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mit tlie disease to a uiacacus monkey. The bites of fleas infected in a similar 

 manner, emulsified in physiologic salt solution and rubbed into scarifications 

 of the abdominal skin of normal monkeys, also failed to produce the disease. 



The larva of Eumaeus atala, J. L. Healy (Ent. Netvs, 21 {1910), No. 4, pp. 

 179, 180). — The larva of this butterfly was found to feed on a species of fern 

 growing in the vicinity of Miami, Fla. 



On the resistance of gipsy moth egg's (Liparis dispar) to cold and other 

 conditions, W. Reiff iPftyche, 11 (1910), No. 2, pp. 69-72).— The author re- 

 ports experiments in which gipsy moth eggs were exposed during the winter of 

 190S-9 to a temperature of —21.5° C. These appear to show that the eggs from 

 which the woolly covering had been removed can withstand quite severe cold 

 without injury, provided that this temperature does not endure too long. Even 

 depilated eggs withstood snow and water, as well as low temperature, without 

 damage. Thus it appears that gipsy moth eggs which have been removed from 

 their normal location through some accident and have fallen singly to the 

 ground can easily withstand the winter even without their protective covering. 

 Simply tearing off the eggs from their attachment, which is occasionally done 

 in private yards and similar places, has absolutely no effect in killing the eggs. 



Reference is made to a jjaper by A. Bau, of Germany, who finds the eggs of 

 several species of Bombycid moths, including Malacosoma ncustria and Psilura 

 tnonacha, when eaten, to pass through the bird (jay) undigested, protected by 

 means of their extremely hard chitinous shells, and remain in a living state. 

 The author believes that as the eggs of the gipsy moth have very strong shells 

 they, too, ax'e resistant to the decomposing action of the digestive juices of birds' 

 stomachs. It is thought that the sporadic diffusion of the gipsy moth in Massa- 

 chusetts hitherto unexplained may have taken place in this way. 



Notes on Hemileuca lucina, W. Reiff (I'si/clie, 17 {1910), No. 1, pp. 29-32, 

 fig. 1). — The occurrence of large numbers of caterpillars of this species on 

 meadow-sweet {Spircea salicifolia) in a meadow at Raymond, N- H., is reported 

 upon. 



On the pathology of jaundice of the silkworm, C. Sasaki {Jour. Col. Agr. 

 Imp. Univ. Tokyo,. 2 {1910), No. 2, pp. 105-161, pis. 6).— This disease is said to 

 prevail in all countries where silkworms are bred. It is frequently met with 

 in Japan, being of annual occurrence. According to the author, the true or 

 primary causes of the disease are not simple but multifold, but the results of 

 the disease are in all cases the production of polyhedral bodies as a secondary 

 efl'ect. 



On the parasites of two species of West African wild silkworms, G. C. 

 Dudgeon {Bui. Ent. Research, 1 {1910), No. 1, pp. 83, 8Jt, fig. 1). — The cocoons 

 of Anaplie infracta and A. moloneyi, the silk fi'om which is utilized in Nigeria 

 for the manufacture of yarns used in embroidery, are said to be largely para- 

 sitized by at least one species of Ichneumonidae, two of Phycitinse, and a 

 tachinid fly. 



The macrolepidoptera of the Bermudas, F. M. Jones {Ent. News, 21 {1910), 

 No. Jf, pp. 165-168). — A report of collections made between December 7, 1908, 

 and May 20, 1909. 



Further study of the Catocalae, R. R. Rowley and L. Berry {Ent. News, 21 

 {1910), No. 3, pp. 10.'i-116). — Life history notes on several native and exotic 

 species are presented. 



New species of Tineina from California, Annette F. Braun {Ent. Neics, 21 

 {1910), No. Ji, pp. 171-179). — Among the new species from California here de- 

 scribed are Nepticula ceanothi, bred from upper side mines on leaves of 

 Ceanothus divaricatus, collected in Placer County ; N. variella, bred from winding 

 mines on the upper side of Quercus agrifolia in Alameda County; N. punctulata, 



