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the control of these two pests, including both natural enemies and mechanical 

 and cliemical means. The third part (pp. 2ST-3G0) treats of other vine insects, 

 of which 20 are dealt with, including 4 lepidopterans, 10 coleopterans, 1 

 orthopteran, 4 hemipterans, and 1 diptoran. 



Hyponomeuta malinellus and Carpocapsa pomonella, N. Bbunneb (Prog. 

 Sadovod. i Ogoroduich., 1914, Nos. 27, pp. S70-S72; 28, pp. 887, 888; 31, pp. 

 951-955, fig. 1; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 2 {191J,), Ser. A, No. 11, p. 647).— A 

 general account of these pests, their occurrence, and control measures employed 

 in orchards of various districts of the Government of Eliaterinoslav. 



The tree crickets of New York: Life histoi-y and bionomics, B. B. Fulton 

 (New York State Sta. Tech. Bui. 42 {1915), pp. 3-47, pis. 6, figs. 2i).— During the 

 course of studies dealing with the economic aspects of tree crickets, accounts 

 relating to Avhich have been previously noted (E. S. R., 31, p. 649), observations 

 were extended to several other species which do not attack cultivated crops, the 

 results of which have been brouglit together in this bulletin. 



An account is first given of the general characteristics of tree crickets, in- 

 cluding general descriptions of life stages of OEcanthus, Imtching, molting, feed- 

 ing habits, digestive organs, musical organs and song production, mating habits, 

 metanotal gland, description of the spermatophore, male reproductive organs, 

 formation of the spermatophore, female reproductive organs, and oviposition. 

 A key is nest given to eggs and oviposition habits of eight species of tree 

 crickets, namely, O. niveiis, O. angustipennis, 0. exclamationis, O. quad- 

 ripiinctatus, O. nigricornis, O. pini, 0. latipennis, and Neoxabea Mpunctata. 

 Tlie account of each of these species includes descriptions of life stages and 

 habits so far as known. 



A list of .50 titles of literature relating to the subject is included. 



The destruction of Stauronotus maroccanus in Alg'eria by means of Cocco- 

 bacillus acridiorum, M. BtovKt {Bui. Soc. Path. Exot., 7 {1914), No. 8-9, pp. 

 651-653; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent, 3 {1915), Ser. A, No. 3, p. 118).— A report of 

 further work with C. acridiorum in Algeria (E. S. R., 31, p. 753). 



Morphological studies on the head and mouth parts of the Thysanoptera, 

 A. Peterson (Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 8 {1915), No. 1, pp. 20-66, figs. 61).— A 

 detailed report of anatomical studies. 



Experiments in the control of Lecanium cerasi, N. Ossipov {Sadovod, No. 7 

 (1914), pp. 514-521; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 2 {1914), Ser. A, No. 11, pp. 650, 

 651). — This is a report of control work with Eulecanium cerasi conducted 

 during 1912 and 1913 in the districts of Chotin and Kishenef of the Government 

 of Bessarabia. 



New species of Coccidss collected in Italy, G. Leonardi (Bol. Lab. Zool. 

 Gen. e Agr. R. Scuola Sup. Agr. Portici, 7 (1913), pp. 59-65, figs. 5).— Pseudo- 

 coccus grassii collected on bananas purchased in Rome, Aspidiotus viticola on 

 the grape, and Aonidiella inopinata on tlie almond in the Province of Syra- 

 cuse, Sicily, are described as new. 



On possible poisoning' of insectivorous birds in the war against th.e gipsy 

 moth, L. O. Howard {Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 17 {1915), No. 1, p. 2).— It is stated 

 that as a result of a search for dead birds by agents of the Bureau of Ento- 

 mology of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in New England but one had 

 been found up to September and that its stomach showed no trace of arsenic. 



Dispersion of gipsy moth larvse by the wind, C. W. Collins {U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Bill. 273 (1915), pp. 23, pis. 7). — This is a detailed report of investigations 

 of the dispersion of the gipsy moth by wind, in continuation of those by 

 Burgess previously noted (E. S. R., 28, p. 655), in which large scale screen 

 experiments were conducted at Salisbury Beach, Merrimac, Plum Island, Mass., 



