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The sugar beet webworm, J. R. Parker {Montana Sta. Circ. 42 {1914), pp. 

 75-86, figs. 6). — A concise account of Loxostege sticticaUs and means for its 

 control. 



The army worm (Heliophila unipuncta), H. T. Fernald {Mass. Bd. Agr. 

 Circ. 22 {1914), PP- IS, pi. 1, figs. 2). — A sunimnrizod acconnt of tlie occurrence 

 of this army worm, its life history and habits, and remedial and control meas- 

 ures. It was particularly abundant in Massachusetts in 1914, especially in the 

 southern part of Tlymouth County and in Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket 

 counties, reports of its injury having been received mainly from points south 

 of Boston and east of Mansfield. 



The biology of the North American crane flies (Tipulidae, Diptera), I and 

 II {Jour. Ent. and Zool., 6 {1914), A'os. 1, pp. 12-34, pis. 3; 3, pp. 105-118, 

 pjs. 2). — Biological and systematic studies of Erioccra longicornis, E. spinosa, 

 and E. fultonensis, are reported by C. P. Alexander and J. T. Lloyd in part 1 of 

 this article, and of Liogma nodicornis, by C. P. Alexander in part 2. 



Grub eradication, B. H. Ransom {Nat. Assoc. Tanners, Tanners Work, No. 

 3 {1913), pp. 40). — A paper on the ox warble and its eradication read before the 

 National Association of Tanners at their annual meeting, held at Chicago, on 

 October 31. 1913. 



Investigations of the life history of Hypoderma bovis and means for 

 controlling it, A. Lucet {Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. [Paris], 158 {1914), No. 13, 

 pp. 968-970; al)S. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome'i, Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and 

 Plant Diseases, 5 {1914), No. 6, p. 776). — A report of further investigations of 

 the biology of the ox warble (E. S. R., 31, p. 85). 



The number of eggs found in the bodies of four females ranged from 343 

 to 386. Quite satisfactory results in the destruction of warbles beneath the 

 skin have been obtained through the use of tincture of iodin. pure or diluted 

 (Gram's solution). The injection of 0.5 and 1 cc. of tincture of iodin into 81 

 swellings in two oxen destroyed all the warbles and their absorption followed. 



Relative attractiveness of vegetable, animal, and petroleum oils for the 

 Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata), H. H. P. and H. C. Severin 

 {Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 22 {1914), No. 3, pp. 240-248, fig. i).— The authors 

 report upon investigations carried on in which the attractiveness of various oils 

 was tested, including the vegetable oils (citronella, turpentine, and coconut) ; 

 animal oils (whale and fish) ; naphtha distillate (benzin and gasoline) ; burn- 

 ing oil distillate (kerosene, etc.) ; and lubricating oil distillate, crude petro- 

 leum, etc. 



The results are presented in tabular form. They indicate that the attrac- 

 tion of the Mediterranean fruit fly to these oils was confined almost entirely 

 to the male sex. " Female flies were present in these orchards because hun- 

 dreds were caught by sweeping with an insect net among the fruit trees. Trap- 

 ping the pest with kerosene was carried on for a period of eight months in the 

 Hawaiian Islands in connection with other experiments and the results sliow 

 that of every 1.000 fruit flies captured only three on an average were females, 

 the remainder being males." 



See also previous notes (E. S. R., 29, pp. 257, 6.56). 



The apple maggot, W. C. O'Kane {Ncio Hampshire Sta. Bid. 171 {1914), PP- 

 3-120, i)ls. 8, figs. 9). — This is a report of studies of the apple maggot or rail- 

 road worm {Rhagolctis pomonclla) that were started during the summer of 

 1909 and have been carried on by the author during a period of four years. 

 Preliminary accounts have been previously noted (E. S. R., 25, p. 662). 



Following a brief introduction, the author i-eviews the early history of the 

 pest. He considers it probable that the apple maggot is a native American 



