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vergens) was introduced from California and freed at various points in Maya- 

 guez. 



Experiments conducted witti cement bee hives and stands promise good results. 

 " For the past year the weight of 2 hives has been talien regularly night and 

 morning to determine the amount of honey stored by a single swarm. One 

 10-frame hive with 4 supers made 357 lbs.; a second, with 2 supers, made 539 

 lbs. The largest amount stored in one day by a single hive was 12 lbs. The 

 average for one swarm was 1.48 lbs., and for another slightly less than a pound." 



Eighth annual report of the state entomologist and plant pathologist for 

 1912, G. M. Bentley (Arm. Rpt. State Etit. and Plant Path. Tenn., 8 {1912), pp. 

 6^, figs. 13). — This report deals with the strawberry root louse {Aphis forbcsi), 

 found doing considerable damage to strawberry plants for the first time in 

 Tennessee, nursery inspection, cotton boll weevil quarantine for Tennessee, pres- 

 ent status of the cattle tick situation in Tennessee, etc. 



Report of the state entomologist, G. M. Bentley {Tennessee Sta. Rpt. 1912, 

 pp. 60-65, fig. 1). — An abridgment of the above. _ 



[Entomological notes], C. R. Jones {Philippine Agr. Rev. [English Ed.], 6 

 (1913), No. 5, pp. 246-250). — These notes relate to bagworms, ants {Solenopsis 

 geminata) injurious to okra. several tobacco insects, mechanical and natural 

 control of in.sects, occurrence of the coconut weevil {Rhynchophorvs ferrngi- 

 neus), and plants resistant to insect attack. 



Annual report for 1912 of the zoologist, C. Warburton {Jour. Roy. Agr. 

 Soc. Ennland, 13 {1912), pp. 289-296). — ^A brief account of the occurrence of 

 forest tree pests, animal parasites, farm and garden pests, and fruit pests, with 

 miscellaneous notes. 



The fauna of the German colonies, G. Aulmann {Fauna Deal. Kolon. [Berlin 

 Zool. Mus.], 5. ser., 1911, Nos. 1, pp. 32; 2. pp. 98, figs. 61: 1912, Nos. 3, i)p. 86, 

 figs. 57; 4, pp. 166, figs. 120; rev. in Agr. Jour. India, 7 {1912), No. 4, pp. 4II, 

 412; 8 (1913), No. 1, p. 96).— This work provides an account of the insect pests 

 of all the German colonies, primarily for the use of officials and planters who 

 may be called upon to deal with their damage and means of prevention. The 

 first part gives a brief description of the principal groups of insects, their life 

 histories, methods of collecting and preserving, a short list of insecticides with 

 formulas for their preparation, etc. Part 2, by Aulmann and W. La Baume, 

 gives a descriptive list of the insects which attack coffee, part 8 contains a 

 similar description of the insects attacking cacao, and part 4 is devoted to the 

 insect enemies of the cotton plant. 



Insect pests of the household, R. D. Whitmarsh {Ohio Sta. Bui. 253, pp. 

 103-153, figs. 4I). — This is a popular account of the more important household 

 insects and means for their control. 



Soil-infesting insects, T. J. Headlee {New Jersey Stas. Giro. 26, pp. 2-8). -\j/ 

 A brief popular discussion of wireworms, white grubs, and cutworms. 



A probable parasite of Scapteriscus didactylus in Cuba, P. Cardin {Jour. 

 Econ. Ent., 6 {1913), No. 3, pp. 330, 331).— In addition to the fire ant {Solenopsls 

 geminata) and the common red nnt {Pheidola megacephala), which are im- 

 portant enemies of the mole cricket or changa {Scapteriscus didactylus) in 

 high and dry land in Cuba, the author has found a cocoon of an undetermined 

 hymenopteran which appears to parasitize this pest. 



A successful trap for cockroaches, F. L. Washburn {Jour. Econ. Ent., 6 

 {1913), No. 3, pp. 327-329. fig. 1). — This paper describes and illustrates a simple 

 trap, devised by S. A. Graham for catching cockroaches, which has been used 

 with much success in Minnesota. 



The chinch bug situation in Kansas, G. A. Dean and J. W. McColloch 

 {Kansas Sta. Circ. 29, pp. S, figs. 3). — This circular explains the measures by 



