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little brown May beetle (Phytnlus insvlaris n. sp.), previously referred to as 

 Lachnosterna " grande," "media," "media (northern form)," and " pequeiaa," 

 respectively (E. S. R., 36, p. 753). As with P. vandinei the life cycle of all 

 four of these species covers just one year. 



Synopsis of the coleopterous family Cisidse (Cioidae) of America north of 

 Mexico, C. DuBY (Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 {1911), Ao. 2, pp. 1-21).— 

 The beetles of this family are said to live in woody fungi of the different 

 polyporoid kinds. " The North American species are of but little economic 

 importance so far as is known, though they and their larvae are voracious 

 feeders on the substance of the inner parts of woody fungi." 



How to reduce weevil waste in southern com, C H. Kyi>e (C/. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Farmers' Bui. 915 (1918), pp. 7, figs. S). — It is pointed out that a great 

 increase in loss results when corn is stored with short, loose shucks, and that 

 such corn should be fed or sold as rapidly as possible. Corn in which the 

 shucks extend beyond the tips of the ears and clo.se tightly about the silks 

 is weevil proof, both in the field and in storage. When necessary to store 

 corn that does not have good shuck protection, the damage can be reduced 

 by shelling, cleaning, and placing the corn in bags of closely woven cloth. 



A key to the known species of South Carolina ants, with notes, M. R. 

 Smith {Ent. Neics, 29 [1918), No. 1, pp. 17-29). 



Notes on parasitic Hynienoptera, A. A. Girauxt {Bui. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, 

 12 (1917), No. 5, p. 118). — The tetrastichinid genus Neoniphaloidomyia is 

 erected and two species described as new. One of these, Hypoptcromalus per- 

 cussor, was reared from the larvre of Zotheca tranquilla at Wenatchee, Wash. 



New Australian chalcid flies, A. A. Gieatjlt {Insecutor Inscitice Menstruus, 

 5 (1917), No. 7-9, pp. 133-155*). — This paper, which is in continuation of that 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 37, p. 569), contains descriptions of 29 new species, 

 and nine genera are erected. Among the new .species is Dibrachys australia, 

 reared from the codling moth at Glen Innes, N. S. Wales. 



The North American species of Trigonoderus, females, A. A. Gikault 

 {Ent. Netcs, 28 {1917), No. 9, pp. 396, 397).— Five species of the genus are 

 recognized, of which four are described as new. 



Ichneumons v. Apanteles, H. Donisthorpe {Ent. Rec. and Jour. Variation, 

 29 {1917), No. 11, p. 231). — These notes relate to observations of the braconid 

 parasite Apanteles glomeratus and two ichneumonids {Hemiteles fulvipes and 

 Panargyrops pellucidato-r) , all reared from Pieris hrassicce. 



FOODS— HUMAN NUTRITION. 



Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Convention of the Association of 

 American Dairy, Food, and Drug Oflacials {Amer. Food Jour., 12 {1917), No. 

 9, pp. 453-500). — The proceedings of this convention, held in Atlantic City 

 from .July 31 to August 3, 1917, are given in full. The subjects under discus- 

 sion included Grades for Canned Corn, Peas, and Other Foods ; Commercial 

 Edible Fats; Sanitation and Health from the Food Standpoint; Report of the 

 Committee on Swells and Springers in Canned Goods ; the Law as Laid Down 

 in the Iowa and Pennsylvania Department of Ice Cream Cases; the Essentials 

 for Clean Milk Production; and the Use of Inferior Ingredients and Cheap 

 Substitutes. 



Native wild mushrooms for food {Missouri Bot. Gard. Bui., 5 {1917), No. 

 8, pp. 119-129, pis. 7). — A discussion of the food value of mushrooms, methods 

 of preservation, and means of distinguishing the edible from the inedible 

 varieties. 



