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Eutermes morio, which causes great damage to furniture and woodwork, can 

 be effectively controlled at a small expense by placing liberal quantities of any 

 powdered arsenical poison in the runways and nest. A second important 

 termite, which injures woodwork and furniture, probably Leucotermes sp., caa 

 be effectively controlled by fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas. 



A rhinoceros beetle (Strategus quadrifoveatus) in the adult stage often kills 

 young coconut trees by entering the nut below the surface of the ground and 

 eating its way upward, attacking the main shoot. 



Several miscellaneous pests mentioned are the round-headed borer (Apate 

 francisca) which bores in young mahogany trees and also does damage to 

 coffee, citrus, and gandule or pigeon peas; a lepidopterous larva which dis- 

 figures ornamental palms; a noctuid larva (probably Eriopus floridensis) on 

 the fronds of ornamental ferns; Aspiodiotus destructor which often seriously 

 injures coconut trees, especially in the dry region in the southwest corner of the 

 island ; a weevil found breeding in the flower buds of eggplant ; the larva of 

 Empyrcuma lichas which attacks oleanders ; etc. 



[Papers on insects and insect control] {Ann. Serv. Epiphytics, Mem. et Rap., 

 2 {1913), pp. 109-155, 188-232, 266-272, 285-301, 311-3^0, figs. //Jf).— This second 

 volume (E. S. R., 34, p. 850) includes a number of papers relating to economic 

 entomology, namely. Investigations of the Eudemis and Cochylis Moths in Bor- 

 deaux in 1913 (pp. 109-1.52) and a Note on the Oblong Scale {Lecanium 

 persicce.) and Treatment of Vines Infested by It (pp. 153-155), by J. Feytaud ; 

 The Microparasites of Insects and Their Utilization, by A. Paillot (pp. 188- 

 232), which includes a classified bibliography; Observations of the Asparagus 

 Fly and Control Measures, by P. Lesne (pp. 266-272) ; The Action of Hydro- 

 cyanic Acid Gas on the West Indian Peach Scale, by A. Vuillet (pp. 28.5-287) ; 

 Note on Coccidfe Received at the Paris Entomological Station in 1913. by P. 

 Vayssiere (pp. 288-301) ; Eolcocneme cosrnleocarpa, a Sawfly Enemy of Culti- 

 vated Ranunculacese, by J. Chatanay (pp. 311-320) ; and Cleoniis mendicus and 

 Lixtis scabricoUi^s, Curculionids Injurious to the Beet, by F. Picard (pp. 

 321-340). 



[Heport on] economic zoolog'y {AnJi. Rpt. Bd. Sci. Advice India, 1914-15, pp. 

 148-166) .—The first part of this report (pp. 148-162) by T. B. Fletcher relates 

 to agricultural entomology, and the second part (pp. 162-166), by C. F. C. 

 Beeson, to forest entomology. 



Report of the tobacco insect investigations, G. B. Mebbill {Rpt. Bd. Comrs. 

 Agr. P. R., 4 {1914-15), pp. 50-^2).— A brief statement of the work of the year 

 with tobacco insects. 



The fleabeetles Epitrix fuscata and E. parvula are said to be the most im- 

 portant insect enemies of the tobacco plant in Porto Rico. The changa or mole 

 cricket, which is injurious in the seed beds and to newly-set transplants, comes 

 next in importance. 



Insect pests of tea in northeast India during the season 1915, E. A. 

 Andrews {Indian Tea Assoc, Sci. Dept. Quart. Jour., No. 1 {1916), pp. 1-6). — 

 This extract from the report of the general committee of the Indian Tea Asso- 

 ciation for the year ended December 31, 1915, reports briefly upon the occur- 

 rence of the more important insect enemies of tea. 



Preliminary catalogue of the orthopteroid insects of the Philippine Islands, 

 L. Bkuneb {Univ. [Nebr.'i Studies, 15 {1915), No. 2, pp. 195-281).— In this list, 

 •which supplements that of 286 species in Elera's catalogue of the Philippine 

 fauna,* the author gives 733 names. 



1 Cataiogo Sistem&tico de Toda la Fauna de Filipinas. Manila, 1895, vol. 2, pp. 

 189-223. 



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