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aud remedial notes ai'e given on some currant worms, tlie following 

 species being treated: Currant borer {Scsla tii)uliJ'ormls)^ common cur- 

 rant worm {Diastlctus ribearia)^ imported sawfly {I^cmatns ventricosns)^ 

 native sawlly [TriHttpltora (jrossnJtar'uv), measuring worm {Bislon cog- 

 niiaria), and i)rogne butterlly {l.^oJy<ionia prorjne). 



The phosphorescent organs of insects, A. S. Packakd {Jour.X. Y. Ent. Soc, 4 

 (1S9C>), Xo. 2, pp. Gl-GG, fuj. 1). — IIi8tolo<j;ic<il, physiological, aud physical notes. In 

 the common European iirelly {Lnc'whi) the light is polychromatic inider the spectro- 

 scope, ami is probably jiroduced by an oxidation in the trachea of luminous matter 

 secreted by the parenchyma cells. 



Monograph of the order Thysanoptera, H. Uzel {KUnhjrat-, 1S95, pp.4-U). 



An analytical key to the genera of the family Formicidae, for the determina- 

 tion of the neuters, C. Emery {Ann. Soc. Ent. BeJyiqne, 40 {1S9G), No. 5, pp. 17.2-189). 



Food habits of North American Cerambycidae, W. Beutexmiller {Jour. N. Y. 

 Ent. Soc, 4 {1896), No. 2, pp. 73-81). 



On the habits of the larva of Zeuzera pyrina, or Z. Eesciili, G. A. Ponjade 

 {Bui. Soc. Ent. France, lS9G,pp. 189, 190). 



The eestivation of a beetle, K. Sa.io {lUiifi. Wochcnschr. Ent., 1 {1896), No. G, pp. 

 87-89). — Xotes oii the summer resting period of Entomoscelis adonidis. 



Accelerated development of silkworm eggs, M. Bellati and E. Qua.iat {.Irch. 

 Ital. Viol., 2o {1S9G), No. 2). — Xotes on hastened maturity under various treatments. 



An accidental thysanurous parasite of man, FuftciiE and L. Beille {Compt, 

 Bend., 123 {1S9G), No. l,pp. 70-71). — A brief note on numerous individuals of a thysa- 

 nure, probably Scira domestica, infesting the hairy portions of a sailor's liody for 5 

 successive years. 



The red -weevil ravages in alfalfa and beet fields, M. Hollruxg {Landw. Woch- 

 enhl. Schles. Hoist., 4G {1896), No. 26, pp. 397-399). —'Notes on Otiorhynchus ligusiici. 



The life history of the cutworm Noctua vestigialis, K. Eckstjein {Ztscliv. Forst. 

 jind Jadfjw., 28 {189G), No. 4, pp. 203-211). 



The yellow stalk fly {Bvnt. landw. Presse, 23 (1896), No. 41, p. SGI, figs. ,7).— Illus- 

 trated description of Chlorops t(vniopus, with suggestions for remedial measures. 



Saving corn from the bollworm, 11. H. Price (Ainer. Card., 17 {1896), No. 83, 

 p. 468, fuj. 1). — A brief note advocating the clipping of the ends of the young ears 

 as soon as the worms hatch. 



Entomoscelis adonidis and E. sacra, K. Sajo {Illus. IVochensehr. Ent., 1 {1896), 

 No. 8, pp. 117-l.'0).—'SoteH on the life liistory of these species and their damaging 

 rape fields in Hungary. 



Notes on Pegomyia hyoscyami parasitic on sugar beets, R. Chevrei. {Bui. 

 Linn. Soc. Normandie, ser. 4, 8, pp. 331-340; ahs. in Bot. Centhl. Beihefte, 6 {1896), No. 

 2-3, p. 175). 



Life history and treatment of the sugar cane borer, J. Zehntner {Med. Proef. 

 Sta. East Java, No. 23, n. ser., pp. 21, pis. 5-).— Life history of Diatraa striatalis and 

 its hymenopterous parasites. 



Damage to the Java sugar industry by Rhynchotes, G. Breddis {Dent. Ent. 

 Ztsclir., 1896, No. l,pp. 105-110). — Descrii)tions; of the lleteroptera and Homoptera 

 injurious to sugar cane in Java. 



The codling moth {(iard. Chron., ser. 3, 20 {1896), No. 497, p. 11, figs. 4). 



Diagnosis of new scale insects, A. Berlese and G. Leonardi {Bir. pat. reg., 

 4 {1896), No. 7-12, pp. 345-352, figs. 5). 



Some insects injurious to the apple, G. Quinn {Garden and Field, 22 {1896), No. 

 1, pp. 24, ;?.;).— The codling moth, native apple moth {Cacacia rerjyousa), y^'ooWy 

 aphis, apph'. mussel scale {Mytilaspis pomorum), harlequin fruit hng {Dhidymu8 versi- 

 color), curculio beetle {Otiorhynchus sulcatns), and apple root borer {Sotops hopei)sive 

 described and treatment suggested. 



The strawberry leaf roller, J. CiiAiG {Canadian Jlort., 19 {1896), No. 7, pp. 240, 



