856 EXPEKIMENT STATION EECOED. 



trunk and enters the ground ; the pupa is perfectly formed, outwardly exhibiting 

 no signs of parasitism, but about the time the host should emerge the parasite 

 issues instead. 



Some common lady beetles of Connecticut, W. E. Britton {Connecticut 

 State Sta. Bui. 181 (1914), PP- 3-24, fiffs. £^).— This bulletin gives brief descrip- 

 tive accounts of the lady beetles of greatest economic importance and their 

 occurrence in Connecticut, and calls attention to their beneficial habits. There 

 are said to be over 30 species that occur in the State. The accounts of many 

 of the species are accompanied by illustrations. 



Scydmaenus chevalier! n. sp. in Seneg-al, A. Yuillet (BuL Soc. Ent. France, 

 No. 9 {1913), p. 238; ahs. in Intornat. Inst. Agr. {Rome'], Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, 

 and Plant Diseases, 4 {1913), No. 8, p. 1304). — This beetle is said to live on the 

 fruit of the peanut {Arackis hypogwa). 



A new endemic fern weevil of the gennz Heteramphus, O. H. Swezey {Proc. 

 Hawaii. Ent. Soc, 2 {1913), No. 5, pp. 210, 211). — ^A new species of weevil is 

 said to mine the fronds of several species of Elaphoglossum. A small chalcidid 

 {Omphale metalUcus) parasitizes the weevil pupae. 



Miscellaneous contributions to the knowledge of the weevils of the fami- 

 lies Attelabidsa and Brachyrhinidae, W. D. Pierce {Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 45 {1913), pp. 365-426) .—ThiB paper includes fixations of the types of all of 

 the North American genera in these 2 groups and descriptions of 4 new genera, 

 2 new subgenera, 24 new species, and 9 new varieties. 



The biology of the large brown pine beetle (Hylobius abietis) and rem.e- 

 dial measures, Grohmann {Tharand. Forstl. Jahrl)., 64 {1913), No. 4, pp. 325- 

 361, figs. 3). — ^A detailed report of studies. 



A contribution to the comparative physiology of digestion, H. Petersen 

 {Pflilger's Arch. Physiol, 145 {1912), No. 1, pp. 121-151, pis. 2, fig. _Z).— This 

 article relates to digestion in the honeybee. 



Apiculture in British Columbia, L. Harris and F. D. Todd {Brit. ColumMa 

 Dept. Agr. Bui. 42 {1913), pp. 63, figs. 23). — This bulletin deals with modern 

 methods of bee keeping as adapted, to British Columbia, and also embodies 

 reports of the foul brood inspectors for 1911. 



A new braconid parasite of Sinoxylon sexdentatum in grapevine shoots, 

 F. PiCARD {Bui. Soc. Ent. France, No. 16 {1913), pp. 399-402, fig. 1; abs. in 

 Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 5 {1914), 

 No. 2, p. 280). — A new braconid parasite {Monolexis lavagnei n. sp.) has been 

 found to attack the bostrychid beetle S. sexdentatum, which commonly destroys 

 grapevine shoots in southern France. In addition it has been found to para- 

 sitize two oak pests, ScoUcia pustulata and Xylonites praeustus, and Corsican 

 pine enemies of the genera Pityogenes and Pityophthorus. 



On a new species of Mymaridse from Trinidad, C. O. Waterhouse {Bui. 

 Ent. Research, 4 {1913), No. 1, pp. 81, 88, fig. 1). — A description is given of 

 Anagrus fiaveolus n. sp., which was reared from the eggs of the corn leaf hop- 

 per, Peregriniis {Delpliax) maidis, in Trinidad. It is closely allied to A. fre- 

 quens, originally described from Hawaii, and A. columhi, from Columbus, Ohio. 



Description of a new species of Corymbites from the Sonoran zone of 

 Washington State, J. A. Hyslop {Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 27 {1914), PP- 69, 

 70). — It is stated that CorymUtes noxius n. sp. was reared from larvse which 

 were attacking wheat in the Big Bend country of the State of Washington. 



Studies on the habits and development of a hymenopterous parasite, 

 Spalangia muscidarum, C. H. Richardson {Jour. MorpJu, 24 {1913), No. 4, 

 pp. 513-557, figs. 17; -ahs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., 2 {1914),. Ser. B, No. 2, pp. 23, 

 24)' — This article deals with the systematic relationships of the genus Spa- 

 langia, the geographical distribution of the genus, hosts of Spalangia, normal 



