G52 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



j\f(aJ!/ hxgs and Iheir ((Uits, 0. C. Dans (pp. 108-175). — Descriptive 

 and life-liistory notes on I>ac1i/I<)pii(s dcsfnictor, D. loiu/ijilis, T). trifoUi, 

 and Aleyrodes vaporarium, with acconnts of experiments. 



The pear-tree psylla in Maryland, C. Jj Marlait (pp. 175-185). — Notes 

 on a sudden and overwlielniiui;' invasion of I'.sy I la pyrieoJa in two large 

 pear orcliards of southern jMaiyhmd, wlieve the pest was introduced 

 from a New York nursery. Twenty thousand trees Avere atfected, acd 

 ex])eriments were made with different emulsions against the j)est. 

 Kerosene emulsion applied when the eggs are hatching in the spring 

 and winter spraying with a strong solution of the same are recom- 

 mended. The lace-wing fly {Ghrysopa oculata) and a ladybird, Adalia 

 bipunetata, were effective destroyers of the psylla. 



Notes of the year in New Jersey, J. B. Smith (pp. 185-197). — ]\Iore or 

 less detailed notes on injurious insects, especially the San eTose scale, 

 pear psylla, pear midge, ])ear borer [Agrihis acutipennis), seventeen- 

 year locust, and melon louse, 



Special economic insects of the season, G. C. Davis (pp. 198-!i01). — 

 iSTotes on Diplotaxis harperi attacking strawbenies, a raspberry maggot 

 [Adimonia cavicoUis) on cherry ibliage, Notoxus anchora eating cherries, 

 and Mononyehus vulpeculus destroying iiis flowers. 



Additional notes on the strairhcrry n-ecril, its habits and remedies, 

 F. H. Chittenden (p. 201). — This paper was published in Insect Life, vol. 

 VII, No. 1, pp. 14-23 (E. S. K., 0, p. 502). 



Notes on the insects of north Idaho, J. M. Aldrich (pp. 201,202). — 

 General notes on several common fruit pests imported irom the East. 



Insects of the year, F. M. Webster (pp. 202-207). — Notes on various 

 insect attacks, particularly those of the clover-leaf weevil, and a 

 thrii)S, probably Li moth rips tritici, which caused serious injury to 

 onions. 



Notes from New Mca-ico, T. DrA. (Jocl-crell (pp. 207-211). — General 

 remarks on insects in the Mesilhi Valley and about Santa Fe. 



Some experiences with mosquitoes, H. E. ^Yeed (pp. 212, 213). — Notes 

 on destroying mosquito larva- by placing kerosene on the surface of 

 the water where they bred. 



A list of the American and foreign members of the association is 

 appended. 



Bordeaux mixture as a deterrent against flea beetles, L. E. 

 Jones [Ayl. Sd., 8 {1894), No. (i-V, pp. S64-3()7, xjIs. 2). — In consequence 

 of the attacks of the cucumber flea beetle on potato plants in Vermont 

 being scarcelj^ at all checked by applications of Paris green, experi- 

 ments were made with different strengths of Boi deaux jnixture, amnioni- 

 acal copper carbonate, and modifled eau celeste to ascertain their value 

 as insecticides. The results were most satisfactory and far superior 

 to those obtained by dusting the infested plants with a mixture of Paris 

 green and land plaster. It is recommended that 2 applications of a 

 strong solution of Bordeaux mixture be made, the first early in June, 



