912 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



A new enemy of the fir, Hokvath (Ztschr. Uufiar. Landesforst.; abs. in Cenfbh 

 gvmmmh: Forstwrsen. ;?J {1S97), Xo. 3, pp. 133-137).— Yh& iusect is Steyanoptycha 

 <(l>h(jaii(i. 



Phytoptus laricis, n. sp., a new parasite on the larch (Larix europea), C. 

 vox Ti-BEUF (Forstl. naturw. Ztschr., 6 {1897), No. 3, pp. 120-124, fi(js. 3).— A new mite 

 producing galls. The diflereuces between the galls and those produced by the 

 larch gaUHy, Cevidomi/ia kelliieri, are pointed out. 



The pests of the orchard and garden, L. K. Taft and G. C. Davis {Michigan 

 Sta. I!pt. ISO-': pp.-'>49-(J23, figs. 69, pi. i).— A rei)riut of Bulletin 121 of the station 

 (E. S. K., 7, p. 310). 



Cankerworms in the apple orchard (Michujan Sta. Bpt. 1S95, p. 669).— A reprint 

 of Tress liulletin 8 of the station, giving popular notes upon this pest. 



Insects of the clover field, C. F. Wheki.er and O. C. Davis {Michigan Sta. Bpt. 

 1SD5, lip. 377-400, figs. 11, map 1).—A reprint of Bulletin 116 of the station (E. S. R., 

 6, p. 648). 



New facts about the codling moth, M. V. Slixuekland ( Garden and Forest, 10 

 {1S07). Xo. 46S, pp. dS,59). — Report of the meeting of the Western New York Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



The Mexican cotton boll weevil, L. O. Howard ( U. S. Dept. Jgr., Division of 

 Entomology Circ. 18, pp. 8, figs. 5). — This is a revised reprint of Circular 14. A new 

 map illustrates the distribution of the pest during 1895. An edition in the Spanish 

 language was also jirinted. 



The grape louse and its destruction : The grape louse invasion in Wiirtem- 

 berg and its destruction ( Wilrtcmberg Wochenhl. landic, 1897, Xos. 7, x>p. 94-96; 8, 

 pp. 109, 110). — A table is given showing the damages done from 1876 to the present. 

 Other tables bring out the extent of the vineyard surface infected and the damage 

 done, etc. 



Note on locusts as propagators of foot and mouth disease, L. Kaxxemeyer 

 {Trans. South Africa Phil. Soc, 18 {1896), Xo. 2, pp. 84,85). — Locusts coming from 

 infested localities Avere covered with a tenacious mucus, which adheres to the 

 herbage. 



The parasitic diseases of poultry, F. V. Theobald {London: Gurney if- Jackson, 

 1896, pp. 120, figs. 23). — A manual for the poultry keeper, describing briefly the com- 

 mon vegetable and animal parasites of poultry, together with the symptoms pro- 

 duced by and the remedies to be used against them. 



Beet nematodes, J. YAXHAandJ. ^'iOCV-i^Asx {Die Biibcnnematoden. Berlin: P. 

 Parey, 1896). — Studies of Heterodera, Dorylaimus, and Tylenchus, with a supplement 

 on the Enchytrteidie. 



Recommendations as to State and National legislation relating to insect 

 pests and plant diseases, W. B. Alwood {pp. 8). — This is a report of the committee 

 of the national convention to consider this subject held at Washington, District of 

 Columbia, March 5 and 6, 1897, and contains the text of the bill that was recom- 

 mended. 



Arsenate of lead, F. T. Shutt {Canada Exptl. Farms Bpt. 189-5, p. 220).— 'Sote on 

 the composition and use of this substance as an insecticide. 



Dendrolene as an insecticide, J. Troop {Indiana Sta. Bpt. 1896, p. 46). — The sub- 

 stance of this article has already appeared (E. S. R., 8, p. 418). 



Spraying fruit trees with Paris green as a means against larvae, W. M. 

 SciuiYEX {Ent. Tidslr., 17 {1896), Xo. ,:'-3, pp. 216-220). 



On spraying, S. Lampa {Ent. Tidskr., 17 {1896), Xo. 2-3, pp. 77»='-/7.J).— Several pieces 

 of spraying apparatus are described. 



Calcium carbid for the destruction of phylloxera (Ally. Wien. Ztg., 1896, Xo. 

 4.5, pp. 444, 445). 



New observations on the hymenopterous parasites of larvae, P. Christiex 

 {Bui. Soc. Ent. France, 1896, Dec. 9, pp. 410-412).— Food habits oi Eumenes pomiformis. 

 E. arlustoritm, Ammophila sabulosa, and Odynerus spivicorrus. A few parasites are 

 mentioned. 



