1916] ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY. 255 



White ants in Japan, M. Yano {Extracts from Bui. Forest Expt. Sta., Tokyo, 

 1915, pp. 1S4-142, pis. 3). — The present paper describes three species of termites 

 which occur in the main island, Shil^oku, and Kiushu, namely, Leucotermcs 

 {Reticulitcrmes) speratus, Coptoternics formosanus, and Calotcnnes (Gh/pto- 

 termes) satsumc7isis, including their life history, natural enemies, distribution, 

 and the damage which they cause. 



A new Trichodectes from the goat, V. L. Kellogg and S. Nakayama (Psyche, 



22 (1915), No. 2, pp. 33-^5, flg. i).— The name Trichodectes hermsi is given to 

 a species taken from a badly infested young merino goat near Inverness, Marin 

 County, Cal. 



Dendrotettix quercus, A. N. Caudell (Psyche, 22 (1915), No. 2, pp. 52-54). — 

 Considerable damage was done by this species at New Lisbon, N. J., during the 

 season of 1914. 



The control of locusts in Italy, A. Lunardoni (Intemat. Inst. Ayr. [Rome'\, 

 Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 6 (1915), No. 4, pp. 522-532, pis. 2). — A 

 summary of control work in Italy. 



The question of the bacterial method of controlling locusts, A. V. Gratchov 

 (ZMir. Mikrobiol., No. 1-2 (1914), p. 175; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., Ser. A, 3 

 (1915), No. 11, pp. 699, 700). — The author suggests the passing of the bacillus 

 (Coccohacillus acridiorum) directly from dead insects of one series into those 

 of another without any intermediate cultivation on agar-agar, thus eliminating 

 the danger of losing the virus. 



The biological method for the destruction of locusts, F. d'Herelle (Compt. 

 Rend. Acad. Sci. [Paris], 161 (1915), No. 17, pp. 503-505; abs. in Rev. Appl. 

 Ent., Ser. A, 4 (1916), No. 1, pp. 14, 15). — A further report of work with Cocco- 

 bacillus acridiorum (E. S. R., 31, p. 752), which was carried on in Tunis. 



A test of Coccobacillus acridiorum d'Herelle on locusts in the Philippines, 

 M. A. Barber and C. R. Jones (Philippine Jour. Sci., Sect. B, 10 (1915), No. 2, 

 pp. 163-176). — Experiments conducted in the Philippines with (Edaleus nigro- 

 -jasciatus and Locusta niigratoroides in which cultures of C. acridiorum from 

 the Pasteur Institute were used gave negative results. Reports received from 

 consuls in Argentina, Colombia, and Algeria in response to a request for infor- 

 mation regarding the results obtained from the use of C. acridiorum in those 

 countries are appended. The information given seems to indicate that thus far 

 the use of this organism has not been practical. 



Two new Thysanoptera from West Africa, with a note on the synonymy of 

 the Phloeothripidge, J. D. Hood (Psyche, 23 (1916), No. 1, pp. 6-12, pi. 1). 



A new vine thrips from Cyprus, R. S. Bagnall (Bui. Ent. Research, 6 

 (1915), No. 2, pp. 199, 200).- — A thrips which is injurious to vines in Cyprus is 

 described as Cryptothrips brevicollis n. sp. 



The cabbage harlequin bug or calico bug (Murgantia histrionica), W. A. 

 Thomas (South Carolina Sta. Circ. 28 (1915), pp. 4, fig. 1).—A brief account 

 with remedial measures. 



The immature stages of Tropidosteptes cardinalis, M. D. Leonard (Psyche, 



23 (1916), No. 1, pp. 1-3, pi. i).— This capsid was the source of some injury to 

 the leaves of ash at Ithaca, N. Y. 



Synoptical keys to the genera of the North American Miridae, E. P. Van 

 Duzee (Univ. Cal. Pubs., Ent., 1 (1916), No. 3, pp. 199-216) .—The keys here 

 given cover all but eight of the genera of the hemlpterous family Miridae thus 

 far recorded from America north of Mexico. 



The immature stages of two Hemiptera, Empoasca obtusa and Lopidea 

 robini^, M. D. Leonard (Ent. News, 27 (1916), No. 2, pp. 49-54. pls. 2).— Tech- 

 nical descriptions are given of the several stages of these insects. 



