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least 2 years is recommended. It is tliongbt that arsenical spraying 

 wlien the bolls begin to form may be advantageous. It is urged that 

 cotton raising be abandoned along the southern Texas border to pre- 

 vent further importation of the weevil, and that legislation be made 

 providing for quarantine measures. 



The cotton or melon plant louse, T. Pergande (pp. 309-315). — Tiiblio- 

 graphical notes on Aphis gossypii, establishing its identity with the 

 orange, melon, and cucnmber aphides. A long and varied list of food 

 plants is given and technical descriptions of the pupse and adult 

 females. 



The cotton worm question in 1894, E. A. Schicarz (pp. 315-320). — Notes 

 on the methods adopted throughout tlie cotton region for combating the 

 cotton worms, the preferred method at i)resent being dusting the plants 

 with Paris green applied by means of sacks attached to a pole on the 

 back of a horse or mule. 



Ifotes on cotton insects found in Mississippi, W. H. Ashmead (pp. 

 320-326). — A continuation of previous papers. In this installment the 

 Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, and Diptera are treated. 



On the distribution of certain imported beetles, F. H. Chittenden (pp. 

 326-332). — ISTotes on 18 species of the beetles attacking stored grains, 

 vegetables, dried fruits, and drugs. 



Injurious insects and commerce, L. 0. Hoivard (pp. 332-338). — A gen- 

 eral paper on the subject, treating briefly of several more injurious 

 insects, chiefly imported, and urging the importance of attentive and 

 watchful study of economic insects and the passage of quarantine laws. 



Is Cyrtoneura ccesia an injurious insect f D. W. Coquillett (pp. 338, 

 339). — A note on the occurrence of this European insect in squash 

 roots in Colorado, where it is believed the flies were present as 

 scavengers. 



Insect fertilizers of an aroid plant, H. G. Hubbard (pp. 340-345). — 

 Illustrated notes on the fertilization of the flowers of Philodendron sp. 

 in Montserrat by the beetle Macrostola lutea, which burrows through 

 the .spathe to deposit its eggs upon the spadix, where the flowers arc 

 by this means fertilized with pollen from other plants of the species. 



Notes and observations on the twig girdler, C. H. IScheffer {\)^. 345-347). — 

 An account of the methods employed by Oncideres cingulata in laying 

 its eggs and girdling the twigs. 



A Cecidomyid that lives on poison oak, D. W. Coquillett (p. 348). — 

 Technical description of Cecidomyia rhois, a new species forming galls 

 on the roots of Rhus toxicodendron. 



A migration of coclcroaches, L. 0. Howard (p. 349). — A brief note on the 

 migration of several thousand egg-bearing croton bugs {Ectobia ger- 

 manica) from an old restaurant to other buildings. 



The potato -bud weevil, F. H. Chittenden (pp. 350-352). — Brief observa- 

 tions on the life history of Anthonomus nigrinus, which deposits its eggs 



