1916] ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOLOGY. 55 



by K. Escherich (pp. 260-265) ; The Status of Economic Entomology in India, 

 by H. Morstatt (pp. 266-271) ; The Relation of Stomoxys calcitrans to Infantile 

 Paralysis, by K. H. C. Jordan (pp. 272-276) ; The Mycological Investigations 

 of Fungus Diseases of Insects and Economic Entomology, by G. Lakou (pp. 

 277-282) ; and The History of Nematus Injury in the Royal Saxony State 

 Forest Reserve of Naunhof near Leipsic, by P. Jaehu (pp. 283-320). 



Report of the economic biologist, G. E. Bodkin (Rpt. Dept. Sci. and Agr. 

 Brit. Guiana, 19J3-lJf, App. 3, pp. 11). — A brief statement of the work of the 

 year, including revised lists of insects injurious to sugar cane with their 

 parasites and of the insect pests of the coconut palm in British Guiana. 



Report of the imperial entomologist, T. B. Fletcher {Rpt. Ayr. Research 

 Inst, and Col. Pusa, 1013-14, pp. 62-15). — A statement of the work of the year. 



Sinuate pear borer and leopard moth, P. J. Paerott and H. Glasgow {Neio 

 York State Sta. Circ. 44 U915), pp. 3, pis. 2). — This circular gives brief descrip- 

 tions of the sinuate pear tree borer and leopard moth, which, as shown by 

 a recent survey by the station, are being distributed into the fruit-growing 

 sections of the State by importations of nursery stock. 



Destruction of prickly pear through the agency of parasitic insects, J. 

 White-Haney {Ann. Rpt. Dcpt. Pub. Lands Queensland, 1014, pp. 81-83, pis. 

 3).- — This account relates to the propagation of wild cochineal insects {Coccus 

 indicus from Ceylon and C. confusus capensis from South Africa). See also 

 work previously noted (E. S. R., 34, p. 549). 



The insect enemies of vegetables, J. Kindshoven {Flugschr. Deut. Landio. 

 Gescll., No. 13, 4. cd. {1015), pp. 16-21).— In this edition (E. S. R., 27, p. 438) a 

 brief summarized account is given of the more important insect enemies of 

 vegetables in Germany and means for their control. 



Insects attacking cabbage and allied crops in Connecticut, W. E. Britton 

 and Q. S. Lowry {Connecticut State Sta. Bui. 100 {1016), pp. 3-23, figs. 17). — 

 Brief popular accounts are given of the more important enemies of crucifers 

 occurring in Connecticut. 



Insects affecting the sugar cane in Trinidad, F. W. Ukich {Bui. Dept. Agr. 

 Trinidad and Tobago, I4 {1015), No. 5, pp. 156-161). — The author has compiled 

 the present list of sugar cane insects with the object of providing a handy 

 reference to these pests, their natural enemies, and methods of control. 



The insect enemies of strawberries, A. Tullgren {Trudgdrden [Stockholm], 

 14 {1015), No. 6, pp. 167-160, figs. 2; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 3 {1015), Ser. A, 

 No. 11, p. 695). — A brief account of the enemies of strawberries in Sweden. 



Cranberry insect investigations in 1914, H. B. Scammell {Proc. Amer. 

 Cranberry Groivers' Assoc., 45 {1014), PP- 12-17). — The work of the year is 

 briefly reviewed. 



Some inhabitants of the round gall of golden-rod, Chi Ping {Jour. Ent. 

 and ZooL, 7 {1015), No. 3, pp. 161-170, figs. £0).— The inhabitants of round 

 galls which occur commonly on only one species of golden-rod {Solidago- 

 canadensis), here dealt with, include Eurosta solidaginis, the gall-making fly; 

 the larvae of the mordellid beetle Mordellistina unicolor; and several other occu- 

 pants, three of which are parasites and the rest of uncertain position. A 

 tabular statement of the inhabitants of 3,300 galls is included and a bibliogi-aphy 

 of 17 titles is appended. 



Destructive grasshoppers in Costa Rica, A. Alfaro {Reprint from Rev. Ed. 

 San Josi, Costa Rica, 1015, Oct., p. 7, fig. 1; abs. in Ent. News, 26 {1915), No. 

 10, p. 447). — An account is given of the invasion of Costa Rica by locusts 

 {Schistocerca paranensis and S. zapoteca) during 1915. 

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