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A review of the genus Buprestis in North America. A. S. Nicolay and H. B. 

 Weiss (Jour. X. Y. Knt. Soc., 26 (1918), Xo. 2. pp. 15-109. pis. 2. fifj. 1).— The 

 authors recognize 25 forms of this perms occurring in North America, of which 

 one species and one variety are described as new. A bibliography of 91 titles 

 is included. 



The leather beetle (Dermestes vulpinus), a troublesome pest of dried fish 

 in Hawaii, J. F. Illingworth (Proc. Hawaii. Knt. Soc, 8 (1911). Xo. 5. pp. 

 815-318). — In Honolulu bales of dried cod found in the fish market were so 

 badly infested by D. vulpinus that the whole consignment hail to be destroyed. 

 Under tropical conditions 50 days were required for completion of the seven 

 larval instars and 64 days for the life cycle from egg to adult. An annotated 

 list of six references to the literature is included. 



Notes on the Bruchidse and their parasites in the Hawaiian Islands, J. C. 

 BamwigX (Proc. Hawaii. Knt. Soc, 8 (1911), Xo. 5. pp. +85-505; ab». in Ncv. 

 Appl. Knt., Ser. A, 6 (1918). Xo. 8, pp. 852-856).— It is stated that while no 

 bruchid is endemic in the Hawaiian Islands various species have become estab- 

 lished there. A key is given for the separation <>f the Hawaiian species, includ- 

 ing the bean weevil, cowpea weevil, the four-spotted bean weevil iliruchus 

 quadrimaculntus), the mesquite or algaroba weevil ( B. prosopis), the tama- 

 rind weevil (Pachymerus [Caryoborut] ponanrn), B. mr u tmi n u a , an undeter- 

 mined species closely related to B. ornatua referred to as the DolichOfl weevil, 

 and a small species perhaps Identical with Spermophagut iZahrutcs) pectoraU*. 

 In addition the pea weevil ami B. rujiinnnu.s occur frequently in imported peas 

 (Pisum sativum) and broad or hone beans (Vida /aba). 



In a detailed discussion of parasites of bruchlds in Hawaii, the new genus 

 Charitopodinus is erected and Scleroderma immigrant described as new. An 

 account of the habits of the Bruchldaa follows. 



The distribution of Xyleborus foraicatus (shot-hole borer of tea), E. It. 

 Speyer (Dcpt. .\<ir. Ot "/"» Bui. 3D {1918), pp. 84). — This discussion Includes a 

 list of the estates infested tip to June 7. 1018. 



The banana borer {Ann. Rpt. Dept, Apr. Jamaica, 1918, pp. 1) UU. — Tall 

 is a summary of work with Cosmopolite* tordida in Jamaica extending over a 

 period of two years, a preliminary account of which has been previously noted 



(E. S. R., 38, p. 164). it has been found in the ai Rocks district of St 



Catherine, and to be generally distributed in the pariah of St. Andrew through- 

 out all the patches of bananas growing in the lowlands and foothills hut not in 

 the hills above an elevation of 3,000 ft. It is thought to have been introduced 

 from Martinique aboul To years aire. 



Notes on insects of the order Strepsiptera. with descriptions of new species, 

 W. D. PlEBOa (Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus.. .',0 {It'll), pp. 481-511).— A first supple- 

 ment to the author's monographic revision of the Strepsiptera (B. 8. EL, 28, p. 

 465), which Includes descriptions of 3 genera and 26 species new to science. 



The comparative morphology of the order Strepsiptera, together with 

 records and descriptions of insects. W. D. Pierce (Proc r. s. Xnt. M*9., 54 

 (1918), pp. 891-501. pis. 16, flfjs. 5). — A second supplement to the author's 

 monographic revision of the Strepsiptera, the first of which is noted above. In 

 the first part on biology the author discusses the relations to hosts, biology, 

 morphology, and anatomy. Their classification is then taken up and descrip- 

 tions given, including 1 new family, new genera, 2 subgenera, and 25 species. 



A table which shows the distribution of the described species of Strepsiptera 

 according to the geographical regions of Wallace, s host list which supplements 



the previous list, and B 6 page bibliography are given. 



Further experiments on big bud mite. A. 11. Ll i< il'nir. Ilristul, Ann. Rpt, 

 Agr. and //or/. Research 8ta., 1917, /</< 57, 88; -lour, Bath and West and South. 



