74 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The woolly aphis or American blight (Jour. Hort., 49 {1897), Xo. 2534, pp. 347, 

 348; repr. from Bd. Agr. [London], Leaflet 3d). — The insect is described, and the fol- 

 lowing noted as remedies: Freeing trees from moss, lichens, etc., covering them 

 with powdered lime, burning all young trees, and washing with a wash composed of 

 1 pt. soft soap, 3 qt. paraffine oil in 2."S gal. water late in autnmn or winter; or in 

 case of infected trees, applying a wash of 5 to 6 pt. of soft soap and 5 gal. 

 paraffine oil in 100 gal. water. 



The onion fly (Phorbia cepetorum\ (Jour. Hort.. 49 (1897), Xo. 2535. p. SOD. fig. 1: 

 repr. from Bd. Ayr. [London'], Leaflet, pp. 31). — The pest is described and the com- 

 mon remedies given. 



Pests of vegetable crops and their treatment. G. McCarthy (North Carolina 

 Sta. Bid. 132, pp. 326-336). — After a brief introduction, several pieces of apparatus, 

 sprayers, and bellows for applying remedies, are described. Formulas for fungicides, 

 insecticides, and rat, mole, and mice poisons are given. Under the head of " Plants 

 and their parasites' the author gives briefly the insect and fangna parasites of 

 asparagus, bean, beet, cabbage, carrot, collard. celery, sweet corn, cucumber, i gg- 

 plant, herbs, horseradish, kale, kohl-rabi, leek, lettuce, melons, mushrooms, okra. 

 onion, paisley, parsnip, pea. pepper, potatoes (Irish and sweet . radish, rhubarb, 

 salsify, spinach, squash, tomato, and turnip. Remedies are briefly noted in each 

 case. 



The insects of the meadows. V. Mayet (Prog. Agr. et Fit., 14 (1897), Xo. 3. pp. 

 81-84). — The pea beetle (Apion pisi |, clover beetle (A. apricans I, clover moth (Bombyx 

 trifolii), and the buprestid Sphenoptera gemellata) are treated. 



The threatening thrips | California Fruit Grower, 20 (1897), Xo.K. p. S . — Thripe 

 is reported as doing great damage in Fresno County to raisin vineyards. 



Agricultural and entomological report, 1895, P. H. Foulkes Jour. Reading 

 [England] Univ. Extension Coll. Suppl., , —Reports on damage done by the 



turnip flea (Haltica nemorum , frit fly i Oscinis frit), crane fly (Tipula oleracea), rose 

 chafer (Phyllopertha horticola . turnip gall weevil | Ceutorhynchus sulcicollis), mangel 

 fly I Anthomyia bet,i . black slug Anon ater . white fly | Aleyrodea caporiorum). currant 

 gall mite (Phytoptus ribis \, and parsnip fly | Tephrites onopordinis . Among the meth- 

 ods of prevention mentioned are applications of nitrate of soda for the mangel fly. 

 fresh gas lime for the turnip gall weevil, and manure for the frit fly : and the planting 

 of trap mustard) plants for the turnip fly. 



Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Scleropterus Schonh., A. Otto 

 (Verhandl. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien,47 .'•■' } No. 2, pp. 65-69). — The new subgenus, 

 Scleropteriditis, and the new spec- - 5 pteridius fallax, S. montieola, and S. aus- 



triacm, are described. 



Buprestidce collected from tobacco by M. A. Gronvelle, C. Kjbrkmans Ann. 

 Soc.Ent. France, 55 189( . No. 1, pp. 138-176). — This forms part II and III of the 

 author's paper and takes up the forms found in Sumatra and Brazil. Twenty-two 

 forms belonging to the genera Meliboeus, Sambus, Agrilus, Aphanisticus, Endelus, 

 Trachys. and Pa< hyschelus were found in the former country, and 55 forms belonging 

 to the genera Chrysobothris, Micrasta. Paragrilus, Agrilus. Pachyschelus, Brachys. 

 Litis, and Leiopleura in Brazil. 



Revision of the Coleoptera of the family Bostrychidee, P. Le?>e (Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. France, 55 t^" • No. 1, pp. 95-12 . ph. 2, figs. 



Structure of Gammasidae, F. Neri Aiti Soc. - Vat., 10 (189*), p\>. 196-138; 



obi. in Jour. Roy. Micros. Soc. [London], 1897, No. . p. 122). — The structure of Der 

 manyssus gallince is described. 



Adulterated Paris green, F. W. MORSE Xew Hampshire Sta. Bui. 43. pp. 29, 30). — 

 An analysis of what w;ts claimed to be "pure Paris green" showed the presence of 

 only 30 per cent of arsenic trioxid and 43.3 per cent of substances insoluble in hydro- 

 chloric acid, indicating that the material was a mixture of about eijual parts of Paris 

 green and earthy matter. 



