838 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The bee-eating habit of Phymata erosa, AV. Metcalfe {Biol. Eev. (hit., I (tS9fi), 

 No. 4, pp. 107-l<-'9). — This iusect is considered very injurious to bees, and lists are 

 given of insects eaten by it and by Reduvius rapiatorius. 



G-rain insects. R. L. Bennett and G. B. Irby {Arkansas Sta. Bpt. 1S94, pp. 1^6t 

 127).— k reprint from Bulletin 29 of the station (E. S. R., 6, p. 538). 



The normal habitat of Pediculoides tritici, R. Moniez {Eev. Biol. Xord. France, 

 7 {1S95), No. 4, pp. 14S-152). — Notes on this insect, which is usually found in the 

 stems of cereals, altliongh sometimes it is i)arasitio upon man. 



The potato stalk borer, Trichobasis trinotata, J. B. Smith {Ent. News, 6 {1S95), 

 No. 4, pp. 120-122, Jigs. 3). — Notes ou its devastation in New Jersey, 



Notes on the cacao beetle, A. B. Caru {Trinidad Field Nat. Club, 4 {1S94), No. 4, 

 pp. 110-112). — Notes on the habits and devastations of Sieirostoma depressum. 



A new Chilean vine-destroying insect, E.G. Reed {Ent. News, 6 ( 1S95), No. 3, pp. 

 85,86). — An account of Margarodes trilohitum, which is described as new. 



Italian scale insects affecting the orange, A. Berlese {Le Cocciniglie Italiane 

 viventi siigli agrumi, pt. 11, Avellino, 1S94, pp. 201, pis. 13; extracted from Riv. Pat. Teg., 

 3 {1S94), Nos. 1-S). — This part of this elaborate work deals with the genus Lecan mm. 



Spread of Otiorhynchus ovatus, II. F. Wickham (.S'oc. Ent., 1894, Dec, reprinted 

 in Amer. Nat., 29 {1S95), No. 338, pp. 177-179). 



Note on the invasion of locusts of the genera Ephippiger and Barbitistes, 

 J. AzAM {Bid. Sac. Ent. France, 1895, Feb. 27, pp. XLVII-L). — The wingless species 

 Ephippiger tcrrestris and Barbitistes berengueri, hitherto considered as rare and pre- 

 daceous, do considerable damage to crops in France. 



The gypsy moth in Massachusetts, W. C. Wright {Garden and Forest, 8 {1895), 

 No. 368, p. 108). — Urging that owners of comparatively small tracts of land can 

 easily keep the insect in check. 



An exterminator for the parasol ant, J. H. Hakt {Roy. Bot. Gard. Trinidad, Bui. 

 Misc. Inform., 2 {1895), No. 1, pp. 3-5, fg. 1). — Illustrated description of a machine 

 for smoking out the nest of this injurious ant, (Ecodoma cephalotes. 



Petroleum against the pourridie and the -white grub, L. Ravaz {Rev. Tit., 2d 

 ser., 3 {1895), No. 64, pp. 250, 251). — Account of experiments, with good results in 

 both cases. 



Kerosene emulsion, S. B. Carpenter {Froc. Ga. Rort. Soc. 1892, pp. 34, 35). — A 

 popular paper on this insecticide, giving formulas for making it and directions for 

 its application. It is advised that fruit trees that have been weakened by insect 

 attacks be fertilized with sulphates in addition to being sprayed with kerosene 

 emnlhion. 



Enemies to plant life and remedies, G. Speth {Froc. Ga. Hort. Soc. 1892, pp. 64- 

 67). — General remarks on various injurious insects and plant diseases, with recom- 

 mendations for spraying Avith various chemical substances. 



Entomological viT^ork at the Mississippi Station {Mississipjn Sta. Rpt. 1893, 

 pp. 46, 47). — A brief report on the nature of the entomological work carried on at the 

 station during the year, giving a short account of the scope and aim of the experi- 

 ments and investigations, and the bulletins issued. 



FOODS— ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Investigation of food materials, M. E. Jaffa {California Sta. Bpt. 

 1893 and 1894, pp. 214-217.)— This includes analyses of alfalfa Lay, 

 wheat, flour, bran, and screenings. The average analyses of these mate- 

 rials produced in California are compared with the averages of Eastern 

 analyses. The alfalfa hay agreed quite closely with the average anal 

 ysis of the same grown in the East. A comparison of wheat and its 

 products is given as follows: 



