256 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOBD. 



Bangalore, India; Meteorus laphygmw, reared from ttie fall army worm at 

 Brownsville, Tex., and which may prove to be only a race or variety of M. 

 hyphantriw; PerUitus eleodis, reared from Eleodus suturalis at Argonia, Kans. ; 

 A. congregatus, reared from Ceratomia catalpw at Greenville, S. C. ; A. 

 empretice, reared from {Empretia) Sihine stimulea at Washington, D. C. ; 

 OpiVrS anastrepJuE, reared from Anastrepha sp. at Mayaguez, Porto Rico ; Enico- 

 spilus heliothidis, a parasite of Heliothis obsoleta, at Deli, Sumatra; Meso- 

 chcyrus plmiwphilus, which is a hyperparasite and probably parasitic on 

 Apanteles plusiw or on a Meteorus, at Bangalore, India; Pezomachus pemi- 

 ciosa, reared from cocoons of Meteorus laphygmw at Brownsville, Tex. ; Phyga- 

 deiwn epochrw, a parasite on Epochra canadensis at Bozeman, Mont ; etc. 



Descriptions of six new genera and twelve new species of ichneumon flies, 

 H. L. ViEEECK (Proc. V. S. 'Nat. Mus., U (1913), pp. 6S9-6 48) .—The new species 

 include two fruit fly parasites from India, namely, Asol)ara oHentalis n. sp. 

 and Diachasmimorpha comperei n. g. and n. sp. 



Another red species of the genus Oligosita, J. C. Ceawfobd (Canad. Ent., 

 45 (1918), No. 9, pp. 311, 312).— A parasite reared from the eggs of Tomaspis 

 va/ria in Trinidad is described as Oligosita giraulti n. sp. 



The egg parasite of the small sugar-cane borer, G. E. Bodkin (Jour. Bd. 

 Agr. Bnt. Guiana, 6 {1913) , No. h, PP. 188-198, pis. 4).—K species of Trichogramma, 

 closely related to T. pretiosa and Ghcdtosicha nana, is deemed the most effective 

 of the several parasitic enemies of Diatrwa saccharalis in British Guiana. In 

 the present paper the author deals with its life history and habits. 



As many as 5 parasites may develop in a single egg of the sugar-cane borer, 

 3 being an average number. The author confirms previous observations, which 

 show that the female Trichogramma is capable of producing a parthenogenetic 

 generation, the progeny invariably being males. Eighty adults which devel- 

 oped from 100 ovipositions was the maximum number of parasites produced 

 by a single female. 



Introduction to the study of the mso'iapods, C. E. Poeteb (Introduccion al 

 Estudio de los Miridpodos. Santiago, Chili, 1911, pp. 68, figs. 22).— This is an 

 illustrated account of the morphology, biology, classification, and economic 

 importance of myriapods. It includes a list of the 64 species described from 

 Chili and a bibliography of the more important literature. 



FOODS— HTJMAN NUTRITION. 



The meat supply of the German Empire — an investigation of the causes 

 and effects of the increased cost of meat and means of overcoming it, J. B. 

 EssLEN (Die Fleischversorgung des Deutschen Reiches. Eine Untersuchung der 

 Ursachen und Wirkungen der Fleischteuerung und der Mittel zur Ahhilfe. 

 Stuttgart, 1912, pp. 224; rev. in Ztschr. AgrarpoHtik, 11 (1918), No. 10, p. 822).— 

 As the subtitle indicates, this book is a study of the conditions leading to the 

 increased' cost of meat in Germany and of means of increasing the supply so 

 that the per capita consumption need not fall below the Voit dietary standard. 

 The reduction of duties on cereals as a means of encouraging home production 

 of meat, and the dependence of Germany on Argentina for meat in case of war, 

 are among the topics discussed. 



The price of meat in Paris, P. Vincey (Le Prix de la Viande. Paris, 1912, 

 pp. 151, pis. 6, figs. 57).— This book, privately printed, gives the results of a 

 study of meat prices as shown in the official market reports of the Prefecture of 

 the Seine and of the Police. The three points especially investigated were, the 

 variations in the wholesale and retail prices of meat ; the rise in price brought 

 about by the retail sale of meat in small city shops ; and the distribution among 



