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Notes and descriptions of Pipunculidae, N. Banks {Psyche, 22 {1915), No. 

 5, pp. 166-170, pi. 1). — Four species are described as new and IS species noted 

 as found in Virginia, making a total of 27 plpunculids recorded from that State. 

 Report on some parasitic and predacious Diptera from northeastern New 

 Mexico, W. R. Walton {Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 48 {1915), pp. 171-186, pis. 2).— 

 This annotated list of species collected in connection with an investigation of 

 the New Mexico range caterpillar {Hemileuca oliviw) includes descriptions of 

 several species new to science, namely, Rhynchiodexia flavotcssellata n. sp., at 

 Eagle Tail Mountain ; Zelia wildermuthii n. sp,, at Koehler ; MVehsteriaiia cos- 

 talis n. g. ; and N eodicliocera tridens n. g. and n. sp., at Koehler, N. Mex. 



Nonintentional dispersal of muscoid species by man, with particular ref- 

 erence to tachinid species, C. H. T. Townsend {Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 18 

 {1916), No. 1, pp. 18-20). 



New species of Tachinidae from New England, H. E. Smith {Psyche, 22 

 {1915), No. 3, pp. 98-102). 



[Control of the house fly], R. Hulbert {North Dakota Sta. Spec. Bui., 4 

 {1916), No. 3, pp. 65-72, figs. 2). — A summary of measures for the control of 

 the house fly. 



Does th.e house fly hibernate as a pupa? H. Lyon {Psyche, 22 {1915), No. 4, 

 pp. 140, HI). — Experiments were conducted at Harvard University during the 

 winter of 1914^15 to determine if it is possible for the house fly to overwinter 

 in the pupal stage. 



" The results of these experiments, which represented quite natural condi- 

 ticms and the especially favorable conditions of the basement of the building, 

 seem to indicate that the house fly can not easily overwinter as a pupa, 

 although it can emerge until the middle of winter. It would seem, therefore, 

 that the appearance of seemingly freshly emerged adults in any considerable 

 numbers during late winter and early spring should be accounted for in some 

 other way." 



Will the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) develop in Italian 

 lemons? G. Maetelli {Bol. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. R. Scuola Sup. Agr. Portici, 

 9 {1914), pp. 161-164). — The author fails to find evidence that C. capitata will 

 develop in lemons. 



The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) in the environs of Paris, 

 P. Lesne {Coinpt. Rend. Acad. Agr. France, 1 {1915), No. 16, pp. 495-497; ahs. 

 in Rev. Appl. Ent., Ser. A, S {1915), No. 11, p. 69^).— This fruit fly, first recorded 

 as a source ©f injury to apricots in the Paris district in 1900 and the source 

 of serious injury to peaches in 1906, was found in October, 1914, to be the 

 source of injury to pears. 



Preliminary note on a dipterous enemy of the peach, Legendre {Bui. Econ. 

 Gouvt. G^n. Madagascar, 14 {1914), HI-IV, No. S-4, P- U2 ; ahs. in Intermit. 

 Inst. Agr. [Rome], Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 6 {1915), No. 6, pp. 

 893, 894). — The author records the occurrence of the Mediterranean fruit fly in 

 Madagascar. 



On the Ethiopian fruit flies of the genus Dacus, M. Bezzi {Bui. Ent. Re- 

 search, 6 {1915), No. 2, pp. 85-101, figs, i^)-— Twenty species are here con- 

 sidered, of which six are described as new. 



New Amei-ican species of Asteia and Sigalsoesa, J. M. Axdrich {Psyche, 

 22 {1915). No. 3, pp. 94-98, pis. 2, figs. 2). 



The host of Zelia vertebrata, J. A. Hyslop {Psyche, 23 {1916), No. 1, pp. 24, 

 85).— The author records the rearing of this dipteran from Meracantha con- 

 tracta. 



