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activities of the imago, food, habits, hyi)eriiietnniorr)hosis in the Hymenoptera, 

 the Itirval types, hypermetamorphosis in 8. muscidarum, miiscuhiture, effect 

 of the parasite upon the host, economic importance, etc. A bibliography of 46 

 titles is appended. 



The genus vSpalangia, of which a list of 28 recognized species is given, is 

 widely distributed throughout North America and Europe and a number of 

 species have also been recorded from Central and South America and the 

 Hawaiian Islands. Although a decided preference is shown for Diptera as 

 hosts, their parasitism is not restricted to this order and some attack Lepi- 

 doptera, while others are myrmocophilous. 



Notes on Tetrastichini, N. B. Kukdjumov {Russ. Ent. Ohozr., IS (1013), No. 

 2. pp. 243-256, figs. 8). — This paper includes a synoptic table of the genera of 

 Tetrastichini and tables for the separation of species of the genera Geniocerus, 

 Aprostocetus, and Tetrastichus, with descriptions of 1 species belonging to 

 the first mentioned genus and 2 species belonging to the last mentioned as new 

 to science. 



Protozoan parasites of Ichneumonidae, C. Morley {Entomologist, 46 {1913) ^ 

 No. 600, p. 169). — The ichneumonid Stenichneumoii trilineatiis, which commonly 

 parasitizes the gooseberry moth {Abraxas grossiilariata), has been found by 

 Fantham and Porter (E. S. R, 30, p. 459) to be attacked by 2 protozoa. One 

 of these is a species of the genus Nosema to which the name Noscma ichneu- 

 monis has been given ; the other is a flagellate belonging to the genus Herpe- 

 tomonas to which the name Hcrpctomonas ichneumoms has been applied. 



The cherry fruit sawfly (Hoplocampa cookei), E. O. Essig {Mo. Bui. Com. 

 Eort. Cal., 3 {1914), No. 1, pp. 31-35, figs. 5).— "The cherry fruit sawfly is a 

 native of California and other Pacific coast States and has been known since 

 1883 in the Suisun Valley, Cal. Considerable damage to young cherries has 

 been done in various sections by the larvae of this insect and occasionally, at 

 least, control measures maj^ be necessary. The presence of the insect may be 

 told by the small round holes bored in the young green cherries, many of which 

 soon drop to the ground. . . . Control measures have not been thoroughly per- 

 fected but two applications of arsenate of lead at the rate of 4 to 5 lbs. to 100 

 gal. of water, the first application to be made shortly before the blossoms open 

 and the second about 10 days later, have proved effective. Fall plowing is also 

 recommended to kill the larvse and pupse in the soil while a distillate oil emul- 

 sion and nicotin spray is recommended to kill adults at time of egg laying. 



"The insect has been reported as occurring in the Suisun Valley, Eldorado 

 and Nevada counties, Cal., and at ^Nledford, Oreg., where is it confined to a very 

 small area. The orchard fruits attacked are cherry (sweet and sour), prune, 

 plum, peach, and apricot (the peach and apricot only occasionally)." 



The occurrence of a tenthredinid (Emphytus braccatus) on the oak, J. C. 

 Nielsen (Xaturw. Ztschr. Forst u. Landiv., 11 {1913), No. 12, pp. 554-557, figs. 

 3). — A brief note on the occurrence of this sawfly in Denmark. 



Ticks in the West Indies (Agr. News [Barbados], 13 {1914), No. 310, p. 

 90). — This is supplementary to the paper previously noted (E. S. R., 27, p. 460). 



The Brazilian species of the subfamily Heterakinee, L. Travassos {Mem. 

 Inst. Osicaldo Cruz, 5 {1913), No. 3, pp. 271-318, pU. 5).— Of the 50 species of 

 nematodes of the genus Heterakis listed 16 are said to occur in Brazil, 2 being 

 described as new to science. 



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Some results of a study of the factors of bread making, Anna W. Wil- 

 liams {Jour. Home Econ., 6 {1914), No. 1, pp. 21-28).— The author has included 



