756 EXPEEIMENT STATION EECOED. 



Aphis amygdali, Pieris cratcegi, Papilio podalmus, Zygcena infausta, Noctua 

 ccerideocephala, Ceiamhyx miles, aud Caphnodis tenebrionis. 



Concerning some insects collected and bred from, dead and dying elm, E. S. 

 Tucker (Trans. Kans. Acad. ScL, 21 (1901), pt. 1, pp. 158-162).— A report of 

 observations made at Lawrence. Kaus. 



On some insect pests of the Himalayan oaks (Quercus dilatata and Q. in- 

 cana), E. P. Stebbing (Indian Forest Rec, 2 (1909), No. 1, pp. 28, pis. 8). — In 

 part 1 the buprestid beetle of the oaks (Amorphosoma? sp. ), iu part 2 the lougi- 

 coru (Cerambycidse) beetles of the oaks, iu part 3 the scolytid (Scolytidse) and 

 platypid (Platypidie) bark aud wood beetles, aud in part 4 the scale insect of 

 the oak (Kermes himalayensis), are taken up. 



Some insects injurious to forests (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 58, pp. 

 VII +103-1 IJf). — These pages contain the contents aud index of the bulletin. 



Catalogue of the Odonata of North America, R. A. Muttkowski (Milwaukee, 

 1910, vol. 1, pp. 207). — The author catalogues 494 forms (not including 27 fossil 

 species) which are said to constitute 18.77 per ceut of the total number of kuowu 

 Odonata (2,631). The present location of types so far as could be ascertained, 

 actual places of collection of the species, their zonal distribution, etc., are 

 recorded. 



The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. — Dermaptera, 

 M. BUKE (London and Berlin, 1910, pp. XVII+217, pis. 10, figs. 16; rev. in 

 Science, n. ser., 31 (1910), No. 799, pp. 627, 628).— The author describes 133 

 recognized species of earwigs as occurring in British India. The types of most 

 of these were examiued and nearly all of the species are figured. He gives an 

 outliue classification of the species, and an account of their structural character- 

 istics, development, habits, food, maternal care of young, aud geographical dis- 

 tribution. They are known to be carnivorous and are probably omnivorous. 



The literature relating to the subject is listed. 



Description of a new kind of apterous earwig, apparently parasitic on a bat, 

 K. Jordan (Novitates Zool., 16 (1909), No. 2, pp. 313-326, pis. J).— This insect 

 (Arixenia esau, n. gen. and n. sp.) was taken in the sack formed by the mem- 

 brane of the wings of CheiromeJes torqiiatiis, the naked bat of the Sunda Islands. 



A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera, W. F. Kirby (London, 1904, ^'ol. 1, 

 pp. X+501+25; 1906, vol. 2, pp. riII+562+25; 1910, vol. 3, pp. VII + 674+ 

 28). — The last of the 3 volumes, which has just appeared, completes the author's 

 general catalogue of the order Orthoptera. Volume 1 takes up the Forfliculidse, 

 Hemimeridne. Blattidae, Mantidee, aud Phasmidae; volume 2, the Achetidse and 

 Pliasgonuridse; and volume 3. the Locustidae or Acridiidse. 



Locusts in Australia and other countries, W. W. Froggatt (Dept. Agr. 

 N. 8. Wales, Farmers' Bill. 29, pp. 40, flffs. 12). — A summarized account of 

 locusts and their control in Australia, Hungary, United States, Canada, South 

 America, Cyprus, India, South Africa. Algeria, Mesopotamia, and Tunis, fol- 

 lowed by a somewhat extended discussion of the parasites of locusts. A list of 

 the papers and reports consulted is appended. 



Locust destruction in South Africa, C. W. Howard (.Jour. Econ. Ent., 3 

 (1910), No. 3, pp. 260-272, pi. 1, figs. 2). — A desci'iptiou of the work as now 

 carried on in South Africa. 



A memoir on the anatomy and life history of the homopterous insect 

 Pyrops candelaria or candle fly, J. C. W. Kershaw and G. AV. Kikkaldy 

 (Zool. Jahrb., Abt. System. Geogr. u. Biol. Tierc, 29 (1910), No. 2, pp. 105-124, 

 pis. 3). — The authors state that the so-called candle fly (P. candelaria) is en- 

 tirely without light-giving powers. 



The adults feed almost entirely on lougan (Ncphcliiim longana) and the 

 mango tree (Mangifera indica), chiefly on the former. Both nymphs and 



