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to science are Meteorus arcJtipsidis, reared from Archips argyrospila at Bethany 

 Center, K Y. ; Rogas laphygmw, reared from Lapliygma frugiperda at Browns- 

 ville, Tex.; Angitia plutcllw, reared from Plutella omissa at Rocky Ford, Colo, 

 Campoplex epinotiw, reared from Epinota arctostaphylina at Carmel, Cal. ; C 

 polychrosidis, reared from Polychrosis carduiana at Hyattsvllle, Md. ; Cymodu 

 soiisis aristotelice, parasitic on Aristotelia pndibwidella at Kirkwood, Mo. ; Her 

 pestomus hyponomeutw, reared from Hyponomeuta malinellus in Japan ; Hypo 

 thereutes nigrolineatus, a parasite of Ileliophila alhilinea at Springer, N. Mex. 

 etc. 



Notes on sawfiies, with descriptions of new species, S. A. Rohwer (Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus., If3 {1913), pp. 205-251, figs. 6).— Several of the species here 

 described as new are of economic importance, including Arge salicis, the 

 larva of which was taken from Salix niger, at Plummer's Island, Maryland; 

 Diprion grandis, the larvae of which feed on Pinus scropulorum, at Crawford, 

 Nebr. ; and PcrcUsta quercus, which defoliates white oaks at Forest Hills, Mass. 



The life history of Ixodes angustus, S. Hadwen {Proc. Brit. ColumUa Ent. 

 Soc, n. ser., 1911, No. 1, pp. 37, 38). — This tick, although found on a variety 

 of animals, in British Columbia occurs principally on squirrels {Sciurus hud- 

 soniiis douglasi and 8. hudsonius vancouverensis) . The life cycle is said to be 

 passed in 221 days. 



FOODS— HUMAISr NUTEITION. 



The municipal abattoir, R. M. Ajllen and J. W. McFarlin {Kentucky Sta. 

 Bui. 173, pp. 213-265, pis. 7, figs. 6). — In connection with the Kentucky state 

 pure food and drug work, an inspection has been carried on of slaughterhouses 

 and meat markets throughout the State, as well as investigations to determine 

 the best remedy for the conditions found, since these could not be controlled by 

 the pure food law and the general health statutes of the State or by the existing 

 city ordinances. 



The bulletin makes a strong plea for the municipal abattoir and discusses 

 such questions as building and equipment, city and private ownership, license 

 and inspection fees, the municipal abattoir under the United States laws, and 

 needed state legislation. A proposed ordinance for municipal abattoirs is given 

 and Kentucky plans for a model abattoir. Offal waste, the relation of the 

 municipal abattoir problem to breeder and feeder, and systems of meat inspec- 

 tion are considered and the results of a recent meat conference in Louisville pre- 

 sented. It is stated that since the municipal abattoir question has been under 

 consideration decided change has been noted in the sanitary condition of Ken- 

 tucky slaughterhouses. 



The results of the investigation lead to the conclusion that the " municipal 

 plants should be organized only to the extent of economical and efficient inspec- 

 tion. It would seem that the extent of centralization for inspection can well 

 follow that amount of trade cooperation among the butchers necessary to estab- 

 lish economical slaughtering, refrigeration, tankage, and similar trade advan- 

 tages. One plant, killing a few animals, can not afford the overhead invest- 

 ment and running expense of modern refrigeration and adequate tankage 

 facilities, A group of butchers can install such equipment, at a great saving to 

 each individual, and thus we should be able to yoke together the necessity for 

 trade economy and cooperation with the necessity for centralized inspection. 



" One outstanding point for such investigation is the fact that the wasteful 

 and costly methods on the part of the local butcher, such as the giving away 

 of offal, the purchase and hauling of ice, lower prices for carelessly handled 

 hides and tallow, from small plants and through several middlemen, and the 



