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Carnivorous insects in the region of Paris, CiiRfixiKN iHyg. Viandc ct Lait. 

 S (JUl.'f), Xo. 3, pp. n.3-12!K fujs. iO).— The subject is taken up under the head- 

 in,;?s of Diptera, Lepidoptern, llymenoptera, Orthoptera, and Coleoptera. 



Administrative report of the government entomologist, April 24, 1912, 

 to March 31, 1913, T. B. Fletcher {Rpt. Dept. Agr. Madras, 1012-13, pp. 

 36-41)- — This report deals with the occurrence of the more important insect 

 enemies and control measures. 



Insect enemies of plants in Surinam, J. Kuyper (Dcpt. Landb. Surinnnie 

 Bui. 31 (1913), pp. 17-22, plx. 2). — These miscellaneous notes relate to injury 

 to Hevea plants by Dilophonota eUo and Hiaissctia nigra; to sugar cane by 

 Castnia licus; to cacao by Rutchi lineola; and to (ho ornnge by MytUaspifi 

 citricola. 



The occurrence of animal enemies and of diseases of the sugar beet in 

 1912, A. Stift (BI. Zuckerruhenhau, 20 {1913), ^os. 1, pp. 7-10; 3, pp. 30-43; 

 4, pp. 55-68). — This is a discussion of the occurrence of the more important 

 pests during the year, with references to the literature. 



Insect pests of truck and garden crops, 1913, A. L. Lovett (Orcg. Agr. Col. 

 Bui. 91 (1913), pp. 39, figs. 13). — This is a popular account of the more impor- 

 tant insect enemies of truck ;md garden crops in Oregon, with recommendations 

 as to treatment and a discussion of insecticides. 



Apple insects, "W. J. Sciioene and B. B. Fulton {yew York State St a. Cire. 

 25 {1913), pp. 11, pis. 4, figs. 11). — Brief popular accounts are given of the more 

 important apple insects occurring in New York State with the treatment 

 therefor. 



Injurious citrus insects, A. J. Cook (In Calif oi-nia Citrus Culture. Sacra- 

 mento: State Com. Hort., 1913, pp. 51-82, figs. 5(?).— This is a summarized 

 account of the insect enemies of citrus and means for their control. 



Termites or white ants {Agr. News [Barbados], 13 {1914), Xos. 309, p. 7-^; 

 310, p. 90). — Studies of material submitted to the Imperial Bureau of Ento- 

 mology for exnmination show 10 species representing 5 genera to occur in the 

 Lesser Antilles and 1 additional species in Porto Rico. Two of the species 

 occurring in the Lesser Antilles were found to be new to science. 



A Venezuelan reduviid (Rhodnius prolixus) in which Trypanosoma cruzi 

 develops, E. Brumpt and Gonzalez-Lugo {Bui. Soc. Path. Exot., 6 {1913), No. 

 6, pp. 382, 383). — The authors report that dejections of this hemipteran contain 

 trypanosomes and are infective for more than 2 months after it has sucked 

 the blood of an infected animal. 



Reduviidae of North America capable of transmitting Trypanosoma 

 cruzi, E. Brumpt {Bnl. Soc. Path. Exot., 7 {1914), ^^o. 2, pp. 132, 133).— T. cruzi 

 which occurs in nature in Connorrhinus megistus, C. infestans, and C. sordidus 

 has been found by the author, who studied a virus received from Bahia, also 

 to develop in several species of Cimex {C. lectularius, C. rotundatus, and 

 C. houeti) and in Ornithodoros mouhata. Eggs from a species of Conorrhinus 

 received from Texas developed nymphs which were fed upon infected mice. 

 The dejections were found to contain pure cultures of T. cruzi and the author 

 thinks it probable that the infection is durable. 



The tea seed bug, C. B. Antram {Indian Tea Assoc., Sci. Dept. Quart. Jour., 

 No. 4 {1911), pp. 14-18, pis. 2). — ^The two pentatomids Poocilocoris latus and 

 P. hardwickii have been well known on tea estates in northeastern India but 

 until quite recently have not been considered of economic importance. It hns 

 recently been found that the juice of both ripe and unripe tea seed is the natural 

 food of these insects, and the evidence at hand indicates that they are respon- 

 sible for a certain amount of fungus-diseased tea seed. 



