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A psyllid gall on Juncus (Livia maculipennis), BorrH M. Patch {Psyche, 

 23 {1916), No. 1, pp. 21, 22, pi. i).— The author records the occurrence of L. 

 maculipennis on Juncus at Magnolia Village, Mass. 



A synopsis of the aphid tribe Pterocommini, H. F. Wllson {Ann. Ent. Soc, 

 Amer., 8 {1915), No. 4, pp. 3^7-358, figs. 13). — Ten species of this tribe have 

 been described, of which three have been recorded from Europe and five from 

 America. AJl the known species commonly feed on willows and poplars, anr] 

 one species is recorded as also being found on maple. 



The pea aphis, A. Mokdvilko {Trudy Biuro Ent. [Petrograd], 8 {1915), No. 

 S, 2. rev. and enl. ed., pp. 54, pis. 2, figs. 4; ahs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., Ser. A, 3 

 {1915), No. 11, pp. 702-704). — The second revised and enlarged edition of this 

 paper. The synonymy and a bibliography are appended. 



Some intermediates in the Aphididae, A. C. Bakek and W. F. Turner {Proc. 

 Ent. Soc. Wash., IS {1916), No. 1, pp. 10-14). 



A new genus and species of Aleyrodidae from British Guiana, A. L. Quain- 

 TANCE and A. C. Baker {Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 8 {1915), No. 4, pp. 369-371, figs. 

 18) .—Eudialeurodicus bodkini n. g. and n. sp., reared from leaves of Erythrina 

 glauca at Berbice, is described. 



The European fir trunk bark louse (Chermes [Dreyfusia] piceae) appar- 

 ently long established in the United States, .J. Kotinsky {Proc. Enl. Soc. 

 Wash., 18 {1916), No. 1, pp. 14-16). — Specimens of balsam fir bark rather heavily 

 infested with this bark louse are said to have been received from Mt. Monad- 

 nock, N. H. It is stated that the infestation has been spreading during the 

 past three years and that a considerable number of trees have died during 

 that time. 



Reports on scale insects, J. H. Comstock {New York Cornell Sta. Bui. 372 

 {1916), pp. 425-603, pis. 26, figs. i5).— This bulletin brings together the author's 

 writings on the Coccidse or scale insects, the first of which (pp. 425-500), 

 entitled Reports on Scale Insects, appeared in the report of the U. S. Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture for 1880; the second (pp. 501-506), Report of the Ento- 

 mologist, United States Department of Agriculture, appeared in the report of 

 the U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture for the years 1881 and 1882 ; and the 

 third (pp. 507-603), Report of the Department of Entomology, is from the second 

 report of the Cornell Station, 1883. The pagination and the figure numbers 

 and their sequence in the original reports have been retained. 



The Coccidae of New Jersey greenhouses, H. B. Weiss {Psyche, 23 {1916), 

 No. 1, pp. 22-24). — The author lists 32 species representing 17 genera found 

 infesting various plants in New Jersey greenhouses. 



White wax coccid (Ericerus pela), M. Yano {Extracts from Bui. Forest 

 Expt. Sta., Tokyo, 1915, pp. 143-150, pis. 2). — The male larvae of this coccid 

 secrete a white wax which is collected and known in commerce as insect wax 

 or Chinese wax. The author gives a description of the several stages of this 

 coccid and an account of its life history, host plants, and natural enemies, 

 namely, Brachytarsus niveovariegatus, Dasyneura sp., a new chalcidid, Chilo- 

 corus similis, and C. tristis. 



The oyster-shell scale and the scurfy scale, A. L. Quaintance and E. R. 

 SAsecER {V. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 723 {1916), pp. 14, figs. S).— A re- 

 vision of Bureau of Entomology Circular 121, previously noted (E. S. R., 23, 

 p. 156). 



The pink corn worm: An insect destructive to corn in the crib, F. H. 

 Chittenden {U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 363 {1916), pp. 20, pis. 4, figs. 7).— The larva 

 of a small moth {.Bntrachedra rilcyi). kno\\n as the pink corn worm, has been 

 found in cornfields of the southern United States for nearly three-fourths of 



