712 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Forest moths that have become orchard and garden pests, W. W. Froggatt 



(J;/?, (la.:. A". S. Trales, 7 {1SD6), So. 11, pp. 7o7-750, jj/s. ,?).— Notes are given of the 

 paiuted acacia moth {Tcia anar toidcs) i\uCith.c> gray-streaked moth {Prodenia littoralis). 



A cure for onion grub, J. Cuawford {Garden, 51 {1S97), No. 1314, p. 54). — Char- 

 coal dust is spread over the ouiou plat to the depth of one-half inch and well 

 worked into the top layer of soil. 



Flooding -woods as a means of destroying the "ground," as ■well as other 

 insects injurious to forests, L. Anderling {Knt. Naclt., :3:2 {1S96), Xo. 13-14, pp. 

 19.':-200). 



Ermisch's caterpillar lime, J. B. Smith {Amer. Gard., IS (1S97), No, 111, pp, 9S-99). 



Experiments against Chrysomelidae and Pyralidae, Charlier {Prog. J<jr. ct 

 Vit., JG {ISOG), 'So. 5J,pp. 711-713). 



Fumigating greenhouses -with hydrocyanic-acid gas, P. H. Dorsett {Florists' 

 Exchange, 9 {1897), No. 7, p. 147, figs. 3). — Directions are given for fumigating with 

 this gas, the amount required, and precautious to be observed. It is very efficient 

 in killing aphides. 



Analyses of Paris green, E. W. Hilgard {California Sta. Bpt. 1895, p. 137). — The 

 percentages of arsenious acid in 2 samples are reported. 



On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies), S. Willistox {Trans. Ent. Soc, 

 London, 1896, III, pp. 253-447, pis. 7).— The Dolichopodida^ and Phorida\ by J. M. 

 Aldrich. 



Studies on the Muscidae of France, II, L. Pandelle {llev. Ent., 15 {1896), Nos. 

 1-8, 10, pp. 231). 



List of exotic Orthoptera described by S. H. Scudder, 1868-'79, -with a re- 

 vision of their nomenclature, S. II. Scudder {Proc. Post. Soc. Nat. Hist., 27 {1896), 

 pp. 201-218). 



The study of the Braconidae with a revision of the Euiopean and allied 

 species of the genera Vipio and Bracon, O. SchmiedkivNECIIt {Flhis. U'ochensehr. 

 Ent., 1 {1896), Nos. 31, pp. 496-498; 32, pp. 510-513; 33, pp. 527-530; 34, pp. 540-543 ; 

 35, pp. 557-559; 36, pp. 570-573 ; 37, pp. 589-592). 



Synopsis of the species of the Nysson inhabiting America north of Mexico, 

 W. J. Fox {New York Ent. Soc Jour., 4 {ISOG), No. 1, pp. 10-16). 



Termites in captivity in England, G. D. Haviland and D. Sharp {Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. London, 1896, TV, pp. 580-594). 



Some new points of similarity betw^een the larval nests of Trichoptera and 

 the larval cases of Lepidoptera, likevrise instances of protective mimicry in 

 the cases of the larvae of Trichoptera, R. Struck (///its. Wochensclir. Ent., 1 {1S96), 

 No. 39, pp. 615-619, figs. G). 



Impressions received from a study of our North American Rhopalocera, 

 H. Skinner {New York Ent. Soc. .Jour., 4 {1896), No. 3, pp. 107-118). 



An evergreen pest from the Noctuidae, H. Gauckler {Illus. Wochensclir. Ent., 1 

 {1896), No. 35, pp. 554-557, figs. 3). 



Notes on seasonal dimorphism in South African Rhopalocera, A. K. Marshall 

 {Trans. Ent. Soc, London, 1S96, IV, pp. 551-567). 



FOODS— ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Examination of oil meals, F. W. Woll ( Wisconsin Sta. Bpt. 1895, 

 pp. 64-85, Jigs. 2). — The author describes the manufacture of old-process 

 and new-process linseed meals, and gives analyses of 12 samples of old- 

 process and 5 samples of new-process meal sent to the station for exam-- 

 ination, and partial analyses of a considerable number of samples. 



Artificial digestion experiments were made with 12 samples of old- 

 process and 9 samples of new-process meal. The average digestibility 



