440 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Hahits of Stibadium spumosum, 31. E. Murtfeldt (pp. 301, 302). — Notes 

 ou the larvte of this moth infesting suntiower heads, with a description 

 of the larvje and pupie. 



The insect guests of the Florida land tortoise, 11. G. Hubbard (pp. 30U- 

 315). — General notes on 13 species of insects found inliabitingthe bur- 

 rows of the gopher turtle {Gopher us polijphemus). The following spe- 

 cies are described as new: Philonthus gopher i, Chelyoxenus xerobatis. 

 Copris gopherij Onthopliaijus polgphemi, Aphodius trot/lodyteSy Ceutho- 

 philus latibuU, Chelanops affinis, audAmbhjomnia tuberculatum. A rare 

 frog {Bana, areolata cesopus) was also found in the burrows. 



The control of Phylloxera by submersion (pp. 315-318). — A description 

 of this method of treatment as employed in France. 



Acorn insects, prima ri] and secondary, M.E. Murtfeldt (pp. 318-324). — 

 Notes on investigations of the insects feeding upon acorns, especially 

 those of the post oak, black oak, lauiel oak, pin oak, and black-jack 

 oak, with mention of their parasites.. Balaninus uniformis, B. quercus, 

 Melissopus latiferreana, Gallirhytis fruticola, and Blastobasis (jlandulella 

 were found to be foremost in the destruction of the acorns. The pin 

 oak was found to suffer least from insect iittacks, and the post oak and 

 black oak most. 



Preliminary report on suppressing the Sf*n Jose scale in Virginia, 

 D. W. Coquillett (pp. 324-320). — A detailed account of the method 

 employed in applying hydrocyanic gas. 



Notes from correspondence and general notes (pp. 327-340). — Under 

 this head are mentioned the following: Icerya montserratensis in Colom- 

 bia; kerosene against mosquitoes; the azalea scale in Michigan; scale 

 insects on ivy; wireworm in the burrow of an apple-tree borer; persim- 

 mon-root borer; Cottonwood scale insects; larva* in a child's face; clover- 

 leaf beetle in Maryland; galls ou the roots of poison ivy; walnut scale 

 on pear; New Jersey's proposed legislation against insects; legislation 

 against insects in Massachusetts; the insects subject to parasitism; 

 Colorado insects; London Entomological and Natural History Society; 

 insects injurious in Nova Scotia; insects of Aldabra, Assumption, and 

 Gloriosa Islands, Indian Ocean; insect i>ests of Queensland; colfee 

 'insects in Hawaii; parasite of the Japanese Gypsy moth; the effect of 

 low temperature upon silkworm eggs; an unusual experience with 

 cabinet beetles; insect damage to beer casks in India; work of the 

 Gypsy Moth Commission in 1893; the cacao bug of Java; bedbugs 

 and red ants; the orange fly in Malta; locusts and cockroaches of 

 Indiana; life history of the chicken dermanyssus; the carnation twit- 

 ter; application of sulphur for the red spider; russet oranges; does 

 the horn fly attack horses? and the phylloxera in Turkey. 



Insect Life {U. *S'. Bejyt. Agr., Division of Entomology., Insect Life, 

 vol. VI, No. 5, pp. 347-405, Jigs. 8). — Under special notes are included 

 change in the office of Chief of the Division of Entomology, the iieri- 

 odical cicada, the fluted scale in Florida, recent publications of the 



