64 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



killed 92.6 per cent of the eggs, Scalecide 1 : 15, 91.2 per cent, and Orchard 

 brand 87.4 per cent. In the treatment of hundreds of apple, pear, plum, and 

 cherry trees in the spring near or after the trees had become active not a single 

 case of injury from the oils could be found. 



Life history of Menesta albaciliella, Annette F. Bbacn {Ent. Keics, 26 

 (1915), No. 4, pp. 160, 161, fig. 1). — This paper relates to a lepidopteran which 

 feeds beneath a web of silk on the undersurface of the leaves of the common 

 blackberry. 



An analysis of spraying methods against the codling' moth, P. J. Pakrott 

 {Joiir. Econ. Ent., 8 (1915), No. 2, pp. 164-170).— The. autlwr reports upon an 

 experimental application at the New York State Station of arsenate of lead and 

 lime-sulpliur with a spraying machine capable of maintaining a pressure of 300 

 lbs. Both Yermorel and Bordeaux nozzles were employed, but rarely did the 

 spray reach the lower calyx cavity. A table showing the results from high and 

 low pressure spraying indicates but a comparatively sliglit difference. 



In a discussion which follows A. L. Quaintance states that a comparative study 

 of the calyx cup in eastern and western apples by the Bureau of Entomology 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture has shown that the western apple has a 

 much more open arrangement of the stamen bars than the eastern apples. 



Th.e occurrence of the European boxwood leaf miner in California, H. S. 

 Smith (Mo. Bui. Com. Hort. CaL, 4 (1915), No. 7, pp. 840-343, fig. i).— The 

 author records the occurrence of the itonidid ilouarthropalpus buTi<^ in a 

 nursery in San Joaquin Valley. This dipteran, which is a native of Europe, has 

 already become well established on Long Island (E. S. R.. 3.3. p. 859), where it is 

 seriously damaging boxwood hedges. It is pointed out that studies by Chaine, 

 of Bordeaux, France (E. S. R., 30, p. 253), have shown it to attack several 

 species of the boxwood in France, particularly Buxus scmpcrvirctis, B. balcarica, 

 and B. voricgata, while the varieties B. argoitca and B. aurea are very lightly 

 attacked and B. latifoJia appears to be immune. The author presents brief 

 descriptions of the larva, pupa, and adult. 



Two new Lepidoptera from the Antilles, II. G. Dyab (In^ccutor In^citicc 

 Mcnstruuft, 3 (1915). Xo. 5-7, p. 62). 



New American Lepidoptera chiefly from Mexico, H. G. Dtab (Insccutor 

 Inxcituc Menstruum, 3 (1915), No. 5-7, pp. 79-89). 



The mosquitoes of New Jersey and their control, T. .7. Headlee (New 

 Jersey Stas. Bui. 276 (1915), pp. 3-135, figs. 94).— It is stated that the need for 

 a popular, accurate, and easily available manual of the important mosquitoes 

 of New Jersey has led to the preparation of this bulletin, which also includes 

 a brief statement of the important points involved in their control. Sec also a 

 previous note (E. S. R., 17. p. 56). 



A new Simulium from Texas, F. Knab (Insccutor Inscitiec Mcnstruus, S 

 (1915). No. 5-7, pp. 77, 78). 



The deer botflies (genus Cephenomyia), J. M. Aldrich (Jour. N. T. Ent. 

 Soc, 23 (1915), No. 2, pp. 145-150, pi. 1). — Cepfienoniuia ahdominalis from the 

 Adirondacks. New York, is described as new. 



A new genus of Tachinidae from the Canadian Northwest, H. E. Smith 

 (Canad. Ent., ^7 (1915), No. 5, pp. 153-155).— ThQ genus Saskatchewania Is 

 erected with .9. canadensis n. sp. as the genotype. 



Sheep maggot flies, W. W. Frogoatt (Dept. Agr. N. S. Wales, Farmers' Bui. 

 95 (1915), pp. 52, pis. S, figs. 6).— Substantially noted from other sources (E. S. 

 R., 24, p. 757 ; 29, p. 656 ; 32, p. 757). 



" Mo. Bui. Com. Hort. Cal., 4 (lOl.")). Xo. 4. p. 220. 



