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sitic on tineid moths infesting the fruit body of Polyponisjlryophihis at Mistle- 

 toe, Oreg. ; Meleborus laspeyresice, parasitic on Laspeyresia toruta living in 

 cones of Pinus ponderosa at Talent, Oreg. ; Phadroctonus argyresthiw, parasitic 

 on a species of Argyresthia living on Liboccdrus dccurrents at Ashland, Oreg. ; 

 Diospilus neoclyti, a parasite of Neoclytus caprce breeding in Quercus (jambelli 

 collected in North Cheyenne Canon, Colorado ; Phanerotoma erythrocepJiala, a 

 parasite of L. toruta in the cones of P. ponderosa at Glenwood Springs, Colo. ; 

 j!nd Odontobracon cemeovorxis, parasitic on Oeme rigida at Apalachicola, Fla., 

 and Morgan City, La. 



Descriptions of some new parasitic Hymenoptera, A. B. Gahan {Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 53 (1917), pp. 195-217). — This paper contains descriptions of 

 two genera, 25 species, and one variety new to science, of which each species 

 is described from reared material, tlnis connecting it with a definite host record. 

 The species thus described are Ephcdrus nitidus from the cabbage aphis at 

 New Brunswick, N. J. ; Microbracon sanninoidea; from the peach borer at College 

 I'ark, Md. ; Microyaster cpagoges from Epagoge siilfureana at Nashville, Tenn. ; 

 Apantcles diacrisio' fi'om Diacrisia virginica, Washington, D. C. ; Chelonus 

 plithorimacw from the potato tuber worm at Rocky Ford, Colo. ; Phanerotoma 

 franklini from the cranberry fruit worm at East Wareham, Mass. ; Opius pego- 

 myiw from Pegomyia vicina at Oxnard, Cal. ; 0. coriaceiis from Ceradontlui 

 dorsalis at Greenwood, ]\Iiss. ; 0. otiosns from Agromyza par'vicornis at Browns- 

 ville, Tex. ; Neopius curinaticeps n. g. and u. sp., reared from an Agromyza mine 

 in Hordeum at V/imbledon, N. Dak. ; Rogas perplexus from Peridroma marga- 

 ritosa at Tempe, Ariz. ; R. poUtlccps from P. incivis at Nashville, Tenn. ; R. 

 rufocoxalis from Autogrupha brassiccc and P. margaritosa at Rocky Ford, Colo. ; 

 Nepiera benevola fusclfemora from the potato tuber worm at Pasadena, Cal. ; 

 Liodontomerus secundus and L. insuetus from the clover seed chalcid fly at 

 Caldwell, Idaho, and Tempe. Ariz., respectively ; Systellogaster ovivora n. g. 

 and n. sp., from Blatta orientalis at Urbana, 111. ; Pteromalus hemileucw from 

 Eemileuca oliviw at Maxwell, N. Mex. ; Eupteromalus tachlnw reared from the 

 puparium of a tachinid parasite of Leucania unipuncta, probably Archytcs 

 analis, at Nashville, Tenn., and from L. uniptincta at Guelph, Canada ; Eufeliis 

 bruchophagi reared from the clover seed chalcid fly at Nephi, Utah ; Chry.^o- 

 charus malloclii from Agromyza fclti at Parker, 111.; Derostenns pallipes from 

 Phytomyza aquilegiw at College Park, Md. ; Tetrastichus ainsliei from Mordel- 

 listena sp., at Elk Point, S. Dak. ; T. dolosus from Euplcctrus platyliypence and 

 E. comstocki at Tallulah, La. ; Notanisomorpha meromysce from Meromyza 

 omericana at La Fayette, Ind. ; and Pol ym ecus lasiopterce from Lasioptera sp., 

 at Elk Point, S. Dak. 



Infection tests of a fung^us parasite of insects, Metarrhizium. anisoplioe, 

 A. A. L. Rutgers (Dept. Landb., Nijv en Handel [Dutch East Indies], Meded. 

 Lab. Plant enziekt en. No. 25 {1916), pp. 9). — The details of infection experi- 

 ments with the green muscardine fungus on the larvae of Leucopholis rorida 

 and Cyrtacanthacris nigricornis are reported, largely in tabular form. 



FOODS— HUMAN NUTEITION. 



Possibilities of food from fish, H. F. Taylob {XJ. S. Dept. Com., Bur. Fish- 

 eries Econ. Circ. SO {1917), pp. 4)- — A. brief summary. 



The carp: A valuable food resource {U. S. Dept. Com., Bur. Fisheries Econ. 

 Circ. SI {1917), pp. 7, fig. 1). — This includes data on the nutritive value of 

 carp and recipes for its preparation. 



Why and how to use salt and smoked fish. — Sixty-one ways of cooking 

 them, H. F. Moore (17. &'. Dept. Com., Bur. Fisheries Econ. Circ. 29 {1917), 

 pp. 8). — A brief discussion and recipes. 



