370 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Notes on honey, A. Gale (Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, 8 (1897), No. 2, pp. 111-112). 



Some facts about wasps and bees, R. W. Shufeldt (Appleion's Pop. Sci. 

 Monthly, 51 {1807), No. 3, pp. 315-324, figs. 2).— Among other things, it is noted that 

 a man stung by a large wasp on a Mississippi River boat died from the effects. The 

 wasp had been knocked down on the boat and found to be carrying a large cicada. 



List of the Neuroptera collected by E. E. Austen on the Amazon, etc., 

 W. F. Kirby (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6. ser., 19 (1897), No. 114. pp. 598-618, pis. 2).— 

 Descriptions of new species of Odonata, viz, Miathyria flavescens, Perithemis austeni, 

 Uracis siemensi, Micrathyria eximia, M. tibialis, M. hasalis, M. vcnnsta, and Campsurus 

 picteti. 



The golden eye or lace wing fly, C. M. Weed (Amer. Nat., 31 (1897), No. 366, 

 pp. 500-502, fig. 1). 



A new form of buccal apparatus of Hymenoptera, J. Perez (Compt. Bend. 

 Acad. Sci. Paris, 125 (1897), No. 4, pp. 259, 260). —Among the short-tongued bees the 

 author has found a modification of the tongue in which the ligula is much reduced 

 and of a recurved specular form, covered with small bristles. Contrary to the rule 

 in Andrenidic, the labial palpi are so greatly developed that each of their 4 joints is 

 longer than the ligula. The first joint is cylindro-conical, slightly curved toward 

 the base; the second and third are flattened and have smooth inner surfaces, each of 

 which has a minute furrow, which, when the palpi are brought together, forms, with 

 the one of the opposite side, a small canal. The fourth joint is flexible, with an 

 external carved and uneven surface. Its somewhat concave internal face forms the 

 origin of the canal. Liquids are taken up through the canal to the ligula. The 

 insect seems to be related to Andrena julliani. 



Facts about Podisus placidus, A. H. Kirkland (Amer. Monthly Micros. Jour., 

 n. sir., IS (1897), No. 6, pp. 191,192). — This bug was watched while it was feeding 

 on gypsy moth larva-. 



Parasites of grain crops, G. McCarthy (North Carolina Sta. Bpt. 1896, pp. 

 147-155).— A reprint of Bulletin 128 of the station (E. S. R., 8, p. 507). 



Insects affecting the cotton plant, L. O. Howakd ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' 

 Bui. 47, pp. 3.', figs. 15). — A reprint from Office of Experiment Stations Bulletin 33 

 (E. S. R., 8, p. 686). The cotton worm (Alefia argillacea), cotton boll worm (Heli- 

 othis armigera), Mexican cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) are considered in 

 detail, and the following mentioned: Feltia annexa, F. malefida, Noctua c-nigrum, 

 Agrotis ypsilon, Plusia rogationis ; the plant lice. Aphis gossypii, A. citrulli, and.4. 

 cucumeris ; the leaf-feeding insects, Cacoecia rosacea n a. Dichelia sulphur eana, athero- 

 ma regal'ts, Fades imperialis, Fepantheria scrihonia, Hyperchiria io, Leucarctia acraea, 

 Spilosoma rirginica, Arctia phyllira, Thyridopteryx epherneraformis, Oikelicus abbotii, 

 Laphygma frugiperda, Brodenia commelina , P. Jlarimedia, Theela peeas, Aeronycta obli- 

 nita, Anisota senatoria, Pyrattsta rantalis, Sehistocerca americana, Brachystola magna, 

 (Feodoma ferrens : the insects damaging the stalk, Ataxia erypta, and those injuring 

 the boll, Araocerns fasciculatiis, Platynota sentana, P. rostrana, Batrachedra rileyi, 

 Homalodisca coagulata, and Dysderens suturellus. 



Insects, J. T. Stinson (Arkansas Sta. Bpt. 1896, pp. 105-117, figs. 9). — A reprint 

 from Bulletin 43 of the station (E. S. R., 8, p. 909). 



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

 Sta. Bpt. 1896, pp. 326-336, figs. .7).— A reprint from Bulletin 132 of the station 

 (E. S. R., 9, p. 74). 



The Agrillus of the pear, Gitton (Bev. Hort., 69 (1897), No. 6, j)p. 133, 134).— On 

 AgrilluK siniiatiis. The account differs from one given by P. Passy as noted below 

 in describing the sinuous passages as reaching down the stem for 80 cm. to 1 meter. 

 All parts attacked perish except in very vigorous trees where the cambium is very 

 abundant, but this is not the rule. 



An enemy of the pear. Agrillus sinuatus (Olivier), P. Passy (Jour. Hort. France, 

 3. ser., 19 (1897), June, pp. 5 V -535, figs. 4).— The author tells of liis finding this borer 

 in pear twigs and gives a description of it and of its habits; notes the varieties of 



