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Lime-sulphur wash for American gooseberry mildew, Salmon and Wright 249 



Recent observations on downy mildew, Chrestian 249 



A disease of lilac {Phytophthora syringx) new in Netherlands, Schoevera 249 



Pine blister rust and currant felt rust, Stewart 249 



Physalospora lalitans attacking Eucalyptus rostrata, Avema-Saccd 250 



A Fusicladium disease of Hevea, Kuijper 250 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOLOGY. 



The fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, edited by Sharp 250 



Report of entomologist, Watson 251 



Insect notes for 1912, Johannsen 251 



The principal insects injurious to agriculture during 1911-12, Swenk 252 



New destructive insects in New York, Parrott 252 



Report of the Dominion entomologist, Hewitt 252 



Report of the entomologist, Fullaway 252 



Some external insect parasites of domestic fowls, Herrick 253 



Further data on heat aa a means of controlling mill insects. Dean 253 



Zinc arsenite as an insecticide, Schoene 253 



The hop aphis in the Pacific region {PJiorodon humuli), Parker 254 



Two new Coccidse, Cockerell 255 



The date palm scales and their control, Wilsie 255 



Controlling gipsy moth by removing favorite food plants, Burgess and Rogers 255 



Spruce bud worm and spruce leaf miners, Johannsen 255 



The stable fly (Stomoxys caldirans), an important live stock pest, Bishopp. . . . 256 



Work on the Mediterranean fruit fly in Hawaii, Weinland 257 



The Mediterranean fruit fly in the Hawaiian Islands, Severin 257 



The flight of 2,000 male Mediterranean fruit flies, Severin and Hartung 257 



Danger of introducing Mediterranean fruit fly into United States, Severin 257 



The wheat leaf miner (Agromyza parvicornis) , Houser 257 



Chilocorus mnilis and its relation to scale insects in Japan, Nakayama 258 



Potato flea beetle {Epitrix cucumeris), Johannsen 258 



The potato flea beetle 259 



The control of the alfalfa wee\dl, Titus 259 



Notes on the rice water weevil and its control, Newell 259 



The raspberry homtail {Eartigia uhdominalis), Essig 260 



On the feeding habits of P-impla (Itoplectis) conquisitor, Johnston 261 



The red spider on hops in the Sacramento Valley of California, Parker 261 



Some natural enemies of spiders and mites, Quayle 262 



The effects of spraying, Fawcett 262 



A tick the probable carrier of verruga, Townsend 262 



The possibleand probable etiology and transmission of verruga fever, Townsend. 262 



FOODS — HUMAN NUTRITION. 



Minnesota wheat investigations, 1911, BaUey 262 



Influence of environment on milling and baking qualities, Howard et al 263 



Processes of flour manufacture, Amos 263 



Grain germ as food, Boruttau 263 



The occurrence of nicotinic acid in rice bran, Suzuki and Matsunaga 263 



Composition of different varieties of red peppers, Tolman and Mitc'hell 263 



The induction of nonastringency in persimmons, Lloyd 264 



Soaking nuts, Frehse 264 



Manufacture of preserved foods, Hausner, trans, by Morris and Robson 264 



The question of sulphurous acid in white wines, Malvezin 264 



Table luxuries, Grotjahn and Kaup 265 



The gases evolved from roasted coffee, their composition and origin, Gould 265 



Elimination and toxicity of caffein in rabbits, Salant and Rieger 265 



The influence of caffein on mental and motor efficiency, Hollingworth 265 



Effect of preservative containing benzoic acid on chopped meat, Mezger et al. 266 



American pure food and drug laws, Westervelt 266 



Thirteenth report on food adulteration under the pure food law, Allen et aL . . 266 



[Food, drug, and dairy inspection]. Strode 266 



[Inspection of foods, drugs, dairy products, and agricultural seeds]. Da vies 266 



Report of the department of food and drugs control for 1912, Codd and Dinsmore . 266 



Report of department of weights and measures for 1912, Codd and Dinsmore 266 



