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foliage of the wild flowering currant (Ribes glutinosum) near Walnut Creek, 

 Cal. 



Methods for the study of mealy bugs, G. F. Fekris {Jour. Econ. Ent., 10 

 (1917), No. 3, pp. 321-325). — The author recommends the staining of specimens 

 with magenta red in order to accentuate the characters that are of especial 

 importance in the identification of mealy bugs. He asserts that for satis- 

 factory study of mealy bugs and their allies the use of properly stained 

 preparations is not only desirable but is in fact necessary. The method has 

 also proved eminently satisfactory for use with other coccids, especially 

 diaspiue scales, as reported by Stafford,^ certain aphids, particularly chermes 

 and phylloxera, and with cecidomyiid larvse. 



Insect parasites and predators as adjuncts in the control of mealy bugs, 

 H. S. Smith (Mo. Bui. Com. Hort. Cal., 6 (1917), No. S-4, pp. IO8-II4. figs. 

 10). — This paper gives brief accounts of the more important predacious and 

 parasitic insect enemies of mealy bugs in California. 



Some comparisons of Coccus citricola and C. hesperidum, H. J. Quayle 

 (Jour. Ecoii. Ent., 10 (1917), No. 3, pp. 373-576 ) .—The author here points out 

 some of the differences and also some of the similarities of these two scales, 

 which are quite distinct. 



A scale insect new to California, H. S. Smith (Mo. Bui. Com. Hort. Cal., 

 6 (1917), No. 7, p. 249). — The author records the infestation of a palmetto near 

 Riverside by the palmetto scale (ComstocJciella sabilis). 



The Mediterranean fig scale (Lepidosaphes ficus), F. P. Roullard (Mo. Bui. 

 Com. Hort. Cal, 6 (1917), No. 7, pp. 246-2^8, figs. 4).— A brief account of L. 

 ficus, a European scale pest which has been discovered in Fresno County, where 

 investigations are being made with a view to eradicating it. 



Two new species of lace bugs, O. Heidemann (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 18 

 (1916), No. 4, pp. 217-219). — Leptophya distinguenda, which abounds on witch- 

 hazel from early spring until late fall in the vicinity of Washington, D. C, and 

 Aralypta grisea from Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Maryland are de- 

 scribed as new. 



Notes oh Leptobyrsa rhododendri, E. L. Dickerson (Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 

 25 (1917), No. 2, pp. 105-112, pi. i).— These notes relate to the biology of a 

 lace bug, previously described under the name L. explanata (E. S. R., 21, p. 

 451), which has since been shown to be the same as the Old World form L. 

 rhododendri (E. S. R., 36, p. 656). 



Check list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, W. Barnes and J. Mc- 

 DuNNOUGH (Decatur, III.: Herald Press, 1917, pp. IX-i-S92). — This comprises a 

 list of 8,495 species of Lepidoptera from North America, a list of species 

 omitted as European or foreign, and a complete index (pp. 201-392). 



The Barnes and McDunnough " list," H. G. Dyab (Insecutor Inscitice Men- 

 struus, 5 (1917), No. 1-5, pp. 4^-^^).— This is a critical review of the above list. 



Suppression of the gipsy and brown-tail moths and its value to States 

 not infested, A. F. Burgess (U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1916, pp. 217-226, pis. 

 7). — A popular discussion of suppression work in which attention is called to 

 the benefits resulting. 



Solid stream spraying against the gipsy moth and the brown-tail moth 

 in New England, L. H. Worthley (U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 480 (1917), pp. 15, 

 pis. 16). — The methods of spraying and the apparatus developed during the 

 course of work with the gipsy and brown-tail moths in New England are de- 

 scribed and illustrated. 



^Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 8 (1916), No. 1, pp. 65-73. 



