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large pari <>f an annotated list of the more important ln» if 1917. 



An account of the grasshopper outbreak in 1917 is Included. 



[Economic insects in Cuba], P. ('.. OABOlH {Mini. BOO. Cubona Hint. \<it. 

 - Felipe Poey," 3 {1917-18), No. 2-3, pp. 53-61 ) .—Notes arc presented on Mo 

 phora biotncta, Tomatpit bioincta, and several species "f termites, .-i n< i a list of 



17 species of Thysanoptera is included. 



[Insect pests in St. Lucia. 1917-181. .7. 0. HUTBOH (Imp. Dept. Agr. \' 

 Indies, Bpt. Agr. Dept. st. Lucia, 1917-lx, pp. 6-13; ai>s. In Agr. Newt [Bar- 

 bados], n (1918), No. 427, pp. 282, 283).— This is :i report upon a special \ 

 to the colony made by the author in July to study the black weevil borer of 

 bananas (Cosmopolites sordid us). This pest, which occurs wherever the 

 banana is grown In St. Lucia, was found to attack all varieties but seems to 

 prefer the plantain. Brief mention Is also made of other Insects which attack 

 bananas, plantain, etc., insects which attack limes, miscellaneous Insects, and 

 grasshoppers. 



Report on the work of the entomological division, E. It. Spetxb {Ceylon 

 Admin. Rpta. 1917, Sect. IV, pp. CI0-C15). — This report includes a list of the 

 Important insects of the year and a report of special Investigations Into the 

 shot-hole borer of tea, Xyleborus fornicatus, A special Investigation into the 

 tea tortrlz (Hotnona coffearia), by N. K. Jardine, Is included. 



Insects affecting the castor bean in Cuba, P. Cabdizi (Rev, Apr,, Com. y 

 Trab. [Cuba], 1 (1918), No. 10. pp. 527-583, figs. 7).— This is a preliminary ac- 

 count of the Insects which attack the castor bean (Ricinus communis) in Ouba. 



Particular attention is given to the tingitid or lacewing bug Corythuctia gos- 

 si/pii, which is a source of serious injury through its attack upon the foliage. 

 nt her pests of less importance mentioned include HemicMonaspiS minor, Chrys- 

 omphalut dictyospermi. Tetranychus bimaculatus, Xylomiges eridamia, Resth- 

 onto atripennis, and Epitrix sp. 



The insect pests of maize, W. B. Gurnet (Agr. Gaz. N. 8. Wales, 29 {1918), 

 No. 9, pp. 641-650. figs. 15). — A summary of information on the more important 

 insect enemies of corn in New South Wales. 



" Some 25 species have been recorded so far as attacking maize in the field, 

 as well as the cobs and shelled grain in store, and these include probably most of 

 those which are likely to be seriously destructive. Among them, two species 

 of moth grubs are recorded now for the first time as attacking maize in New 

 South Wales, viz, the pink corn worm (Batrachedra rUeyi) Introduced, and 

 our native species of sugar cane boring moth (Phragmatiphila [Nonagria] 

 triincata)." 



Notes on insects bred from the bark and wood of the American larch 

 (Larix laricina). M. YV. Bl .ackman and EL H. Stage I Syracuse I'nir. [Pubs.], 



18 (1918), No. 4, pp. 11-115, pis. 9). — This report upon the Insect infestation of 

 the wood and bark of larch is based particularly upon an Investigation of a 

 100-acre tract of larch near Crittenden. N. Y. The paper Includes a discussion 

 and tabulation of the ecological associations of various predators and parasites 

 in larch and a detailed discussion of each species reared from larch. A 6-page 

 bibliography alphabetically arranged is also included. 



The fungi cultivated by termites in the vicinity of Manila and Los Banos, 

 W. H. Brown (Philippine Jour. Sci.. Sect. C, 13 (1918), No. 4. pp :/. pit. 



2). — A report of studies by the author in the vicinity of Manila. 



Machine gun work with a new formula on red spiders in Tulare County. 

 P. R. Jones (Mo. Bui. Cal. Com. llort.. 7 (1918). No. 7. pp. 455-457).— Id control 

 work with the red spider {Tetranychus telnrius), the author made use of a 

 spray In which miscible oil was combined with lime-sulphur, using the formula 



