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Further studies of the enemies of clover, G. del Guercio (Redia, 10 {1915), 

 Xo. 1-2, pp. 235-301. figs. .'^2) . — This paper includes information additional to 

 that previously noted [lu. S. R., 31, p. S4S). 



Important insect pests collected on imported nursery stock in 1914, E. R. 

 Sasscer {Jour. Econ. Ent., 8 {1915), No. 2, pp. 268-270).— A brief account is 

 given of the more important insect pests detected on nursery stock at ports of 

 entry. 



Orchard insect pests and methods of control, H. F. Wilson {Portland, Oreg.: 

 Pacific Horticultural Correspondence School, 1915, pp. 126, pis. 4, figs. 47). — ^A 

 popular treatise prepared for use in correspondence school vs^ork. 



On some insects injurious to forestry in the Baltic governments, V. N. 

 RoDziANKO {Abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 3 {1915), Ser. A, No. 5, p. 217). — A report 

 of v\-ork carried on at the entomological laboratory established in February, 

 1914, as a branch of the Baltic station. 



The minor horrors of war, A. E. Shipley (London: Smith, Elder d Co., 1915, 

 2. ed., pp. XIX-\-178, figs. 64)- — This work deals with the various ectoparasites, 

 flies, etc., which may transmit disease to man, and with the Mediterranean 

 flour moth in soldiers' biscuits. 



Observations on the life history of Bupalus piniarius, V. Platnikoff 

 {Lesnoi Jour., 44 {1914), No. 5, pp. 801-810; abs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome} 

 Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 6 {1915), No. 2, pp. 314, 315). — In 

 uddition to pine the lepidopteran here considered attacks spruce, juniper, and 

 more rarely spruce cones. 



Notes on the biology of Orgyia dubia, N. Sachakov (Rev. Russe Ent., 14 

 (1914), No. 4, pp. 7, figs. 2; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 3 (1915), Ser. A, No. 5, p. 

 219). — This lepidopteran is common in the Government of Astrakhan and in 

 other parts of southeastern Russia. The caterpillars breed on wild plants, 

 largely on wormwood and also on Alhagi camelorum, and at times may cause 

 considerable injury to fodder grasses. 



Preliminary note on the life history of the codling moth in Illinois, S. A. 

 Forbes (Urbana, III.: Off. State Ent., 1915, pp. 15, figs. 6). — Extraordinary 

 losses of apples in southern Illinois in 1914 from injury by the codling moth, 

 notwithstanding skilled and persistent spraying, led to a general inquiry as to 

 exact details of its life history in Illiuos. Observations and experiments are 

 under way, but in the meantime this preliminary circular is issued as a help 

 to an understanding of the problem. 



Cutworms and their control, A. Gibson (Canada Dept. Agr., Ent. Branch 

 Bui. 10 (1915), pp. 31, figs. 20).— This is a revised and enlarged edition of that 

 part of Bulletin 3 (E. S. R., 27, p. 659) dealing with cutworms. 



Rearing of moths and Tachina flies from larvae and pup as of army worm in 

 North Carolina in 1914, F. Sherman, Jr. (Jour. Econ. Ent., 8 (1915), No. 2, 

 pp. 299-302). — Rearings and observations here reported indicate that Winthemia, 

 qtiadripustulata, an account of which by Metcalf has been previously noted 

 (E. S. R., 20, p. 1051), is the chief insect parasite of the army worm in the central 

 part of North Carolina and that Phorocera claripennis was also an appreciable 

 factor in 1914. Architas analis and Goniomyia unifasciata both killed many 

 pupre in western North Carolina in 1914. 



A new pest, the chrysanthemum midge (Rhopalomyia hypogsea), E. P. 

 Felt (Jour. Econ. Ent., 8 (1915), No. 2, p. 267). — This midge is said to have 

 caused serious injury in the houses of a commercial chrysanthemum grower in 

 Michigan. 



The economic relations of the Sarcophagidae, J. M. Aldrich (Jotir. Econ. 

 Ent., 8 (1915), No. 2, pp. 242-247). — Records of the rearing of Sarcophagidse as 



