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[Insects in Sumatra], DeBussy (Meded. Deli Proefstat. Mcdan, 7 {1912), 

 No. .',, pp. 129-1J,8; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 1 (1913), Ser. A, No. 1, pp. IS-U,).— 

 This paper (liscus!?es tlie results obtained in the importation of parasites from 

 this country in the attempt to control HcUoihis ohsoleta. Trtclwgramma pre- 

 tiosa has been very successfully introduced, the eggs of more than a dozen dif- 

 ferent species of Lepidoptera having already been attacked by it. Insecticides 

 for use on tobacco, a species of hawk moth attacking tobacco which has made 

 its appearance in Sumatra, the cocciuellid MegiUa maculata imported from 

 America, and a tenebrionid beetle Opatrum sp. which attacks tobacco, etc., are 

 also briefly discussed. 



Garden and truck crop insect pests, C. E. Sancorn {Oklahoma Sta. Bui. 100, 

 pp. 76, figs. 79). — This bulletin presents brief popular illustrated accounts of the 

 more important insect enemies of truck and garden crops in Oklahoma, and 

 includes directions for the preparation and application of insecticides. 



Insect enemies of lentils, P. Noel {Bui. Lab. Regional Ent. Agr. [Rouen], 

 1913, No. 2, pp. 11, 12; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 1 {1913), Ser. A, No. 4, p. 123).— 

 Some 12 pests are listed. 



The enemies of the orach (Atriplex hortensis), P. Noel {Bui. Lab. Regional 

 Ent. Agr. [Rouen'], 1913, No. 1, pp. 6-8). — Fifty-seven insects and arachnid 

 pests of this pkint are listed. 



Two eaeraies of the coconut palm in the Malgasy reg'ion, A. "\'uillet {Apron. 

 Colon., 1 {1913). No. 2, pp. 33-37, pi. 1) . — The lymexylonid beetle Melitomma 

 insulare and the curculionid Rhina nigra arc the pests here noted. 



Text-book of forest entomology, O. Nusslin {Leitfaden der Forstinsekten- 

 kunde. Berlin, 1913, 2. rev. and enl. ed., i)p. XVI-\-522 figs. 4-38). —The first of 

 the 2 main divisions (pp. 10-45) of this work, which follows a brief introduc- 

 tion, deals with the zoological side of the subject and includes a discussion of 

 the general relations of insects to forestry. The second main division (pp. 

 46-498), which makes up the greater part of the volume, deals with the various 

 insects of economic importance under their respective orders and genera. The 

 author first gives a concise description of the distinguishing features of each 

 genus, and then deals more in detail with the genera and si>ecies of particular 

 importance to the forester, gives a brief outline of the biology of the family 

 and its relation to forestry, methods of combating it, etc. 



The appendix contains an outline of collecting excursions for students attend- 

 ing lectures at the forestry school in Karlsruhe. 



Insect enemies of camphor trees, H. Morstatt (Pflanzer, 8 {1912), No. 1, pp. 

 18-2-'f, pi. 1; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 1 {1913), Ser. A, No. 1, p. 11). — Brief refer- 

 ence is first mode to the insect enemies of camphor trees in other countries. 

 The species mentioned as enemies of the camphor tree in German East Africa 

 include Trichotoxon hcyncmanni, Tctranychus sp., Zonoccrus elegans, Dicasti- 

 cus gerstaeckeri, Systates irregularis. Tragoeephala pretiosa, Disphinctus sp., 

 Asjndiotus destructor, A. cyanophylli, etc. 



Insect enemies of the osier, J. Feytaud {Bui. Soc. Etudes et Vulg.. Zool. 

 Agr., 11 {1912). No. 4, pp. 89-97, pis. 2, figs. 3; abs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. 

 [Romel, Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 4 {1913), No. 1, pp. 156, 157). — 

 The osier, particularly Salix viminalis, which is one of the most common species 

 in the osier beds in southwestern France, is attacked by several insects. Of 

 these pests Earias chlorana, the species here considered, causes serious injury, 

 in some plantations more than 50 per cent of the shoots being attacked. 



Contribution to the study of the Thysanoptera of France, A. Vuillet (In- 

 secta, 3 {1913), No. 27, pp. 77-84. fiffs. 12; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 1 {1913), 

 Ser. A, No. 4, p. 124). — The calyxes of carnations {Dianthus caryophyllus) are 



