70 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



241). — ^Xotes on this insect whicli has been injurious in Ontario. Mowing and burn- 

 ing over tlie strawberry lields after gathering the crop is recommended. 



Another enemy of the vine— the coccus of Chile, V. Maykt {Agl. Jour. Cape 

 Colony, 9 {1S9G), Ko. 7, pp. 158-161).— k summary of the life liistory of Margarodes 

 rilium. meutioning the damage done by it in the Argentine Republic. 



Destruction of oak branches by beetles and their treatment, Alitm {Ztschr. 

 Forst. nnd Jcujdw., :?S (1S96), Xo. 3, pp. 141-154, fig. 1).— Notes are given on I'eriteliis 

 hirticoruis, Strojyhosomns ohesns, S. coryli, and Polydrusiis viicans, and means suggested 

 for their destruction. 



The oak pruner (Garden and Forest, 9 (1896), Xo. 4:19, p. ;.'97).— Notes are given of 

 Stenocorim pulator, which is very destructive to oaks in some regions. 



Forest insects — some gall-making coccids, C. Fullek {Afjl. Gaz. X. S. Wales, 

 7 (1896), Xo. 4, pp. f.'09-:21S). — Notes on tlie Brachyscelid;e, with descriptions of sev- 

 eral new species. 



White ants as tea pests, G. Watt (Indian Ayr., 21 (1896), Xo. 6, pp. 177-180). 



Notes on Trigonogenicus farctus, E. A. Schwarz (Canadian EnU, 28 (1896), Xo. 

 7, pp. 177, 178). — This species was found in red pepper in British Columbia. 



Flowers and insects, C. Robertsox (Trans. Acad. Sci. Sf. Louis, 7 (1896), Xo. 6, 

 pp. 151-179). — This, as a sub-title states, consists of contributions to an account of 

 the ecological relations of the entomophilous flora anil anthophilous insect fauna of 

 the neighborhood of Carlinsville, Illinois. 



Conorhinus sanguisugus, its habits and life history, B. 8. Kimbali. ( 3"/«hs. 

 Kansas Acad. Sci. 1894, ])p. 128-131). 



Injuries through necessity, K. Sajo (lllus. Wochenschr. Ent., 1 (1896), Xo. 13, lip. 

 202-205). — This treats of insects attacking cultivated plants because of the exter- 

 mination of their wild food plants. 



The combating of cutworms, Frank (Deut. landw. Fresse, 23 (1896), Xo. 57, p. 507, 

 fig. 1). — Advocates the use of lanterns for trapping the moths. 



Proceedings in coping with the grub pest, H. Tryox (Sugar Jour, and Trop. 

 Cult., 5 (1896), Xo. 4, pp. 91-93). — Remedies proposed for the sugar cane grub (Dis- 

 tra?a) in Queensland. Carbou bisuljjhid is suggested. 



Experiments w^ith insecticides against Cochylis ambiguella, A. Berlese and 

 G. Leonardi (Eiv. pat. Veg., 4 (1896), Xos. 7-12, pp. 304-343). 



The combating of the May beetle, Feddersen (Ztschr. Forst. und Jagdw., 28 

 (1896), Xo. 5, pp. 265-318). 



Calcium carbid as an insecticide (L'Engrais, 11 (1896), Xo. 27, p. 638). 



"Raupenleim" and "Dendrolene," J. B. Smith (Ent. Xeivs, 7 (1896), Xo. 6, p. 

 177). — Notes on the eli'ects of these substances on young trees. Dendrolene was found 

 to kill the borers in the trees. The outer bark of peach trees was discolored and 

 killed, but no serious injury done, and it is believed that no harm will result if the 

 material be scraped off in late siimmer. 



Descriptions of new parasitic Hymenoptera, W. H. Ashmead (Trans. Amer. 

 Ent. Soc, 23 (1896), pp. 179-234). 



Predaceous and parasitic enemies of aphides, V, H. C. A. Vine (Lnternat. Jour. 

 Micros, and Xat. Sci., scr. 3, 6 (1896), Xo. 31, i)p. 249-263, pis. 2). 



FOODS— ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



The minimum of protein in the food required to produce nitro- 

 gen equilibrium, J. Munk ( Yerhandl. Berlin physiol. Ges., 1<> {IS'J.5), 

 JV"o. 11; Centhl. Physiol, 9 {1896), pp. 733, 724).— A dog weighing 25 

 kg. was made to fast 6 days. The nitrogen excreted daily in the 

 urine was G.l gm. and in the feces 0.3 gm. The animal was fed 100 

 gm. of meat and 75 gm. of fat daily. On the first day 200 gm. of rice 



