 

 llelatioiis between Host and Parasite in Certain Kpidemie Diseases of 

 riants. London. H,. M.Ward; and Index t<» North Aniericaii Mycolo^ical 

 Literature (continued), by I>. G. Fairchild (see p. 7oU of this number 

 of the Kecord.) 



DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



INSFX'T Life, Vol. iv, No8. 7 and 8, April, LS92 (pp. 231-L'!>l', n;;s, 

 1-'}). — The principal contents of this double number are l)riclly snnnna- 

 rized beh)w: 



Special notes (pp. 231-238). — These include reviews of bulletin No. 33 

 of the New York Cornell Station, Wircwornis; s|)ccial nulldiii N <»rthe 

 New Jersey tStations, insects Injnrious to the lUackberry ; JUiHetin No. 

 85 of the New Jersey Stations, Farm Practice and Fertilizers to Control 

 Insect Injury; and IJulletin No. II of the Oregon Station, A Plain Talk 

 al)ont Insects (see Experiment Station llecord, \o\. iii, pp. 417, TO."), (iK), 

 and 452); of articles ou the cattle tick and ou the ox warble, by C. 

 Curtiss; of a brochure on the life history of the Hessian Hy, l)y F. lOnock ; 

 and of an article ou Bacteria Normal to Digestive Organs of Ilemiptcra, 

 by S. A. For1)es. 



The potato tuber moth (pp. 230-242). — An account of Lita HolaneUa, a 

 Tineid moth, the larvte of which bore into potatoes. It was lirst noticed 

 in Tasmania in 1885 and has siiu'c been treated of ])y various Australian 

 authors. It is very destructive to potatoes in Austialia, Tasmania, New 

 Zealand, and Algeria, and in November of 1891 it first attracted atten- 

 tion in California. As a remedy the immediate sequestration and 

 destruction of all infested potatoes are advised. 



A f/eiiiis of Mantis 6(7(7 ^^ara-S'ifcs (pp. 242-245). — Notes accompanied by 

 tigures of Foda<irion. mantis, and of egg cases of kSt<i[j)iiomaiiii.s caroVnui 

 and of an Anstralian mantid. 



Notes on the grain Toxoptera, F. M. Webster (pp. 245-248). — Notes on 

 the foo<l habits, rapidity of reproduction, and prevalence of Toxoptera 

 (jvaminnm in Indiana, from observations by the antiior. 



The larger digger wasp, (J. Y. Bileg (pp. 248-252). — A profusely 

 illnstrated article on the life history of ISpheeius sjyeciosus, Avith special 

 references to its habit of storing its burrows with the commou harvest 

 Hy [Cicada pruinosa) to serve as food for its larva*. 



The habits ofUlasmus, L. 0. Howard (pp. 253, 254). — A brief acconnj" 

 of this Chalcidid genus and of the bred species and their hosts, with 

 an illustration of Elasmus varius. 



Bees of great value to fruit and seed growers, F.Benton (pp. 254-250). — 

 Statements showing the value of bees in aiding in the distribution of 

 pollen. 



Some bred West Virginia Braconidee, A. B. Ho2}1cins {ip^.25(i-2o{)). — 

 A list of 33 species, with brief notes regarding host relations. 



