556 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



it is fresh and succulent. Dry Paris green shaken directly upon the silk was 

 found to be a satisfactory remedy. 



Beetle borers of sugar cane, E. Jabvis {Queensland Ayr. Jour. n. ser., S 

 {1915), No. 1. pp. 32, 33). — A brief account is given of two beetle borers of sugar 

 cane in New Guinea, namely, Cryptorhynrhus sp. and Rhabdocnemis sp., tech- 

 nical descriptions of which will be published later. 



Notes on the habits and anatomy of Horistonotus uhlerii, J. A. Hyslop 

 {Proc. Ent. Hoc. Wash., 11 {1915), No. 4, pp. 179-185, figs, i^).— The data and 

 description of the larva here presented supplement the account previously noted 

 (E. S. R., 32, p. 555). 



Dung-bearing weevil larvae, F. Knab {Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 17 {1915), No. 

 4, pp. 193. 19.',)- 



A preliminary list of the Coleoptera of the West Indies as recorded to 

 January 1, 1914, C. W. Leng and A. J. Mutchlku {Hid. Aincr. Miis. Nat. lli.st., 

 33 {1914), pp. 391-493). — This list of West Indian Coleoptera includes an index 

 of families and genera. 



Queen rearing in England with notes on a scent-producing organ in the 

 worker bee and how pollen is collected by the honeybee and bumblebee, 

 F. W. L. Sladen {London: Madgirick, Houlston rf- Co., Ltd., 1913, 2. cd., pp. 

 y III +86, pis. 3, figs. .{7). — This account of the rearing of queen bees includes a 

 discussion of shipping by mail, races of bees, drone rearing, and breeding for 

 iniproveniont. 



The ants of Haiti, W. M. Wheeler and W. M. Mann {Bui. Amcr. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., 33 {1914), PP- 1-61, figs. 27). — Ninety forms are recorded of wliidi 37 and 

 one genus are descril)etl as new. It is stated tliat 47, or .^2.12 per cent of all the 

 forms, are known only to tlie republic of Haiti and the l>ominiean Kepuhlic. 



Investigation of spread of fruit fly parasites in Kona, Hawaii, W. M. 

 GiFKAKU (7Voc. Hawaii. Ent. tioc, 3 {1915), No. 2, pp. 90-93). — A detailed 

 account of investigations of the distribution of Opius humilis and Diachasma 

 tryoni throughout the coffee fields of South and North Kona, an account of 

 which has lieen previously noted (E. S. 11., 32, p. 757). 



Some hyperparasites of white grubs. O. H. Swezey {Proc. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, 

 3 {1915), No. 2. pp. 71, 72). — A bombyliid determined as Anthra.T fulvohirta and 

 a male and female mutilid, determined, respectively, as MutiUa cn.stor and 

 M. fcrrugata, but proliably sexes of one and the same species, were reartnl by 

 the author from cocoons of El is scxcincta which had l)een collected at Urbana, 

 111. 



A preliminary list of the hymenopterous parasites of Lepidoptera in 

 Hawaii, O. H. Swezey {Proc. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, 3 {1915), No. 2, pp. 99-109).— 

 This is a report of the author's observations made during his work in rearing 

 larvJB in life history studies of Hawaiian Lepidoptera during the past ten 

 years. 



Notes on North American Mymaridae and Trichogrammatidse, A. A. 

 GiRAUi.T {Ent. News, 27 {1916), No. 1, pp. ^-8). — Ahhclla auriscutrlliim reared 

 from the eggs of Drnccuhncphnla moUipcs at Tempe. .\riz. ; Olignsita san- 

 guinca claripes, a secondary parasite of Asphondylia miki on alfalfa .seed at 

 Sacaton. Ariz.; Lathrouwroidcs nrnmcricanus reared from jassid eggs at Las 

 Vegas, N. !Mex. ; and Xenufcns rushini reare<l from the eggs of Eudamus pro- 

 tcus at Lakeland. Fla., all described as new to science, are among the more 

 important of tlie 18 forms here noted. 



Parasite of Bellura obliqua, Herman H. Brehme {Ent. News, 26 {1915). No. 

 10, p. 473). — Twenty-nine of 40 larvje of B. obliqua collected by the author at 

 ClifEwood, N. J., were parasitized by Hypostcna tortricis. 



