58 EXPEKIMENT STATION RECOKD. 



No. 3-4, pp 309-317, figs. 2). — An experimental study leads tlie authors to con- 

 clude that the poison secreted by hornets acts very similarly to that of bees 

 and wjisps. 



Note on a parasite of white grubs, W. P. F^nt and G. E. Sanders (Jour. 

 Econ. Ent., 5 (1912), No. 6, p. 490). — The authors report that Murine sexcincta 

 has been taken in considerable numbers behind the plow in central and northern 

 Illinois during the past 3 years, and that over 75 per cent had parts of white 

 grubs attached. It is said to be nearly as abundant in the district under observa- 

 tion as is Tiphia inornata. 



Observations on the biology of Ixodidse, G. H. F. Nuttaxl (Parasitology, 6 

 (1913), No. 1, pp. 68-118, figs. 2). — A summary of previous observations, to- 

 gether with a report of those by the author and his assistants. The species 

 dealt with are Ixodes putus, I. canisuga, I. hexagonus, I. ricinus, Hwmaphysalis 

 leachi, H. punctata, Hyalomma cegyptium, and Rhipicephalus appendmdatus. 

 See also a bulletin on the biology of ticks by Hooker et al. previously noted 

 (E. S. R., 27, p. S65). 



The fowl tick (Arg-as miniatus), F. C. Bishopp (TJ. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. 

 Ent. Circ. 170, pp. 14, figs. 5). — A popular account of the fowl tick, including pre- 

 ventive and remedial measures. 



The anatomy of Arg'as persicus, L. E. Robinson and J. Davidson (Parasit- 

 ology, 6 (1913), No. 1, pp. 20-48, pis. 6, figs. 2).— An anatomical study of the 

 fowl tick. 



An acarid enemy of the linden, Bouvieb (Bui. Soc. Nat. Agr. France, 72 

 (1912), No. 7, pp. 658-660; a&s. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Bui. Bur. Agr. 

 Intel, and Plant Diseases, 3 (1912), No. 11, p. 2541)- — Serious damage is said 

 to have been caused by an acarid, probably Tetranychus tiliarum, to the linden 

 or lime tree in the vicinity of Paris. 



An introduction to the study of the Myriapoda, C. E. Porter (Bol. Mus. 

 Nac. Chili, 4 (1912), No. 1, pp. 16-68, figs. 23). — An account of the structure 

 and habits of the Myriapoda with an annotated list of the 64 species described 

 from Chili. 



An extensive bibliography is appended. 



Bacterium pseudopestis murium n. sp., B. Galli-Valerio (Centbl. Bakt. 

 [etc.], 1. AU., Orig., 68 (1913), No. 2, pp. 188-194, figs. 5).— This name is given 

 to a bacterium which has been isolated from the lymphatic glands, the thyroid 

 gland, the testicles, and the spleen of Mus rattus. 



In experiments conducted the disease was brought about by spring water from 

 Jura but not by water from Lausanne. Examinations of the Jura water showed 

 the presence of 50 colonies per cubic centimeter and the absence of colon 

 bacilli. The organism is of particular interest because of its frequent localiza- 

 tion in the thyroid gland. 



FOODS— HUMAN NTJTEITION. 



A study of the chemical changes occurring in meats during the process of 

 drying by the vacuum method, L. H. Davis and A. D. Emmett (Jour. Biol. 

 Chem., 14 (1913), No. 2, Proc, p. XLII). — According to the authors' summary 

 of data, presented at the seventh annual meeting of the American Society of 

 Biological Chemists, on "calculating the data for the fresh and desiccated meats 

 to the dry basis using the two values for dry substance — the vacuum and the 

 oven-heated — the results agree quite closely for the various constituents, the 

 greatest differences being in the fat as was to be expected." 



Analysis of meat preparations manufactured in the Departments of Ille-et- 

 Vilaine, Cotes, du Nord, and Mayenne, G. Pereier and L. Farcy (Ann. Falsi/., 



