460 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. fVol. 3S 



cane pests, pests of abaca, insects affecting rice, and diseases and insect pests 

 of citrus trees, educational propaganda in connection with pest control, and 

 work in apiculture with Apis nicUifira, A. indica, and A. dorsata. 



[Jnsects of economic importance in Great Britain] {Ann. Appl. Biol., 4 

 (1911), No. 1-2, pp. 1-U, 28-JtG, 75-90, flfjs. 5).— The papers here presented 

 include the following: Frit Fly {Oscinns frit) Attacking Winter Wheat, by F. 

 R. Petherbridge (pp. 1-3) ; Some Farm Insects Observed in the Aberystwith 

 Area, 1913-1916, by C. L. Walton (pp. 4-14) ; The Life History and Economy of 

 the Cheese Mites, by Nellie B. Eales (pp. 28-3-5) ; Investigation of Bulb Rot 

 of Narcissus. — I, The Nature of the Disease, Due to Tylenchus devastatrix, by 

 E. J. Welsford (pp. 36-46) ; and A List of Coccidse Affecting Various Genera 

 of Plants (pp. 75-89), and a Note on the Immunity of Chalcid Parasites to 

 Hydrocyanic Acid Gas (p. 90), by E. E. Green. 



[Insects of economic importance in Italy] (Redia, 12 {1911), No. 1-2, pp. 

 1-359, pis. 5, figs. 11). — The papers here presented include the following: 

 Aspidiotiphagus and Prospaltella, by A. Btrlese (pp. 1-13) ; A Case of En- 

 dophagy of Aspidiotiphagus citrinus on Chrysoniphalus dictyospermi, by E. 

 Malenotti (pp. 15-18) ; First Century of New Acarids, by A. Beiiese (pp. 19-67) ; 

 A Second Series of Experiments on the Influence of Some Chemicals on Bombyx 

 mori, by C. Cavazza (pp. 69-108) ; On the Variation in C. dictyospermi, by E. 

 Malenotti (pp. 109-123) ; Second Century of New Acarids (pp. 125-177) and 

 ScMtellista gigantea n. sp. (pp. 179, ISO), by A. Berlese; Signiphora merceti 

 n. sp. (pp. 181, 182), New Diaspinse (pp. 1S3-194), and Prospaltella fasciata 

 n. sp. (pp. 195, 196), by E. Malenotti; Contribution to the Knowledge of the 

 AphididiB, by G. del Guercio (pp. 197-277) ; Orthoptera Collected in Southern 

 Italian Somali, by E. Giglio-Tos (pp. 279-287) ; Third Century of New Acarids, 

 by A. Berlese (pp. 289-338) ; Aletalaptus torquatus, a New Genus^ and Species 

 of Chalcididte, by E. Malenotti (pp. 339-341) ; and Revision of the Genus 

 Hydrozete.s, by L. Chinaglia (pp. 343-359). 



[Insect pests in the Federated Malay States] {Agr. Bui. Fed. Malay States, 

 5 {1911), No. 8-9, pp. 321-351). — The Diseases and Pests of the Coconut Palm 

 are discussed by R. M. Richards (pp. 327-337) ; The History and Present Posi- 

 tion of White Ant Treatment in the Malay Peninsula, by P. B. Richards, acting 

 government entomologist (pp. 338-348) ; and the Application of the Agri- 

 cultural Pests Enactment, by F. W. South, chief agricultural inspector (pp. 

 349-357). 



Some important insect pests of cotton in the Punjab, Madan Mohan Lall 

 {Lahore, Punjab: Dept. Agr., 1911, pp. [S], ?j?s. 3). — Brief descriptions are given 

 of three of the most injurious pests of cotton in the Punjab, namely, a cotton 

 bollworm, the red cotton bug, and the dusky cotton bug, including colored plates 

 of each, showing the various stages and the nature of injury. 



Insects attacking fruit trees, L. Caesar {Ontario Dcpt. Agr. Bui. 250 

 {1911), pp. 55, figs. 59). — A summarized account is given of the more important 

 insect pests attacking fruit trees and means for their control, under the head- 

 ings of insects attacking the apple, pear, plum, cherry, and peach. 



The insects which attack the wood of fruit trees, P. Lesne {Rev. Hort. 

 [Paris], 89 {1911), No. 19, pp. 300-302, pi. J).— This brief account is accom- 

 panied by a colored plate illustrating several of the important wood-attacking 

 species of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera and the nature of their work. 



Cranberry insect problems and suggestions for solving them, H. B. Scam- 

 MELL {U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 8G0 {1911), pp. 42, figs. 38).— This publi- 

 cation, which supersedes Farmers' Bulletin 178 (E. S. R., 15, p. 381), gives a 

 popular summary of the present status of the knowledge of cranberry insects 

 and means for their control. 



