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Report of the bureau of entomology, Stavropol, for the year 1912, B. 

 UvAROV (Otchet Diciatel. Stavropol. Ent. Biiiro, 1912, pp. S2, figs. 6; abs. in Rev. 

 Appl. Ent., 1 (1913), Ser. A, No. 11, pp. ji59-J,61).— Thin report rehites to the 

 occurrence of the more important insect enemies and the worlc of combathig 

 tlieni. 



Seeking insects in the Orient, IL S. Smith {Cal. Cult., 42 {1914), No. 5, 

 pp. 182-184). — Thifi is n report of observjitions of tlie occurrence of insect pests 

 and insect parasites during tlie course of a trip made to the Orient with the 

 view to discovering and introducing mealy bug parasites, 



Ileeent importations of beneficial insects in California, E. J. Vosi.kb {Mo. 

 liul. Com. Ilort. Cal., 2 {1918), No. 12, p. 770).—Le€^uiohius cockcrelU, an egg 

 parasite of the blacli scale, is said to have been imported from the West In- 

 dies; several hymenopterous parasites of mealy bugs from Japan; a parasite 

 of the red scale and a pteromalid egg parasite of the blaclj scale from the 

 Philippines; and parasites of the black scale from Peru. 



Insect pests of the potato, C. French, Jr. (In Handbook of Fungus Diseases 

 of the Potato in Aasiralia and Their Treatment. Melbourne, 1911, pp. 212F- 

 212U, figs. 14; Jour. Dept. Agr. Victoria, 11 {1913), No. 12, pp. 729-748, figs. 

 14). — This summarized account of the important insect enemies of the potato 

 in Australia appeared as an appendix to the work by D. McAlpine, previously 

 noted (E. S. R., 30, p. 4S). 



It is stated that the native insects whose natural food is being destroyed as 

 new land is being brought under cultivation are turning their attention to the 

 potato and other crops. Among the several more important species mentioned 

 are Thrips tabaci, several species of cutworms and looper caterpillars, the 

 potato moth {Lita solanella), the potato and tomato weevil {Desiantha nociva), 

 wireworms, etc. 



Insect pests of paddy in southern India, T. B. Fletcher {Dept. Agr. Madras 

 Bui. 67 {1913), pp. 9, pis. 2, figs. iO).— Twenty-six different pests are noted. 



Insects attacking apple, pear, plum, and cherry trees, G. F. Wilson {Lon- 

 don: Roy. Ilort. Soc, 1913, pp. ^^-72). — Brief descriptions are given of the more 

 important insect enemies of these trees. 



Some insect enemies of the tea plant, C. Bernard {Dept. Landb. Nijv. en 

 Handel [Dutch East Indies], Meded. Proefstat. Thee, No. 17 {1912), pp. 21-35, 

 pis. 3). — The pests here considered are two scales of the family Lecanidinse 

 Heliothrips hwmorrhoidalis, Stauropns alternus, etc. 



Insects on rubber in 1913, A. Rutherford {Trop. Agr. [Ceylon], 42 {1914), 

 No. 1, pp. 41-44). — A brief discussion of the more important insect enemies of 

 rubber. 



Studies of acute epidemic poliomyelitis, C. Kling and C. Levaditi {Ann. 

 Inst. Pasteur, 27 {1913), Kos. 9, pp. 718-740; 10, pp. 839-854, pi. 1, fig. 1; abs. 

 in Rev. Appl. Ent., 1 {1913), Ser. B, No. 11, pp. 216-218).— In discussing the 

 methods by which this disease may be transmitted in nature a number of pages 

 are devoted to a consideration of the possible transmission of the virus by 

 insects. 



Economic importance of the family Sminthuridae, with notes on an attack 

 of Bourletiella hortensis on soy beans, G. H. Corbett {Agr. Students' Gaz., 

 n. ser., 16 {1913), No. 4, pp. 12S-L'>0, figs. 2).—B. hortensis attacks the under- 

 surface of the cotyledons of soy beans near the edge, where it eats out crescent- 

 shaped holes ; it also eats small holes in the upper surface of the seed leaves. 

 Some plants are said to suffer to such an extent that t\\Qy die. The damage 

 of principal importance is done while the plants are in the seed leaf stage. 



