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ECONOMIC zooiiocnr — entomoiogt. 



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The control of prairie doga and ground squirrels, Spaulding 651 



The war against field mice in France, Beyer 651 



The rat, its habits and their relation to antiplag^e measures, Creel 651 



Note on leprosy in rats, Ridlon 651 



Fumigation of vessels for the destruction of rats, Grubbs and Holsendorf 651 



The economic importance of the little owl in England 651 



An annotated list of the literature on insects and diseases for 1912, Doane 652 



Tenth annual report of the state entomologist of Montana, Cooley 652 



Report of the entomologist, Hooker " 652 



Report of state entomologist and plant pathologist for 1912, Bentley 653 



Report of the state entomologist, Bentley ' 653 



[Entomological notes], Jones 653 



Annual report for 1912 of the zoologist, Warburton 653 



The fauna of the Grerman colonies, AuLmann 653 



Insect pests of the household, Whitmarsh 653 



Soil-infesting insects, Headlee 653 



A probable parasite of Scapteriseus didactylus in Cuba, Cardin 653 



A successful trap for cockroaches, Washburn 653 



The chinch bug situation in Kansas, Dean and McColloch 653 



A note on two elm leaf aphids, Patch 654 



Aphid pests of Maine, II, Patch 654 



Preliminary report on parasites of Coccus hesperidum in California, Timberlake . 654 



Scale insects upon citrus trees and methods for their control, Gough 654 



Icerya purchusi in the Department of Alpes-Maritimes, Molinas 654 



Insect pests of the New Zealand flax (Phormium), French, jr 654 



A brief report on the piojo bianco of cotton, Townsend 654 



The Phoenix skipper {Pampkila dysmepkila) , Kelly 655 



HypolycdSTia philippiis, an enemy of pineapples in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Bondar. . 655 



Sericulture in the valley of the Yalung, ligendre 655 



The apple tree tent caterpillar ( Malocosoma ( Clisiocximpa) americana), Britton. . 655 



Fall army worm {Lapkygma frugiperda) , Dew 655 



The fight against the Cochylis moth, Moreau and Vinet 655 



The control of Polychrosis botrana in Switzerland in 1912, Faes 655 



Unspotted tentiform leaf miner of the apple {Ornix geminatella) , Haseman 655 



The flour moth and its control, Cleare, jr 655 



Grouty pine midge {Itonida inopis), Felt 656 



Device for detecting flight of mosquitoes, Haskell 656 



Determining the flight of mosquitoes, Zetek 656 



The yellow-fever mosquito {Aedes calopus), Howard 656 



The reduction of domestic flies, Ross. 656 



The sheep maggot fly pest in Australia, Froggatt and Cooper 656 



The use of kerosene to trap the Mediterranean fruit fly, Severin 656 



Fruit fly control, Winter 656 



Mally fruit fly remedy : Its applicability in towns, Lounsbury 657 



The Peruvian fruit fly {Anastrepha peruviana n. sp. ), Townsend 657 



Agromyzinfe, Milichiinae, Ochthiphilinae, and Geomyzinse, Melander 657 



Not^ on the bean fly {Agromyza phaseoli), Jarvis 657 



The Chrysomelidse and Coccinellidae of the Philippines, II, Weise 657 



A new host plant of the California grape root worm (Adoxus ohscuTus), Branigan. 657 



The branch and twig borer (Polycaon confertus), Essig 657 



A contribution to the habits of Otiorhynchus rotundatv^, von Sengerken 657 



A new insect pest to roses, "the vine curculio" (weevil), French, jr 657 



The Anthonomus of the raspberry and strawberry {Anthonomits ruin) 658 



Preliminary report on the picudo of cotton in Peru, Townsend 658 



Observations on the egg parasites of Datana integerrima, Russell 658 



Habrobracon hebetor and the Mediterranean flour moth, Buchwald and Berliner. 658 



Observations on the habits and reproduction of Habrobracon hebetor, Berliner.. 658 



Some methods of handling minute hymenopterous parasites. Hollo way 658 



Report of the assistant entomologist. Cotton 658 



Report of the assistant entomologist, Cotton 658 



Sheep grazing as a possible means of controlling the wood tick, Fricks 658 



Rhizogh/phv^ echinoptis as an orchid pest, Sirks 659 



POODS — HUMAN NUTRraON. 



Analysis and value <rf concentrated or condensed chicken soup, Congdon 659 



Reaesu'chea on frozen meat, Ascdi and Silvestri 659 



