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with the oceiirrenoo of Iho more imiwrtant insects, especially those attacking 

 sugar cane. Tiphia paraUcla, a parasite of Phytalm smithi, was introduced 

 from Barbados dnriiii,' the year. 



[Insect pests in Mauritius], D. d'Emmerez de Charmoy (.In ^iinnixny of 

 Investij/ations of Fungus Diseases and Insect Pests Made During the Six 

 Months Ended June 30. Mauritius: Dept. Agr., 1914, PP- 4, 5). — A brief report 

 on the more important insects in Mauritius and means for tlieir control. 



Crop pest handbook for Behar and Orissa (including also western Bengal) 

 (Calcutta: Dcpt. Agr., Bchar and Orissa, 1913, pp. XXni+[170]-{-21, pis. -,2, 

 figs. Jf). — This work deals with the important insect enemies and diseases of 

 plants in this part of the Bengal I'residency under the headings of the crops 

 attacked. Under each insect the nature of damage, locality and time of ap- 

 pearance, food plants, description and life history, and remedial measures are 

 briefly dealt with. A colored plate illustrating the life stages and nature of 

 the injury accompanies the accounts of most of the pests. Remedial and con- 

 trol measures in general are taken up in several appendixes. 



Insects found on nursery stock imported into New Jersey during 1913, 

 IL B. Weiss (Ent. Xcus, 25 {191.'i), Xo. 9, pp. 392-395, figs. 2).— Lists are pre- 

 sented of insects intercepted during (1) the spring and (2) the fall. 



Some consideration on protection of orchards from insects, P. J. Parrott 

 (West. N. Y. Hart. Soc. Proc, 59 il91Jt), pp. 110-118, figs. 5).— The author here 

 discusses (1) the susceptibility of eggs of insects to spraying mixtures, (2) 

 the comparative merits of various sulphur mixtures, (3) some insects that dis- 

 figure fruits, (4) the injurious work of tree hoppers in apple orchards, (5) the 

 parasites of the San Jose scale, and (6) spraying to combat plant lice of apple 

 i rees. 



Insects injurious to the household and annoying to man, G. W. IIi:rrick 

 (New York, 191^, pp. -YT7/+//7rt, pis. 8, fl(js. 152). — A concise description of the 

 appearance, habits, and injuries of household pests, written particularly for the 

 housekeeper and for those who desire to obtain information regarding household 

 pests and practical methods of controlling them. 



New species of Diaspinae living on the olive, (i. Leonardi (Bol. Lab. Zool. 

 Gen. e Agr. R. Scuola Sup. Agr. Portici, 7 {1913), pp. 66-11, figs. 5).—Aonidia 

 olexe and Lepidosaphes olivina infesting leaves of the olive in Eritrea are de- 

 scribed as new. 



The larger corn stalk borer, G. G. Ainsije (U. S. Dept. Agr., Fc.rniers' Bui. 

 63^ iWlJf), pp. S. figs. .'/).— This bulletin dealing with Diatrwa s'lcchanilis, 

 better known as the sugar cane borer, is a reprint of Bureau of Entomology 

 Circular 116, previously noted (E. S. R., 23, p. M). 



On the conversion of cotton sticks into charcoal for the destruction of the 

 pink bollworm, A. T. McKillop (Agr. Jour. Egypt, 3 (191^), No. 2, pp. 127- 

 129). — It is stated that during the year 1913 the pink bollworm (Gclechia 

 gossypiella) infestation was so high that it was impossible to find cotton seed 

 which did not contain from 3 to 20 per cent of living worms, and that the worms 

 nt the time of writing were present in millions in the dry cotton bolls on stalks 

 stored on the top.s of the fellahin houses. It is reported on the authority of A. 

 Andres that the larvte form cocoons in the interior of the seetis and remain in a 

 dormant state for as long as seven months without requiring any nutriment. 

 Since the law regarding the bollworm is in the course of reconstruction, it is 

 thought that it may be advisable to introduce a proviso that all cotton stalks be 

 destroyetl by fire or carbonized before a fixed date. 



The series of experiments here reported upon show that l)y the baladi method, 

 which is described, the bollworm may be destroye<l and from 9 \o ~^~^ per cent 



