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infested yards, and since rats may also carry tliese Heas an atteuipi sliould be 

 made to eradicate them. 



List of generic names and their type species in the coleopterous super- 

 family Scolytoidea, A. I). Hopkins (I'roc. U. »S'. Sat. Mas., Jf8 (I'JlJf), pp. 115- 

 l.M)). — 'I'liis is tli(! second contrihiiUnn toward a nionojjraph of the scolytoid 

 beetles. 



An alphabetical list is given of the generic names, including the author, the 

 original reference, the type species, the author of the species, and if not mono- 

 basic the authority for the designation and tli<; locality or counti-y from which 

 the type is described. No attempt is made to indicate the synonyms and no 

 distinction is made between generic and subgeneric names, but the generic and 

 subgeneric names in tlie superfamily that have been published to December 2, 

 1912, liave been included. An ali>habetical list is given of tlie names of tyi)e 

 species, including the nanu's of tlie authors, the names of the genera of which 

 the species were originally described, and the names of the genera of which 

 they are the type. 



Classification of the Cryphalinae with descriptions of new genera and 

 species, A. D. Hopkins (C/. S. Dept. Agr. Itpt. l)i) (1915), pp. 15, pU. k, fi9- l)-~ 

 This is the fourtli contribution toward a monograph of the scolytoid beetles, of 

 which the first and third have been previously noted (E. S. R., 21, p. 557; 32, p. 

 658) and the second is noted above. The subfamily Cryphalinje of the family 

 Ipidse includes a group of ambrosia beetles, also known as pin-hole borers 

 and timber beetles, which are exceedingly detrimental to crude forest products, 

 wine and beer casks, and other similar products; a sjjecies destructive to the 

 tea plant in Ceylon; and many seed-infesting insects, especially those of the 

 date palm. Numerous new .species are described and genera erected. 



Xyleborus compactus, a borer of tea and coffee, A. Ruthebfobd {Trop. Agr. 

 [Ceylon], 42 (1914), No. 2, pp. 131, 132).— This is a report of studies of a borer, 

 widely distributed in Ceylon, which resembles the shot-hole borer of tea (X. 

 fornlcatun), but woi'ks in a different way. It is reported to attack both coffee 

 and tea plants, as high as On per cent of the plants in a tea nursery at Watte- 

 gama having been injure<l. 



Plants other than tea from which Xyleborus fornicatus (shot-hole borer 

 of tea) has been taken, A. Ruthkrford (Tt'op. Ayr. [Ceylon], 42 (1914)' No. ^, 

 pp. 307-309). — An aiuiotatetl list of plants other than tea that are known to 

 have been attacked by this beetle. 



The Hymenoptera of the Georgetown Museum, III, IV, and V, P. Camebon 

 i Thill eh ri, Brit, (lukina, 3. ser., 2 (1912), Nos. 1, pp. 201-231; 2, pp. 413-440; 

 3 (1913), Nt). 1. pp. 105-137).— Vint 3 of this paper ( E. S. R.. 20. p. 353) deals 

 with the marabuntas or wasps, 2S new species of social and 42 of solitary wasps 

 being described for the first time. Part 4 deals with the fossorial Hymenoptera 

 and part 5 presents descriptions of species belonging to the families Chalcididse, 

 Perilampidte, EurytomidiB, Encyrtidse, Proctotrypidtie, etc. 



The mason bees, J. H. Fabre (Xeic York: Dodd, Mead d- Co., 1914^ pp- 

 yni-{-315). — This is a translation of the essays on Chalicodoina spp. from the 

 author's Souvenirs entoinologiques. 



Apiary work, J. B. Thompson (Gu<int Sta. Rpt. 1914. PP- 16- 17). — This is 

 a brief statement of the progi'ess of apiculture in Guam. It is stated that since 

 the inauguration of the apiary work at the station not less than 12 parties have 

 obtained for their own use improved movable frame hives and are now handling 

 bees on a more or less extensive scale under greatly improved conditions, while 

 the governor of the Island has added a course on practical bee keeping to the 

 work of common schools. 



