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able to build ii]> vertioiilly and by rciiiovinu- the partition ono has tho horizontal sys- 

 tem. To provide against the clVects of rapid atmospheric changes, the walls of tlio 

 hives are loustructod donble so that there is a space of 18 millimeters of nentral air 

 between the two Avails. 



How the swarm is suspended, IJoirgkois (IJ dpiviilliiir, 41 {1897), No. 2, pp. 

 57, ,7J).— The author endeavors to show that the i)henomiiion nf a large swarm of 

 bees being suspended from a limb or other oliject by a lew Ix es is to be explained by 

 the action of the atmosphere npon the small disks at the end of the bees' feet tend to 

 protluee email \acuums. 



The adult age of workers, Maihix {VApk-uUeur, 41 {1S97), Xo. .:, pp. 4S-51). 



The anthor opposes the coinmon belief that tho workers attain their adult stat<i live 

 days after emerging, and states that he is able to show tliat they do not l)ecom«' fully 

 mature until the lajjse of seven days. 



Increasing hives by artificial swarniing and by increasing brood as a means 

 of preventing natural swarming, R. Tinzot {L'ApiciiUvtir, 41 {1S97), Xu. /, pp. 

 5r,-.-,9). 



The cattle tick, C. Fuller {Atjl. Gaz. N. S. Wales, 7 (1800), Xo. 11, iip.7i:0-787, 

 pJs.5,fi<is. .'). — This discusses the cattle tick {Ixode>i hovia), its geographical distribu- 

 tion, life history, and the diseases caused by it, as well as the measures to be 

 employed against it, whether by removal of the ticks, by inoculation, or otherwise. 



The Mexican cotton-boll w^eevil (Anthonomus grandis ]?oh.), L. O. Howard 

 {U. S. Depi. Afjr., Division of Kiilomologn ("lyr.G. Jd srr., ji}). ■'>, fn/fi. .*?). — This briefly 

 describes Aniltonoiniis (iruHtli.s, its distribution, what little is known concerning its 

 life history, and its effect upon the cotton plant. The common names of the moth 

 are noted and the caution given not to confound it with what is known in tho North 

 as the '•sharjishooter." A confusion of names has arisen from the fact that in the 

 South any insect that punctures cotton bolls is given this name. A map shows the 

 distribution of the weevil in northern Mexico and southern Texas. Haiul picking 

 the bolls while cotton picking is suggested as the best known method of getting rid 

 of the pest. 



Fluted scale (Icerya purchasi), P. II. IJolfs (Florida Sla. Hpf. lS9r,, pp.. -,//-.::;). — 

 The life history and the ravages done by this insect are very briefly noted. I'lilver- 

 iiaria iinnimerfibilis is noted as being often mistaken for it. 



The San Jose or pernicious scale, A. D. Hopkins ( West Virginia Farm Jleporlcr, 

 5 (1897), Xo. 3-4, pp. S4-S'i). — A pa]ier read before the West Virginia State Horticul- 

 tural Society. January 2(), 1S97, iu which the subject is considered generally and 

 the fear expressed that the insect nuiy become generally injurious throughout the 

 Mississipjii basin and all areas within the austral life zone. The remedy of grubbing 

 out infected stock and burning is recommended. 



San Jose scale parasite, P. H. Eolfs (Florida Sia. lipt. ISSH, pp. 49, 50).— K 

 fungus parasite was discovered during the year affecting this scale. Specimens of 

 it were distributed to places where it was not found, with the result that healthy 

 scales became diseased. 



The occurrence of Fidonia piniaria, IV, Knauth (Foratl. naliirw. Ztuvhr., r,(lS97), 

 No. 4, pp. liVi-17,2). — OlKservations on clearing ground of pu]);e by means of swine, 

 etc., and on the parasitism of the pupa- of this insect. 



The Chilean cochineal, II, \. Mayet (/'>w/. Afir. et Vit., 14 (is:t7), Xn. 11, pp. ;119- 

 32-'>, pi. i).— The dilierent formsof the mnact (.Margarode.f ritiiim) from the egg to the 

 adult are discussed. 



An enemy of narcissus and amaryllis, J. G. Jack (Harden and Fonst, lo (1S97), 

 Xo. 478, pp. l.'>4-loG, fiij. /).— A description of (.Verodon eiiiirstris) the narcissus fly, 

 and its mode of attacking th<? jdant is given. Historically it is traced back to a 

 description by Keaumnr. The figure illustrates the mod<- of danuige to the bulb and 

 the life history and certain destructive peculiarities of the fly. 



The codling moth, M. V. Slin'cerland (Carden and Forest, 10 (1897), Xo. 4GS' 

 pp. 58, 59).— An abstract of an address at the meeting of tho Western Now York 



