362 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Ser. A, No. 5, pp. 2^0, 2^1). — The weevils appear early in April and first attack 

 the blossoms of cherry trees, gnawing a hole in the side of the calyx and fre- 

 quently penetrating into and destroying the ovary. In 1913 from 63 to 66 per 

 cent of the blossoms were damaged in this way. When the young fruits appear 

 the beetles feed exclusively on them, in 1913 74 per cent having been damaged 

 in that stage. From 50 to 72 per cent of the eggs are parasitized by a chalcidid. 



The secretions employed by Rhynchophorous larvae in cocoon making, F. 

 Knab (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 17 (1915), No. S, pp. 15^-158). 



The embryology of the honeybee, J. A. Nelson (Princeton: University 

 Press, 1915, pp. VI+282, pis. 6, figs. 95). — Following a brief historical review 

 the author deals with the subject under the headings of the organization of the 

 egg; cleavage; formation and completion of the blastoderm; the germ layers; 

 the amnion and the cephalo-dorsal body; general a-^eount of the development 

 of the embryo, with especial reference to the external form ; the nervous sys- 

 tem ; tracheal system, endoskeleton, and hypodermis ; the oenocytes ; muscles, 

 fat body, and circulatory system ; sex organs — ovaries ; alimentary canal ; 

 yolk and yolk cells ; duration and rate of development ; and technique. 



A bibliography of eight pages Is appended. 



The life and habits of bees, H. von Buttel-Reepen (Lehen und Wescn der 

 Bicnen. lirun^irick: Fricdr. Vieiceg rf Son. 1915, pp. .Y/r+300, pi. 1, figs. 60). — 

 The first part of this work (pp. 7-15S) deals with the life history of bees. In- 

 cluding the geographical distribution of the honeybee and its varieties and other 

 species of Apis, polymorphism and morphology, parthenogenesis in the honeybee, 

 biology, etc. The second part (pp. 159-256) deals with the general organization 

 of the honeybee. 



A 2.3-page bibliography and author and subject indexes are included. 



Bee keeping: A discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the produc- 

 tion of honey, E. F. Phillips (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1915. pp. 

 XXn+4.57, pis. 8, figs. 180). — In the preparation of this handbook the author 

 has made use of the information gained in Investigations of bees and bee culture 

 by the Bureau of Entomology- of this Department, of which work he Is in 

 charge. 



The subject is dealt with under the following chapter headings: Bee keeping 

 as an occupation, apparatus, the colony and its organization, the cycle of the 

 year, the life of the individual in relation to the colony, the life processes of the 

 individual, the nervous system and the sen.ses, the reproductive processes and 

 parthenogenesis, races of bees, regional differences within the United States, 

 the first steps in bee keeping, the apiary site, the manipulation of bees, .«;prlng 

 management, swarm control and increase, the production of extracted honey, 

 the production of comb honey, marketing the honey crop, the production and 

 care of beeswax, the care of bees in winter, the sources of nectar and pollen, 

 bee diseases and enemies, the rearing of queens, and mijsoellaneous information. 



Notes on Bombidae, with descriptions of new forms, H. J. Franklin 

 (Ent. Neics, 26 (1915), No. 9, pp. ^OO-^i?).— Supplementary to the work 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 30, p. 59). 



A new Diastrophus on strawberry, W. Beutenmuller (Canad. Ent., J^l 

 (1915), No. 11, pp. 353, 354, fig- D- — A cynipid which forms galls on the 

 petioles of strawberry at Toronto, Canada, and elsewhere, is described as 

 Diastrophus fragarire n. sp. 



Notes on the strawberry leaf petiole gall (Diastrophus fragarise). A. 

 CosENS [Cawid. Ent.. 1,1 (1915), No. 11. pp. 354. 3.55, fig. i).— Brief Udtos are 

 presented on the strawberry gall dosrriliod above. 



Some generic corrections in the Ophioninae. S. A. Rohweu, A. B. Gahan, 

 and R. A. Cushman (Proc. Ent. Soc. M'ash., 17 (1915), No. S, pp. 149, 150). 



