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ficial insects of various kinds, and on San Jose scale, oyster-shell bark-lous.^, j^curfy 

 bark louse, codling moth, celery caterpillar, gypsy moth, maple borer, etc. 



Some coininon. insect pests of the farmer, H. T. Fernald {Pennsylvania Dept. 

 Ayr. Bui. 99, pp. 32, figs. 8). — Notes on the habits, life history, and means of com- 

 bating Hessian fly, wheat-stem maggot, army worm, wireworm, Angoumois grain 

 moth, codling moth, apple-tree tent caterpillar, round-headed apple-tree borer, plum 

 curculio, peach-tree borer, peach-twig borer, and plant lice. 



Eeononiic entomology, H. Tryon {Queensland Agr. Jour., 11 {1902), No. 6, pp. 

 40o-40-'>). — Brief mentiim is made of insects injurious to apples and other deciduous 

 fruits, citrus fruits, mango, grape, coffee, strawberry, potato, and other garden and 

 field crops as well as ornamental and shade plants. 



Economic entomology, C. Fuller {Agr. Jour, and Min. Ilec. [Aa^a/], 5 {1902), 

 No. 18, pp. .')7S-o81). — The author discusses briefly the duties of economic entomolo- 

 gists and gives brief notes on some of the more important economic insects, includ- 

 ing ticks, locusts, and corn worms. 



Insect epidemics {West Indian BuL, 3 {1902), No. 3, pp. 233-236). — Notes are 

 given on the well-known frequent occurrence of certain insects in unusual numVjers. 

 Such an outbreak was recently observed in the West Indies in the sweet-potato 

 worm {Protoparce cingulata). Notes are also given on the unusual outbreaks <if other 

 insects, Avith a brief account of the causes of these outbreaks. 



Notes on the Ixodidae, L. G. Neumann {Arch. Parasit., 6 {1902), No. 1, jij). 

 109-128, figs. 6'). — A numljer of new species and genera of this family are described, 

 including si)ecies of Ixodes, Rhipicephalus, and Hpemaphysalis, as well as tbe new 

 genus Ceratixodes. Descriptive and biological notes are also given on a number of 

 other well-known species of this family. 



The berseem ■worm, G. Bonaparte {Jour. Khedir. Agr. Soc. a)td School Agr., 4 

 {1902), No. 6, pp. 229-231). — Aqrotis segetani attacks a number of farm crops in 

 Egypt, including cotton, wheat, barley, maize, millet, potato, and berseem. The 

 eggs are laid at very different seasons and there are at least 2 broods per year, 1 in 

 spring and the other in autumn. The remedies suggested for controlling this insect 

 are thorough cultivation of the soil, destruction of weeds, rolling the ground, flooding 

 the berseem crop, and the application of gas lime. 



The melon plant louse and the "manteca" disease, J. J. Thorxber {Arizona 

 Sta. apt. 1902, p. 264)- — This insect is said to cause the manteca disease by excessive 

 secretion of honeydew. Spraying, in order to be practical, should be done when 

 the vines are small, before the whole field has become infested. 



The codling moth and apple scab {Card, and Field, 28 {1902), No. 14, pp. 

 1.57-l>>8,figs. in). — A general account of the codling moth and apple scab, partly com- 

 piled from American literature on these subjects and partly based on the experience 

 of apple growers in Australia. The habits and life history of the codling moth 

 are described in detail and notes are given on the methods which have jiroved 

 most successful in combating this insect. The methods most strongly recommended 

 are banding, training the trees low, and spraying with arsenicals. 



Scale insects of the West Indies, H. Maxwell-Lefroy ( West Indian Bid., .; 

 { 1902), No. 3, pp. 240-270). — The author presents in this paper a list of the scale insects 

 observed in the smaller West Indian islands. According to the author the islands 

 may be classed, zoologically, into 3 groups — Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and 

 Trinidad and Tobago. Biological and economic notes are given on about 75 species 

 observed in these islands. * 



Winter treatment and summer treatment of San Jose scale, J. Dearness et 

 AL. {Ontario J>ej>t. Agr. *S)>('c. RpL, 1902, Oct. 28, jqi. 4)- — The commissioners inspected 

 the work which had been done under the direction of Mr. Fisher in the destruction 

 of the San Jose scale. It was found that summer treatment for the scale had pre- 

 vented its increasing rapidly and spreading from tree to tree. The best results were 



