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tacked by the fungus Metarrhiziu/m anisopliw, the shot hole stalk borer 

 (Xyleborus sp.). the weevil root borer, Targonia sacchari, Laphygma frugi- 

 perda, Diabrotica graminea, Tettigonia similis, etc. 



Beport of the superintendent of entomolog'y, E. M. Ehbhorn ( [Bien.] Rpt. 

 Bd. Comrs. Agr. and Forestry Hawaii, 1911-12, pp. 101-151). — This report pre- 

 sents the results of inspection work, and discusses fruit fly control, work with 

 the horn fly parasite, etc. 



Field observations on sugar-cane insects in the United States in 1912, 

 T. E. Hollo WAY (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Circ. Ill, pp. 8). — This paper is 

 based on records of field observations made during a survey of the sugar cane 

 areas of Louisiana and Texas, supplemented by observations in Mississippi and 

 Alabama. 



Examinations made indicate that the infestation of the sugar-cane moth borer 

 varies from 99 per cent at a point in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to no in- 

 festation at places in northern Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, and even 

 at Sugar Land and Victoria, Tex. During the course of the survey the eggs 

 of the moth borer were found for the first time in this country to be attacked 

 by the hymenopterous parasite Trichogramma mimttum (pretiosa), first at 

 Audubon Park, New Orleans, and later at Donaldsonville and Franklin, La., 

 and Brownsville and Donna, Tex. 



Cane at the experimental grounds at Brownsville, Tex., which was found to 

 be infested by the sugar-cane mealy bug (Pseudococcus calceolarice), was de- 

 stroyed in an attempt to eradicate the pest from that locality. 



Brief notes are given on the sugar-cane weevil borer, the fall army worm 

 (Laphygma frvgiperda), the sugar-cane beetle, the sugar-cane aphidid, ants, 

 leafhoppers. froghoppers, termites, and grasshoppers. 



Enemies of the coconut palm, F. Zachek {Tropenpflanzer, 16 (1912), IVo. 9, 

 pp. 484-49S, figs. 14; abs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel, 

 and Plant Diseases, 3 {1912), No. 11, pp. 2541, 2542). — Notes are presented on a 

 number of insect enemies of the coconut palm not mentioned by Froggatt (E. S. 

 R., 26, p. 60). who has conducted investigations of those of the Solomon Islands, 

 or by Gehrmann (E. S. R.. 26, p. 151) in the Samoa Islands. 



Notes on insect destruction of fire-killed timber in the Black Hills of 

 South Dakota, P. L. Butterick {Jour. Econ. Ent., 5 {1912), No. 6, pp. 456-464, 

 figs. 3). — The author outlines the results of the work of insects following forest 

 fires in the Black Hills of South Dakota and suggests remedies for their depre- 

 dations. 



Distribution and species forming- of ectoparasites, V. L. Kellogg (Amer. 

 Nat., 41 {1913), No. 555, pp. 129-158). — A discussion of the significance of dis- 

 tribution and species forming among the Mallophaga or bird biting lice. 



The 1912 chinch bug campaign in Illinois, S. A. Foebes (Urbana, III.: 

 State Ent., 1912, pp. 17, figs. 8). — A detailed report of the work cari'ied on in 

 combating the chinch bug in 1912. 



Preliminary list of the scale insects of South Carolina with some notes 

 on the behavior of Lecanium. quercifex, "W. P. Gee {Jour. Econ. Ent., 5 

 (1912), No. 6, pp. 484-486). — Twenty-six species are listed -as occurring in 

 South Carolina. 



The San Jose scale in Tennessee with methods for its control, G. M. Bent- 

 ley (Tennessee Sta. Bui. 98, pp. 39-59, figs. 21). — A discussion of the occur- 

 rence of the San Jose scale in Tennessee, its life history and habits, natural 

 enemies, and remedial measures. 



Spraying for white flies in Florida, W. W. Tothers ( U, S. Dept. Agr., Bur. 

 Ent. Circ. 168, pp. 8). — Emulsions of various heavy mineral oils have been 

 found to give the best satisfaction as sprays for use in combating the white-fly 



