1917] CONTENTS. V 



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Spore variation in Neopechia coulteri, Boyce 651 



Note on occurrence of jPeridermium balsameum in WasMngton, Schmitz 651 



Inoculation of Abies lasiocarpa with Pucciniastrum pristulatum, Weir and Hubert . 651 



Successful inoculations of Larix occidentalis and L. europen, Weir and Hubert. . 651 



Work on the white pine blister rust in Minnesota, 1916, Washburn 652 



White pine blister rust. Does the fungus winter on the currant? McCubbin. . 652 



Keithia thujina, cause of serious leaf disease of western red cedar, Weir 652 



Note on "spike " disease in sandal, Lushington 652 



A possible cause of "spike " in sandal, WTiitehead 652 



The occurrence of bamboo smut in America, Patterson and Charles 653 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOLOGY. 



Annual report of the governor of Alaska on the Alaska game law, 1916, Strong. . 653 



The domestic cat, Forbush 653 



Rats and rat riddance, Forbush 653 



Bacterium tularense 653 



Land birds of northern New York, Sawyer 653 



The food of West Virginia birds, Brooks 653 



The birds of the Isle of Pines, Todd 653 



Common insects and plant diseases of farm, garden, and orchard, Rumsey .... 653 



One hundred notes on Indian insects, Fletcher 653 



[Insects and control measures in South Africa] 653 



Notes on insects damaging sugar cane in Queensland, Jarvis 654 



Revision of the Japanese termites, Hozawa 654 



Transmission of infantile leishmaniasis by fleas, da Silva 654 



Native food plants and feeding habits of the cotton stainer in St. Vincent 654 



Additional notes on native food plants and feeding habits of cotton stainer 654 



Key to nearctic species of Paracalocoria (Heteroptera; Mirida;), McAtee 654 



The leafhoppers or Jassoidea of Tennessee, DeLong 654 



Observations on the ecology of Coccidse, Teodoro 655 



Control of Chrysomphalus dictyospermi, del Guercio and Malenotti 655 



Statistics on the production of silk in France and elsewhere 655 



The white-marked tussock moth, Webster 655 



The potato tuber moth, Graf 655 



The rhododendron tingid (S tephanitis rhododendri) in Surrey, Green 656 



Observations of the biology of Reeurvaria nanella, Mignone 656 



Evolution of the color pattern in Lithocolletis, Braim 656 



Nem-opteroid insects of the Philippine Islands, Banks 656 



The control of the house fly, Blanchard 656 



Prevention of fly breeding in horse manure, Copeman 656 



Some experiments on house fly in relation to farm maniu-e heap, Eltringham. . 656 



Note on helminthic diseases with special reference to house fly, Shircore 657 



Filariasis. — Report of two cases in the District of Columbia, Lyon, jr 657 



A new enemy of maguey, Gandara 657 



The cabbage root maggot and its control in Canada, Gibson and Treheme 657 



Breeding the mangold fly and dock fly, Cameron 658 



A new species of Agromyza destructive to beans in the Philippines, Malloch. . 658 



The scarabeid enemies of sugar cane, Moreira 658 



On the value of poison bait for controlling cane gi*ubs, Jarvis 658 



Generic synopsis of coccinellid larvae in U. S. National Museum, Boving 658 



A bad attack by the mustard beetle on water cress, Roebuck 658 



The desert com flea-beetle, Wildermuth 658 



Borers infesting the ash, Seaver 659 



A new species of Pityogenes, Swaine 659 



Observations on the life history and habits of Pityogenes hopkinsi, Blackman .. 659 



Thirty-sixth report of Beekeepers' Association of Ontario, 1915 659 



Sacbrood, White 659 



Descriptions of seven new species of red spiders, McGregor 660 



A case of infestation with Dipylidium caninum, Mendoza-Guazon 660 



FOODS — HUMAN NUTRiriON. 



Studies on the digestibility of the grain sorghums, Langworthy and Holmes. . . 660 



Digestibility of bread. — II, Salivary digestion of erythrodextrin, Blake 661 



Food supply orders [milling of flour] 662 



Government control over flour, Jago 662 



