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Destruction of the Parent Flies Before Eggs Are Laid ; and The Pepper Tree 

 Caterpillar {Bombycomorpha pallida), The Potato Ladybird Beetle {Epilachna 

 dregei), The Plum Slug Caterpillar {Parasa latistriga), (I) Some Destructive 

 Fruit and Flower Beetles, (II) A New Insect Pest of the Peach {PhUagathes 

 Iwtus), and The Cucumber and Vegetable Marrow Fly (Dacus vertebratm) , 

 by D. Gunn. 



Notes on insects damaging sugar cane in Queensland, E. Jabvis (Bur. 

 Sugar Expt. Stas. Queensland, Div. Ent. Bui. S {1916), pp. 48, figs- 57).— This is 

 a brief record of field and other observations made of the insect enemies of 

 sugar cane, largely in the vicinity of Grordonvale. 



Revision of the Japanese termites, S. Hozawa {Jour. Col. Soi. Imp. Uni/v. 

 Tokyo, 35 {1915), Art. 7, pp. 161, pis. 4, figs. 39).— This revision, in which 13 

 species are recognized, includes a table showing their distribution in Japan 

 and a list of the literature on the Japanese species, together with colored figures 

 of most of the species. 



Experiments on the transmission of infantile leislimaniasis by fleas 

 (Pulex irritans), Pereiba da Silva {Arq. Inst. Bact. Camara Pestana, 4 {1916), 

 No. 3, pp. 261-261). — The author's investigations have led to the conclusion that 

 thus far it has not been demonstrated that fleas {Ctenocephalus canis and P. 

 irritans) act as agents in the transmission of human and canine leishmaniasis. 



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

 {Agr. News [Barbados}, 15 {1916), Nos. 369, pp. 202, 203; 370, p. 2i8).— Investi- 

 gations made of Dysdercus delauneyi in districts where Sea Island cotton is 

 grown on an extensive scale show that at the end of February, when the 

 fields are being cleaned of the old cotton plants, it migrates to trees, bushes, 

 and herbaceous plants nearby. It feeds on flowers of the mango {Mangifera 

 indica), Eupatorium odoratum, black sage {Oordia cylindristachya) , and horse- 

 radish tree {Moringa pterygosperma), the fruit of okra {Hibiscus esculentus) 

 and maiden's blush {Mormordica charantia), and secretions of scale insects, 

 but does not appear to be able to breed thereon. Its occurrence on two 

 malvaceous food plants other than cotton, namely, the silk cotton tree {Erio- 

 dendron anfractuosum) and the John Bull tree {Thespesia populnea) which 

 are its chief food plants in the close season for cultivated cotton, is considered 

 at some length. 



Additional notes on the native food plants and feeding habits of the cotton 

 stainer in St. Vincent {Agr. News [Barbados], 15 {1916), No. SIS, p. 267).— 

 With further observations of Dysdercus delauneyi, an account of the food 

 plants and feeding habits of which is above noted, the infestation of young 

 cotton fields has been definitely traced to the silk cotton tree {Eriodendron 

 anfractuosum) and the John Bull tree {Thespesia populnea). A campaign of 

 control will consist at first in the destruction of the John Bull trees. 



Key to the nearctic species of Paracalocoris (Heteroptera; Miridse), W. L. 

 McAtee {Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 9 {1916), No. 4, pp. S66-390) .—The key given 

 to this genus of the subfamily Mirinse includes 10 species of which 4 are new 

 and 26 varieties of which 23 are new. Among the more important are Para- 

 calocoris serupeus cunealis n. var., occurring on wild apple, Crataegus, and 

 quince at Batavia, N. Y., and P. hawleyi ancora n. sp. and n. var., reported by 

 I. M. Hawley as becoming a pest of economic importance on the cultivated 

 hop near Waterville, N. Y., where he has worked out its life history. 



The leaf hoppers or Jassoidea of Tennessee, D. M. DeLong {Tenn. Bd. Ent. 

 Bui. 17 {1916), pp. lis, figs. 24). — This work, which includes keys to the 

 families, genera, and species of leafhoppers occurring in Tennessee, lists and 

 describes 212 species and varieties. 



