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The entomological section (Transvaal Agr. Jour., 8 {1910), No. 30, pp. 249- 

 255). — An account is given by D. Gunn of the mealy stalli borer or mealy grub 

 (Sesamia fusca), its life history, and control. Directions for the fumigation of 

 buildings against insect pests and an account of 2 insects new to the Transvaal, 

 the castor-oil borer moth (Ditomites capensis) and a buprestid beetle attacking 

 peach trees (Chrysohot litis dorsata), are presented by F. Thomsen. 



The pests of New Zealand phormium, T. W. Kirk and A. H. Cockayne 

 (New Zeal. Dept. Agr. Ann. Rpt., 17 (1909), pp. 286-289, pis. 6).— The native 

 slug Janella hitentaculata, is reported to cause great damage in New Zealand 

 by eating out patches of the undersurfaces of the leaves of phormium, or flax. 

 The caterpillar of a well-known native moth (Porina signata) frequently causes 

 the destruction of individual fans and several different caterpillars are re- 

 sponsible for the eating out of the sides and tips of the leaves. Five species 

 of scale insects, namely, Mytilaspis cordylmidis, Poliaspis media, Fiorinia stricta, 

 Dactylopiiis calceolariw, and Coelostoma wairoense are reported to be common 

 on flax plants in one district. 



The enemies of the oat, Brocq-Rousseu and E. Gain (Les Ennemis de 

 UAvoine. Paris, 1910, pp. 18.'f, pis. 24; rev. in Anier. Yet. Rev., 37 (1910), No. 

 2, pp. 150, 151). — The work is divided Into two parts, the first being devoted 

 to the animal and vegetal parasites affecting oats during growth, and the second 

 to those which attack oats after harvest. 



A bibliography is appended. 



[Orchard insects], (Better Fruit, 4 (1910), No. 8, pp. 15-33, figs. 40).— An 

 account is given by C. P. Gillette of orchard insect pests and remedies there- 

 for, including the green aphis and woolly aphis, and the important points to be 

 observed in spraying for the codling moth. B. F. Hurst considers some experi- 

 ments with spraying and E. D. Ball, the control of the codling moth in the 

 West. 



Science's warfare on fruit tree pests, E. P. Taylor (Nat. Hort., 1 (1910), 

 Nos. 5, pp. 3-5, 15, 18, figs. 8; 6, pp. 3-6, 22, figs. 9).— A popular account of 

 some of the more important insect pests of fruit trees and the means by which 

 they may be controlled. 



The author reports that in experiments made late in the season of 1909 in 

 which arsenate of iron was used in strengths varying from 1 to 3 lbs. of the 

 paste to 50 gal. of water no injury was done to peach foliage. The killing 

 power of the poison was tested upon fall webworms infesting apple trees and 

 promising results obtained in the preliminary trial. 



Some wattle insects, C. Fuller (Natal Agr. Jour., 14 (1910), No. 4, pp. 

 394-402, pis. 8, figs. 2). — Brief notes are given on the wattle bagworm frog- 

 hoppers, and wattle chafers (Hippopholis sommeri and Monochelus calcaratus). 



Termites and living- plants, J. Chaine (Conipt. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris], 

 '68 (1910). Nos. 7, pp. 328-330; 10, pp. 486, 487; 17, pp. 849-851).— An investiga- 

 tion of street trees in one locality in the Charente-Inferieure department made 

 during August, 1908, showed 139 of 735 street and park trees examined to be 

 injured by Termes lucifugus. The fruit trees most often attacked are the pear, 

 apple, cherry, and fig. Grape vines are also injured. 



The occasional injury to shrubs, ornamentals, herbs, and cereals, and the 

 nature of the invasion, are also briefly discussed. 



Mallophagan parasites from the California condor, V. L. Kellogg (Science, 

 n. ser., 31 (1910), No. 784, PP- 33, 34). — Two species of biting bird lice are 

 reported to have been taken from a single great vulture or condor of California, 

 Gymnogyps californianus, which the author has identified as Menopon fas- 

 ciatum, and Lipeurus marginalis. These Mallophaga, which are the first to be 

 taken from this bird, also occur upon the two other great vultures of the Ameri- 



