1916] ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOLOGY. 461 



Annual report of the state entomologist for 1914, B. L. Wobsham (Ga. 

 Bd. Ent. Bui. 42 (1915), pp. 5-32, pis. 8).— This report presents notes upon the 

 work of the year, including inspection and research work, seed selection and 

 the boll weevil, experiments for the control of fruit insects and diseases, pecan 

 insects and diseases, and truck crop pests. 



Seventh annual report of the state entomologist of Indiana, O. H. Baldwin 

 (Ann. Rpt. State Ent. Ind., 7 (1913-14), pp. 250, figs. 164).— This report (E. S. 

 it., 31, p. 452) contains papers on the Insects of the Year 1913-14 (pp. 13-58) ; 

 Diseases of the Year (pp. 59-67) ; Pruning and the Care of Trees in Relation 

 to Disease and Insect Control, by A. P. Swallow (pp. 71-101) ; Report of the 

 State Inspector of Apiaries, 1914 (pp. 102-104) ; A Program for the Treat- 

 ment of Orchard Insect Pests and Plant Diseases, by C. H. Baldwin and H. F. 

 Dietz (pp. 109-204) ; and a Circular of Information for Beekeepers, by B. F. 

 Kindig (pp. 205-250). 



Eighth annual report of the state entomologist of Indiana, C. H. Baldwin 

 (Ann. Rpt. State Ent. Ind., 8 (1914-15), pp. 321, figs. iSi).— This report first 

 presents a list of Indiana nurserymen and brief accounts of the insects of 

 the year 1914-15 (pp. 12-29), and of plant diseases during the period under 

 report (pp. 30-41), a report of the state inspector of apiaries (pp. 42-48), 

 and the text of the horticultural and bee inspection laws of Indiana, together 

 with a r§sum6 of the nursery inspection laws of the other States and Canada 

 (pp. 49-85). It also includes a revision of A Program for the Treatment of 

 Orchard Insect Pests and Plant Diseases (pp. 89-190), noted in the preceding 

 abstract, and a paper on The Coccidae or Scale Insects of Indiana, by H. F. 

 Dietz and H. Morrison, with drawings by R. E. Snodgrass (pp. 195-321). 

 Sixty-two valid species of scales recognized as occurring in Indiana are 

 described and keys given for their separation. A field key to the scales based 

 upon superficial characters is included. 



Minnesota state entomologist's reports index, O. J. Wenzel (Minn. State 

 Ent. Circ. 38 (1916), pp. 40)- — This is an index to the 15 annual and biennial 

 reports of the state entomologist of Minnesota, published between 1895 and 

 1914, together with an appendix listing other publications of the state ento- 

 mologist and the division of entomology of the University of Minnesota. 



[Insect pests in New Hampshire], W. C. O'Kane (N. H. Dept. Agr., State 

 Moth Work Circs. [1912], Nos. 1, pp. 4, figs. 4; 2, pp. 4, figs. 4; 3, pp. 4; 4, pp. 

 2; 1915, No. 5, rev., pp. 4)- — These several circulars deal with the gipsy moth, 

 the brown-tail moth, the control of the gipsy moth in woodlands and orchards, 

 public measures against the gipsy and the brown-tail moths, and the control 

 of the gipsy moth, the last named being previously noted (E. S. R., 32, p. 850). 



Tenth report of the state entomologist and plant pathologist of Virginia, 

 1914-15, W. J. SCHOENE (Rpt. State Ent. and Plant Path. Va., 10 (1914-15), 

 pp. 75, pis. 3, figs. 5).— This biennial report (E. S. R., 31, p. 248) first presents 

 an outline of work for the two-year period from October 1, 1913, to September 

 30, 1915, followed by a Report of Inspection Work, 1914-15, by W. J. Price 

 (pp. 9-15), and an account and the text of the Court Decision Upholding the 

 Cedar Rust Law, by the author (pp. 16-29). 



A Report on the Investigation of Insects Affecting Truck Crops in Virginia, 

 by L. B. Smith (pp. 30-63), next presented, deals in large part with investiga- 

 tions of the biology of the green pea aphis (Macrosiphum pisi) in eastern 

 Virginia. An account of work with control measures for this insect has been 

 previously noted (B. S. R., 32, p. 652). This aphid has for the past 15 years 

 been causing serious losses to the pea growers in eastern Virginia. The damage 

 to the spring crop occurs usually during May and June, while the fall crop is 

 subject to attack during September and October. Severe attacks of the aphis 



