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Banana borer, F. Watts {Jour. Jamaica Agr. Soc, 21 (IBlt), No. 6, pp. 169- 

 173). — A memorandum of information on this weevil borer {Cosmopolites 

 sordida). See also a previous note (E. S. K., 37, p. 161). 



Sixteenth annual report of the Illinois State Beekeepers' Association, 

 compiled by J. A. Stone {Ann. Rpt. III. Bee-Keepers' Assoc., 16 {1916), pp. 170, 

 pi. 1, figs. 20). — This includes the proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual ses- 

 sion of the Illinois State Beekeepers' As.sociation. held at Springfield, 111., in 

 November, 191G, and of the nineteenth annual convention of the Chicago-North- 

 western Beekeepers' Association, held at Chicago in December, 1916. A paper 

 on Extension Work in P.eekeeping, by E. F. Phillips (pp. 121-126), is included. 



First lessons in beekeeping, C. P. Dadant {Hamilton, III.: Amer. Bee Jour., 

 1917, pp. [i2]-fi67, figs. 178). — This is an entirely rewritten edition of a work 

 published in 1911. 



A thousand answers to beekeeping questions, C. C. Miller, compiled by 

 M, G. Dadant {Hamilton, III.: Amer. Bee Jour., 1917, pp. 276, pi. 1, figs. 25). — 

 This is a compilation in alphabetical oi'der of questions culled from many 

 thousands answered by the author during a period of 22 years in the columns 

 of the American Bee Journal. 



Are bees responsible for most fire blight epidemics? A. C. Buerill {Idaho 

 Honey Prod. Assoc. Ann. Conv., 6 {1917), pp. 29-G7).— This address, delivered 

 at Twin Falls, Idaho, in January, 1917, deals with the history of bees and 

 fire blight in the United States (pp. 31-33) ; number of visits per day or per 

 flower V. number of days of pome bloom-percentage of honey-bees present (pp. 

 33-46) ; causes and cases of blight on blossomless trees (pp. 46-50) ; relations 

 of insects other than bees to the spread of blight (pp. 50-59) ; and the control 

 of blight (pp. 60, 61) ; relation of bees to its spread and control (pp. 61-63) ; 

 and the bearing of these facts for Idaho and the future (pp. 63, 64). A bibli- 

 ography of 62 titles is appended. 



The hornet in Fiji (Polistes hebraeus), R. Veitch {Colon. Sugar Refin. Co. 

 [Fiji], Agr. Rpt. 2 {1917), pp. 16, pi. 1). — This wasp, though generally con- 

 sidered an unmitigated nuisance, has been found to be beneficial in some 

 districts, due to its predacious habits. 



The turnip sawfly (Athalia fiacca), R. W. Jack {Rhodesia Agr. Jour., IJf 

 {1917), No. 2, pp. 206-212, pis. 2). — A summarized account of this pest, which 

 is one of the most important enemies of cruciferous crops in Rhodesia. 



Laboratory rearing of and temperature experiments with the egg para- 

 sites, Trichogramma semblidis and T. fasciatum, S. A. Mokkzhetskh 

 (MoKRZECKi) (0 Lahoratornom R.azveden'ii lAitseiedov Trichogramma sem- 

 blidis i T. fasciatum i Tempcraturnye Opyty Nad Nimi. Simferopol: Salgir. 

 Opytn. Plod. Sta., 1916, pp. 13, figs. 4; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., Ser. A, 5 {1917), 

 No. 4. PP- 155, 156). — Experiments conducted indicate that it is practical to 

 rear these parasites artificially in any numbers and to keep them for many 

 months, though further experiments are required to demonstrate how far they 

 can be utilized for the practical control of the codling moth. 



Descriptions of thirty-one new species of Hymenoptera, S. A. Rohwek 

 {Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 53 {1917), pp. 151-176) .—Mamy of the 31 species here 

 described as new, representing the superfamilies Tenthredinoidea, Ichneumo- 

 noidea, Serphoidea. Chalcidoidea, and Sphecoidea, are of economic importance 

 as parasites of forest insects. Among these are Pristaulacus strangalice, a para- 

 site of Strangalia luteicornis in Carpinus caroUniana at Charter Oak, Pa.; 

 Odontomerus strangalia:, parasitic on S. luteicornis breeding in grape at Balls- 

 ton, Va. ; Pyracmon conocola, parasitic on Pinipestis sp., living in the cones of 

 Pinus coulteri, and probably a parasite of Eretria taxifoliella in cones of Pseu- 

 dotsuga taxifolia, at Colestin, Oreg., and Julian, Cal. ; Angitia tineavora, para- 



