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lesser peach borer were observed in 1907 and 190S in one orchard of peach 

 and plum trees at Bellona. The notes given relate to their attack, nature of 

 the injury, and habits of the species. 



The lirae-tree winter moth, which persists from year to year unnoticed In 

 woodlands, appeared in conspicuous numbers in 1912 in fruit plantings. The 

 gooseberry fruit worm occasionally attacks currant plantations, effecting serious 

 losses in fruit yields through tunneling of the berries by the larvae, which draw 

 together fruit clusters and leaves by means of silken threads. Spraying with 

 arsenate of lead or Paris gi'een as the earliest webs were forming gave a large 

 measure of protection from damages by the larvae. Specimens of a type of 

 green fruit worm, common in one orchard, which were reared to maturity 

 proved to be G. alia. 



Some new or rare fruit pests, F, H. Haix {Neio York State Sta. Bui. 4^3, 

 popvlar ed. {1916), pp. 8, figs. 10). — A popular edition of the bulletin above noted. 



Potato insects, R. L. Websteb (lotva Sta. Bui. 155, popular ed. {1915), pp. 

 S-30, figs. 85). — A popular edition of the bulletin previously noted (E .S. R., 

 33, p. 352). 



The insect fauna of New Jersey greenhouses, exclusive of the Coccidse, 

 H. B. Weiss, {Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 2^ {1916), No. 2, pp. 1^^-150).— Forty-nine 

 species, exclusive of the Coccidaj, are listed as occurring in greenhouses in 

 New Jersey. 



Cacao thrips and die-back in St. Vincent {Agr. News [Barbados], 15 {1916), 

 Nos. 360, pp. 206, 201 ; 310, pp. 222, 223).— A brief report of observations of the 

 cacao tlirips, and die-bach of cacao made by the entomologist and mycologist in 

 St. Vincent, who found that the conditions which are responsible for an out- 

 break of thrips in Grenada (E. S. R., 35, p. 357) have a similar effect in St. 

 Vincent. 



A synopsis of the genus Oxy thrips, J. D. Hood {Insecutor Inscitiw Menr 

 struus, 4 {1916), No. 4-6, pp. 31-U)- 



A new Plectrothrips from Jamaica, J. D. Hood {Insecutor Inscitiw Meiv- 

 struus, 4 {1016), No. 1-9, pp. IS-SO, pi. 1). 



Check list of the Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae, and 

 Coccidae) of America, north of Mexico, E. P. Van Duzee {Neio York: N. Y. 

 Ent. Soc., 1916, pp. XI +111; rev. in Psyche, 23 {1916), No. 4, pp. 128, 129; Ent. 

 Neivs., 21 {1916), No. 10, pp. 414, 7/75).— This check list, based upon a complete 

 bibliographical and synonymical catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north 

 of Mexico now in manuscript form, includes the systematic arrangement, full 

 synonymy, date of each name, and general distribution of each species in addi- 

 tion to the numbered list of forms. The list enumerates 699 genera and 2,969 

 species, the Heteroptera being 465 and 1,477, respectively, and the Homoptera, 

 234 and 1,492. A list is given in the preface of new names proposed. 



The reviews are by H. M. Parshley and J. R. de la Torre Bueno, respectively. 



Remarks on Lygus invitus, with descriptions of a new species and variety 

 of Lygus, H. H. Knight {Canad. Ent., 48 {1916), No. 10, pp. 345-349, figs. 2).— 

 The author reports finding that L. invitus breeds only on the elm, preferring 

 always the young thrifty plants with succulent shoots. 



L. communis, here described as new to science and commonly known as the 

 false tarnished plant bug, is a destructive enemy of the cultivated pear and 

 is found commonly on Cornus spp. Life history studies of this pear pest under 

 the name L. invitus by Parrott and Hodgkiss have been previously noted (E. S. 

 R., 30, p. 358). 



L. communis novascotiensis n. var., which breeds abundantly on apple in Nova 

 Scotia, is also described. 



