12 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Some preliminary notes on the clover-seed chalcis fly (Bruchophagus funebris) 

 (pp. 77 80). 



Salt-marsh caterpillar on cotton, by W. E. Hinds (pp. 80-84), and numerous mis- 

 cellaneous topics. 



Report of the government entomologist for the year 1902, ('. P. Lounsbury 

 (Cap t Good Hope Dept. Agr., Rpt. Govt. Ent. 1902, pp. 41)- — An account is given of 

 the success which has thus far attended the introduction into Cape Colony of preda- 

 ceous and parasitic insects from this and other countries for the purpose of keeping 

 injurious insects in check. 



The lime-sulphur-sail wash was found effective in controlling Diaspis pentagona and 

 kerosene emulsion produced good results in combating the Bryonia mite of prune 

 trees. Lime-salt-sulphur is more efficient, however, hoth as a summer and winter 

 wash. African coast fever is believed to be carried by Rhipicephalus decoloratus. 

 Several experiments were carried on for the purpose of obtaining evidence regarding 

 the etiology and means of distribution of heartwater, malignant jaundice, and Afri- 

 can coast fever. 



Report of the government entomologist for the year 1903, C. P. Lounsbury 

 (Cap( Good Hopt Dept. Agr., Rpt. Govt. Ent. 1903, pp. 46, pis. 7). — Brief notes are 

 given on regulations regarding plant importations and nurseries. The desirability 

 of an agricultural experiment station near Cape Town is urged. Experiments with 

 ticks as related to African coast fever showed that Rhipicephalus app< ndiculatus may 

 transmit the disease. Negative results were obtained with R. sanguineus. 



Further investigations on heartwater indicated that sheep and cattle are subject to 

 the disease and that it is transmitted through the agency of Amblyomma hehrseum. 

 Persian sheep are susceptible. The disease is not carried by the brown tick. Malig- 

 nant jaundice in dogs is caused by infection with Piroplasma cards, which is carried 

 by Hserhaphysalis leachi. Detailed notes are given on the biology of the tick and on 

 the developmental forms of the blood parasite. 



Insect record for 1902, C. M. Weed (New Hampshire Sta. Bui. 102, pp. 70-78, 

 figs. 4 ). — Notes are given on the San Jose scale, brown-tail moth, gypsy moth, canker- 

 worms, codling moth, squash bug, tent caterpillars, oyster-shell bark-louse, white 

 fly, pear-tree psylla, tussock moth, etc. The habits and life histories of these insects 

 are discussed and brief directions are given for combating the pests. 



[Monthly bulletin of the division of zoology,] H. A. Surface (Pennsylvania 

 stnt, Dept. Agr., Mo. Bid. Div. Zool, 2 (1904), No. 2. pp. 35-64, pis. 2, Jigs. 6).— Notes 

 are given on the preparation and application of insecticides and fungicides. Lines 

 of treatment are suggested for potato diseases. Methods of exterminating wild mus- 

 tard and other weeds are described, together with notes on rose insects and remedies 

 for plant lice and scale insects. 



[Monthly bulletin of the division of zoology,] H. A. Surface (Pennsylvania 

 Stair Dept. Agr., Mo. Bui. Div. Zoo!., 2 (1904), No.8,pp. 67-96).— Brief notes on the 

 repression of insects and fungus diseases and also on San Jose" scale, diseased fruit, 

 tire blight, melon insects, mosquitoes, insects injurious to domesticated animals, etc. 



Some fern and orchard pests, W. W. Froggatt (Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, 

 15 (1904), No. o\ pp. 514-518, pi. l). — Neosyagrius cordipennis is described as a new 

 genus ami species of weevil injurious to maiden-hair fern. The best means of rid- 

 ding ferns of these pests is to submerge the pots and plants in a tub of lukewarm 

 water. The beetles soon come to the surface of the water and may easily lie cap- 

 tured. Notes are also given on the habits, life history, and means of combating 

 Syagrius fulvitarsis, a fern pest, and Boris orchivora, a weevil injurious to greenhouse 

 orchids. 



Report of nursery inspection for the State of Wisconsin, E. P. Sandsten 

 (Wisconsin Sta. Rpt. 1903, pp. 891, 392). — Notes are given on the purpose of the 



