1919] ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY. 59 



Plum Tree Borer [Synanthedon pictipes], The Leaf Grumpier, The Plum Web- 

 spinning Sawfly [Neurotoma inconspicua]. The Mealy and Rusty Brown Plum 

 Lice [Hyloptcrus arundinis and Aphis seteriw], The Plum Curculio and The 

 Plum Gouger, and Scale Insects : The Oyster-shell Scale, Putnam's Scale, The 

 Poplar and Willow Scale [Chionnspius salicis-nigrce], The San Jose Scale, and 

 The Scurfy Scale, all by H. C. Severin. 



Miscellaneous insects, H. A. Ballou {Agr. News [Barb^idos], IS (1919), No. 

 JfJfO, p. 7^). — Brief notes are presented upon several insects of economic impor- 

 tance in the West Indies. 



[Papers on insects and insect control] {Min. Agr. [France'\, Ann. Serv. 

 Epiphyties, 4 (1915), pp. 145-161, 218-336, pis. 2, figs. 26; 5 (1916-17), pp. 36-192, 

 210-244, fig^- 24)- — These volumes contain the following papers relating to 

 economic entomology : 



Vol. 4. — Notes on the Biology of the Black Alfalfa Leaf Beetle (Colaspklema 

 atra), the Elm Leaf Beetle (GaleruceUa lutcola), and the Alder Beetle 

 (Agelastica aim), by A. L§caillon (pp. 145-161) ; Investigations on the Eudemis 

 and Cochylis Moths in Bordeaux in 1914 (pp. 218-265) and in 1915 (pp. 266- 

 276), by J. Feytaud; Notes on the Root Aphids, by J. Peneau (pp. 277-285) ; 

 An Enemy of Cacao in New Hebrides (Promecotheca opacicolUs) , by J. Kowalski 

 (pp. 286-328) ; Observations and Experiments on the Fungus Parasites of In- 

 sects, by A. Paillot (pp. 329-334) ; and Note on the Asparagus Beetle and Its 

 I'arasites [Tetrastichus asparagi and Meigenia floralis'], by A. Paillot (pp. 

 335, 336). 



Vol. 5. — Experimental Application of Arsenicals in the Control of the Cod- 

 ling Moth, by J. Feytaud (pp. 36-48) ; The Use of Arsenical Insecticides in Com- 

 bating the Codling Moth on Apples and Pears, by A. Lecaillon (pp. 49-53) ; 

 Application of the Arsenical Method to Fruit Culture in the Lyonnaise Region, 

 by E. Massonnat (pp. 54-59) ; Use of Arsenicals Against Fruit Tree Insects, 

 Particularly the Codling Moth, by J. Peneau (pp. 60-68) ; Experiments with 

 Arsenical Insecticides, by E. Rabate (pp. 69-73) ; Winter Fight Against the 

 Vine Pyralid (CEnophthira plUeriana) by the Use of Arsenicals, by P. Marchal 

 (pp. 74-82) ; The Disinfection of the Soil, by E. Miege (pp. 83-144) ; Study of 

 the Vine Otiorhynchus (Otiorhynclms sulcatus), by J. Feytaud (pp. 145-192) ; 

 Researches on the Bionomy of Birds of the Vineyard, by P. Paris (pp. 210-229) ; 

 Notes on the Eudemis and Cochylis Moths in Bordeaux in 1916 and 1917, by 

 J. Feytaud (pp. 230-238) ; and Invasions of Pea Culture in Gironde by Hetero- 

 dcra schachti, by J. Capus (pp. 239-244). 



Insect notes, P. R. Dupont (A7in. Rpt. Agr. and Crown Lands Seychelles, 

 1917, pp. 20, 21). — A list is presented of 14 insects which attack the coconut in 

 Seychelles, followed by notes on other insects of economic importance presented 

 under the plants they attack. 



[Economic insects in Mysore] (Mysore Agr. Calendar, 1918, pp. 7-14. 27-34, 

 43-49, flgs. 10). — The papers here presented relate to the coffee borer, a serious 

 pest found in more or less abundance in all localities and elevations in the 

 coffee-growing areas in Mysore ; sericulture in Mysore ; and the fungus enemies 

 of the green bug on coffee, of which the two most important are the white 

 fungus (Cephalosporium Iccanii) and the black fungus (Empusa leeanil). 



On a long- winged or caudate phase of Neotettix proavus, H. Fox (Ent. 

 Neivs, 29 (1918), No. 9, pp. 347-349, fig. 1). 



Cacao thrips in Grenada (Agr. News [Barbados], 18 (1919), No. 443, p. 122). — 

 A further report on the status of the cacao thrips in Grenada (E. S. R.. 40, 

 p. 856.) 



Burn the chinch hug, W. P. Flint (Univ. III., Col. Agr. Ext. Circ. 28 (1919), 

 pp. 8, flgs. 6).— -A map is given showing the chinch bug infested area of Illinois, 

 which includes 26 counties, with directions for burning over to destroy the pest. 



