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ruined nearly all plants notwithstanding various treatments that were applied. 

 The greatest benefit obtained in control measures with the squash borer was 

 followed by the combined treatments of cutting out the borers and covering the 

 vines with soil. 



An outbreak of the eight-spotted forester (Alypia octomaculata) at New 

 Haven in which grapes and the Virginia creeper were defoliated is reported 

 upon by Q. S. Lowry (pp. 118-122), as previously noted (B. S. R., 37, p. 158). 

 Arsenate of lead at the rate of 3 lbs. to 50 gal. of water was found to be very 

 effective, one spraying being sufficient in most cases. The pine tip moth (Pini- 

 pestis simmermani) was reare^i from material collected in several counties and 

 apparently occurs throughout the State. The parallel spittle insect on pine 

 (Aphrophora parallela), reported upon by B. H. Waklen (pp. 125, 126), is said 

 to have been quite abundant in the forest plantations at Rainbow during the 

 past two or three seasons. Antimosquito work in Connecticut during 1916 is 

 reported upon by W. E. Britton and B. H. Walden (pp. 126-138). The ento- 

 mological features of 1916 are briefly referred to. 



The work concludes with accounts of miscellaneous insects of which men- 

 tion may be made of a scale on azalea {Eriococcus azalew), the European elm 

 case bearer (Coleophora limosipennella) , another spruce gall aphid in Con- 

 necticut (Chermes coolegi) infesting the Colorado blue spruce at Hartford, 

 injury by silverfish {ThermoMa doniestica), a scolytid beetle (Xyleborus dis- 

 par) which tunnels in the trunk of sugar maple, the walnut caterpillar 

 (Datana integerrima) which was prevalent during the year, the tarnished plant 

 bug injuring tobacco, the greenhouse leaf tyer (Phlyctcenia ferrugalis) which 

 damaged snapdragons, geranium, and cineraria at Norwalk in January, a flea- 

 beetle (CEdionychis sexamaculata) found at Middlebury feeding on ash, white 

 grubs injuring California privet, the grapevine sawfly (Erythraspides pyg- 

 mcBUs), Euclemensia bassettella, a microlepidopteran reared from a coccid 

 thought to be Kermes sassceri, termites injuring shotgun cartridges, the 

 girdling of hardwood twigs by Vespa crabro, the hickory gall aphid (Phylloxera 

 carycecaulis), and the grapevine tomato gall (Lasioptera vitis). 



Fourteenth annual report of the State entomologist of Montana, R. A. 

 CooLEY {Montana Sta. Bui. 112 (1916), pp. 53-76, fig. i).— The first part of 

 this report consists of brief notes on the occurrence of the more important 

 insect pests of 1916. This is followed by a review of the principal State inter- 

 ests in entomology in 1916, including the occurrence of and quarantine work 

 against the alfalfa weevil, army cutworm, wheat sheath miner (Cerodonta 

 femoralis), sugar-beet root louse (Pemphigus betw), lesser clover leaf weevil 

 (Phytonomus nigrirostris) , spinose ear tick (Ornithodoros megnini), and foul 

 brood of bees. Notes on the More Common Mosquitoes of Montana, by J. R. 

 Parker (pp. 69-75) follow. 



Notes on several insects not heretofore recorded from New Jersey, H. B. 

 Weiss (Jour. Econ. Ent., 10 (1917), No. 1, p. 224). — The sawflies Janus abbre- 

 viatus and Diprion simile are recorded as occurring at several points in New 

 Jersey. The columbine leaf miner (Phytomyza aquilegice) is a local pest of 

 columbine at several points in the State, and a large roach (Blaberus dis- 

 coidalis) has been found several times in greenhouses, having been introduced 

 on orchids imported from South America. 



Beport of the entomologist, G. N. Wolcott (Rpt. Bd. Comrs. Agr. P. R., 5 

 (1915-16), pp. 75-85, pi. 1). — This is a brief summary of the activities of the 

 year, including inspection and quarantine work, citrus insect, tobacco insect, 

 and sugar-cane insect investigations. Analyses of sugar cane free from and 

 infested by Diatraea saccharalis are included. 



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