764 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



" Nothing can be done iu the way of remedial measures unless the damage is 

 detected before the iarvse make their way into the wood to pupate. If this can be 

 done, the barlv should be stripped off the posts, when the larvae will be dislodged, 

 and exposed to the weather, and for the birds to devour them. Where badly 

 attacked, the fencing should be pulled down and burned during the winter, to 

 destroy the pupae. As a means of prevention, timber used for fencing should be 

 creosoted or painted with tar, to prevent egg laying, it being found that when so 

 treated it is not attacked. As mentioned by Kirby, timber used for fencing or 

 for wood buildings should have the bark stripped off, as this will prevent egg 

 laying and subsequent attack." 



Additions to the list of Kansas Coleoptera for 1907, W. Knaus {Trans. 

 Kans. Acad. ScL, 21 (1907), pt. 1, pp. 150, 151). — A list is given of 71 species and 

 varieties of beetles new to the Kansas list. 



The food of Calligrapha bigsbyana, a chrysomelid beetle, R. W. Hegneb 

 {Psyche, 17 (1910), ^o. 4, p. 160).—SaUx longifolia is said to be the only plant 

 upon which this beetle occurs in nature. 



The genus Latheticus, F. H. Chittenden {Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 12 (1910), 

 No. 3, pp. 135-137, fig. 1). — A small tenebrionid beetle (Latheticus oryzw), prob- 

 ably of oriental origin, is reported to have recently been introduced into the 

 United States, being thus far found in Texas where it appears to be established 

 and in Michigan where a similar establishment seems probable. It is thought 

 that in the course of time this beetle will become quite a pest. 



Notes on Oncideres texana in Georgia: Oviposition, A. A. Gibault (Ent. 

 Netcs, 21 (1910), No. 5, pp. 226-228) .—This beetle was observed to girdle the 

 limbs of 3-year-old pecan trees at Myrtle, Ga. 



Revision of the prionides, A. Lameeee (Mem. Soc. Ent. BeJg., 1909, No. 17, 

 pp. 1-70). — A continuation of the author's revision in which the genera Deran- 

 cistrus, Poecilosoma, Calogomus, Pyrodes, and Sobarus are taken up. 



The mango jeopardized, C. L. Mablatt (Fla. Fruit and Produce News, 2 

 (1910), No, J/O, p. 2). — Attention is called to the fact that the most serious insect 

 pest of the mango in oriental countries, the mango weevil (Cryptorhynchus 

 mangifera), is likely to be introduced into this country with mango seed. It 

 is considered desirable that all imported seed be inspected by competent authori- 

 ties. " While the mango weevil destroys primarily the seed of this fruit, it 

 is also believed by growers that it hastens the maturity of infested fruit and 

 causes a greater percentage of them to fall." 



Notes on Rhynchites bicolor, E. L. Dickeeson (Jour. Econ. Ent., 3 (1910), 

 No. 3, pp. 316, 317). — This weevil is said to occur each year so abundantly on a 

 Rosa rugosa hedge at New Brunswick, N. J., that there is scarcely a seed cap- 

 sule which does not show one or more of its punctures. 



Hymenoptera. — Family Chalcididae, O. Schmiedeknecht (P. Wytstnan's 

 Genera Inscctorum. Brussels, 1909, No. 97, pp. 550, pis. 9; rev. in Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., 12 (1910), No. 2, pp. 92-95; Science, n. ser., 32 (1910), No. 817, pp. 273- 

 276). — This monograph of the family Chalcididae treats of the species included 

 by Ashmead under the superfamily Chalcidoidea. In addition to the generic 

 characteristics, a list is given under each of the described species and synonyms, 

 with the references thereto and their geographical distribution. An index to 

 the genera and species accompanies the work. 



The reviews are by J. C. Crawford and A. A. Girault, respectively. 



Catalogue of British Hymenoptera of the family Chalcididae, C. Morley 

 (London, 1910, pp. 7.'/+2S). — The author lists 148 genera and 1,424 species in 

 this catalogue. 



