56b EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



taiued, and it is to be hoped that the iiiereasiug demand for it as an 

 insecticide will lead to competition in its manufacture and a reduction 

 in price more in accord witli that obtaining' in Europe. — c. l. maulatt. 

 Experiments -with remedies against the Nonne (Liparis mona- 

 cha) {Ztschr. Forst- und Jagdic, 26 (1894), Ifo. 3, pp. 135-139).— Areport 

 of the royal provincial government at Oppeln, Silesia, to the Minister 

 of Agriculture. Multitudes of the cater])illars were destroyed by 

 fldcherie and also by liarasitic Tachina flies, which were exceedingly 

 abundant, and on this account the results of exijeriments with difterent 

 insecticides were interfered with and obscured. Numerous experiments 

 were carried on with insect lime, with unsatisfactory results, which go 

 to prove that insect lime, though oftentimes advantageous, is not a 

 remedy to be relied upon in the height of an insect irruption. A series 

 of experiments undertaken toward inoculating the cateri>illars with a 

 bacterial disease, contrary to expectations, gave negative results. 



Bee fertilization of fruit blossoms, E. Germain ( TJ. S. Consular Bpt. 18D4, Oct., 

 p. 202).- — A popular note on an experiment made in Switzerland in regard to this 

 well-known fact. Blossoms of various fruit trees and vegetables covered witli gauze 

 during the hlooming season &et no fruit. 



History of the silk trade and silk industry from antiquity to the end of the 

 Middle Ages. T. Yosiiida (Enfirickclnng des SeidenhandeJs und der Scidc)iindii>itrie 

 voni Alterthum his zum Ausgang des Alittelalters. Heidelberg: J. Horning, 1S94, pp. 

 VII-\-lll). — This treatise gives a complete and detailed historical sketch of the origin 

 and pursuit of silk growing, which is more scientifically and fully treated than in 

 previous works on this subject. Of special interest is the author's sketch of the 

 origin and development of silk culture in China and Japan, its introduction into 

 Eurojie, and his careful description of the ancient trade routes between Central 

 Asia and the Roman Empire. 



The chigoe in Asia, W. F. H. Blandford {Eni. Monihhj Mag., 2d ser., 5 (1894), 

 No. 5Sf pp. 22S-2S0). — Descriptive and geographical notes on Sarcopsijlla penetrans. 



Notes on the migratory locust of the Argentine Republic, E. C. Reed (Proc. 

 Ent. Soc. London, 1S9S, pp. XXI-XXIF). — Brief note on an invasion of a species 

 believed to be Jcridiiim paraccnse or A. caticellatam. 



A flight of locusts, E. Arnold (Ent. JSTews, 5 {1894), No. 8, pp. 237-239, from Daily 

 Telegram, London). — A popular description of an invasion witnessed by the author 

 in Palestine. 



Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Norw^ay, W. M. Schoyen (Christiania, 1894, 

 pp. 54). 



The codling moth, J. B. Smith (Ent. News, 5 {1894), No. 9, pp. 284-286).— Notes 

 on observations of this species, which go to show that in New Jersey there is but 

 one brood a year. 



The codling moth, E. S. Richman {Utah Sta. Rpt. 1893, pp. 199, 200).—Vo\)\\\aT 

 descriptive and life-history notes on the codling moth, with detailed directions for 

 spraying with Paris green. 



The Coccidae found on ivy, T. D. A. Cockerell {Ent. News, 5 {1894), No. 7, pp. 

 210-212). — Notes on Phenacoccus hederw, Lecanitim maculatum, L.hesperidum, Aspidiotus 

 hederw, and Asteroleeanium hederw occurring on Hedera helix. 



Number of annual broods in Harpiphorus maculatus, F. M. Webster {Ent. 

 News, 5 {1894), No. 9, pp. 275,276). — Notes on studies of the strawberry sawiiy in 

 Indiana. In the northern jiart of the State it is single brooded, while in the middle 

 and southern portions there are two broods in a year. 



