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iDsect record for 1912 iu Mavssachusetts, Feniald 153 



Insect fauna of the soil near Manchester, Cameron 154 



Phytopathological report for the year 1912, Marchal 154 



Rei)ort of the entomologist, Ballard 154 



List of insect pests, Moi-statt 154 



iCranbeiTy insects in 1912], Franklin 154 



►lethods of controlling mill and stored grain insects, Dean 155 



The destruction of injurious insects by vegetable parasites, Le Moult 155 



Tests of insecticides, Fernald 156 



The common house roach as a carrier of disease, Longfellow 156 



Occurrence of the woolly aphis in the core of apples, Hewitt 156 



Peach aphis investigations during winter and spring, 1912, Hardenberg. . 156 



The San Jose scale in Tennessee with methods for its control, Bentley 157 



Preliminary notes on a scale insect infesting the banana in Fiji, Jepson 157 



The Abutilon moth ( Cosmoph ila erosa), Chittenden 157 



The red-humped caterpillar (Sdiizum concinna), Vosler 157 



The fruit-tree leaf roller (Archips argyrospila), Weldon 157 



A new sugar-cane pest, Fuller 157 



The Hessian fly, Headlee and Parker 157 



The red clover gall gnat (Ambhjspatha ormerodi n. ep.), MacDougall 159 



A jumping maggot in cactus blooms {Acucula saltans n. g. and n. sp.), Townsend. 159 



Mosquito extermination and its problems, Winship 159 



The natural host of Phlebotomus minutus, Howlett 159 



Recent literature on sand flies, Friederichs 159 



Control measures for use against flies, Yaillard 159. 



The distance flies may travel over water, Hodge 159 



An unusual outbreak of Stomoxys calciimns following floods, Fuller 160 



The maggot fly pest in sheep. Major IGO 



The bean stem maggot, Jack ^ 160 



Experiments for the control of the onion maggot, Femald and Bourne 160 



The manzanite Serica (Serica anthracina), Essig 160 



The Ilalticini attacking Cruciferae in central Europe, Heikertinger 160 



The destructive Eleodes (Eleodes omissa borealis), Essig 161 



The fruit tree bark beetle (Scolytusrugulosus), Essig 161 



Xyleborus (Anisandrus) dispar and its food fungus, Schneider-Orelli 161 



A billbug injurious to small grain (S phcnophorus discolor), Smith 161 



Black brood in bees, Serbinow 161 



A chalcidid which parasitizes Ceratitis and Dacus in "West Africa, Silvestri 161 



A new braconid of the genus Microdus from Canada, Richardson, jr 161 



The enemies of plant pests: The Aphelininse, Mercet 161 



Collembola damaging pine trees, Collinge 161 



The use of sheep m eradication of Rocky Mountain spotted fever tick, \\ ood. . 1G2 



FOODS — HUMAN NUTRITION. 



Bouillon cubes compared with meat extracts and homemade preparations. Cook . 162 



Bouillon cubes, Cook 163 



Notes on rare fishes sold for food in east London, Stubbs 163 



Determination of the sanitary quality of shell oysters, Smith 163 



Studies of phosphatids, particularly those in egg yolk, Eppler 163 



The gluten content of flour, Budai (Bauer) 164 



The activity of the amylolytic enzyms in wheat flour, Swanson and Calvin 164 



Some points in the making and judging of bread, Bevier 164 



A new method for keeping bread fresh, and its significance to bakers, Katz 164 



The grinding of com meal for bread, Dunnington 165 



[Banana recipes], Barrett 165 



Hickory nuts and hickory nut oil, Peterson and Bailey 165 



[Analyses of food, beverages, and drugs], Hanson 165 



Food and drug and weight and measures laws of Nevada, with regulations 165 



Wisconsin dairy and food laws and decisions of courts, Emery. 165 



A study of use of ice and other means of preserving food in homes, Williams- . . 165 



Cooking and heating with electricity, Phillips 166 



The food factor in some sociologic problems 166 



[Increased cost of maintenance of children] 166 



Cost of livino; in Nova Scotia, Ragsdale 166 



Food prices m London as affecting the poorer classes, Pringle 166 



