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in tlie destruction of the broods by careful and thorough removal of all infested 

 fruit. 



It is stated that the South African granadilla {Passiflora edulis), which 

 in Bermuda fruits after the loquat and before the peach, forms an excellent 

 trap fruit when grown on scaffolds or fences near the fruit trees. The fruit 

 fly oviposits freely in the fruit where the eggs become encysted in the rind and 

 never hatch. Experiments conducted at the Bermuda Agricultural Station in 

 the autumn of 1912 with fruit and Imitation fruit coated with tanglefoot were 

 most successful, especially after the bulk of the sweet oranges had been 

 gathered. The tanglefoot used was made by dissolving 2J parts by weight of 

 powdered resin and 1 part by weight of castor oil, then heating and stirring 

 well. 



Mally fruit fly remedy: A demonstration of its applicability in towns, 

 C. P. LouNSBURY (Agr. Jour. Union So. Africa, 5 (1913), JS^o. J/, pp. 570-574). — 

 This is a report of the demonstration of the applicability of sweetened arsenicals 

 in combating the fruit fly, based upon tests made under the conditions that 

 prevail in the city of Pretoria. 



The Peruvian fruit fly (Anastrepha peruviana n. sp.), C. H. T. Townsend 

 (Jour. Econ. Ent., 6 (1913), ISio. 4, pp. 345, 346).— The fruit fly here charac- 

 terized for the first time is said to be a general fruit pest in Peru, attacliing 

 not only deciduous fruits but citrus fruits as well. " The injury seems most 

 acute during the month of February, at the time when the peaches, guavas, 

 cherimoyas, and other fruits are largely ripening. . . . Peach and guava trees 

 are often so completely infested that it is impossible to find a single sound 

 fruit on the tree at times during February." 



A synopsis of the dipterous groups Agromyzinse, Milichiinae, Ochthiphi- 

 linas, and Geomyzinse, A. L. Melandee (Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 21 (1913), No. S, 

 pp. 219-273). — This paper includes tables for the separation of the subfamilies, 

 genera, and species. 



Notes on the bean fly (Agromyza phaseoli), E. Jarvis (Queensland Agr. 

 Jour., 30 (1913), No. 2, pp. 124, 125). — A. phaseoli is reported to be the source 

 of serious injury to French beans in southern Queensland. 



The Chrysomelidae and Coccinellidae of the Philippines, II, J. Weise (Philip- 

 pine Jour. ScL. Sect. D, 8 (1913), No. 3, pp. 215-242).— This continuation of the 

 pai)er previously noted (E. S. R.. 24. p. 563) deals with 71 species of Chrysome- 

 lidaj and 4 of Coccinellidae, of which 23 of the former and 2 of the latter are 

 described as new to science. Three species of Chrysomelidfe from Java and one 

 from Borneo are also characterized for the first time. 



A new host plant of the California grape root worm (Adoxus obscurus) 

 E. J. Branigan (Mo. Bui. Com. Hort. Cal., 2 (1913), No. 7, pp. 585, 586).— 

 Saxifraga peltata, which gi'ows in abundance along the borders of swift running 

 streams in the high Sierras, has been found by the author to serve as a host 

 plant for the grape root worm. 



The branch and twig borer (Polycaon confertus), E. O. Essig (Mo. Bui. 

 Com. Hort. Cal., 2 (1913), No. 7, pp. 587-589, fig. 1).—K brief account of the 

 injury caused by this borer. It is stated that this beetle is not lilsely to con- 

 tinue to be destructive enough in any one locality for a period of years to war- 

 rant the expense of control. 



A contribution to the habits of Otiorhynchus rotundatus, H. von Sengeeken 

 (Ztschr. Wiss. InsektenUol., 9 (1918), No. 1, pp. 7-12. fig. 1 ; ahs. in Rev. Appl. 

 Ent., 1 (1913), Ser. A. No. 4, p. 121).— In the vicinity of Danzig this beetle is a 

 very common enemy of Syringa vulgaris. 



A new insect pest to roses, " the vine curculio " (weevil), C. French. Jr. 

 (Jour. Dept. Agr. Victoria, 11 (1913), No. 4, pp. 240, 241, fig. i).— The vine 



