356 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Some experiments on Bombyx mori, R. Inouye {Jour. Col. Agr. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo, 2 {1910), No. 3, pp. 223-235, figs. 2). — The author reports investigations 

 made (1) of the quantity of mulberry leaves consumed by the several stages or 

 instars in the develoiiraent of the silkworm, and (2) of the influence of carbon 

 dioxid on the silkworm. 



Some notes on the Arctianse of Tapan, T. Miyake {Jour. Col. Agr. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, 2 (1910). No. 3. pp. 201-212. fig. i).— The larvte of 2 of the species 

 here noted feed upon the mulberry tree, making 9 species of the subfamily 

 known to be injurious to the mulberry. 



Fruit flies and other insects attacking cultivated and wild fruits in New 

 South Wales, W. B. Gurney {Agr. Guz. N. 8. Wales, 21 {1910), No. 5, pp. .'i23- 

 433, pis. 2, figs. 8). — This is a report of field investigations of the fruit flies. 



The Queensland fruit fly {Dacus tryoni) and the Island fruit fly {Trypcta 

 musw) are found to be natives of New South Wales and to develop in wild 

 fruits, but the common or Mediterranean fruit fly {Ceratitis capitata) has not 

 been found at yet to develop in the native wild fruits. A braconid parasite 

 was found in considerable numbers attacking the Queensland fruit fly maggots 

 in thin-pulped wild fruits. 



An outbreak of gadflies in Kentucky, H. Garman {Kentucky Sta. Bui. 151, 

 pp. 181-192, pis. 2, figs. 6). — The large, brown gadfly Talyanus exul is described 

 as having been the source of considerable injury to beef and dairy cattle in 

 Henry and adjoining counties in 1910. Observations made at Tarascon on Au- 

 gust 25 are reported, with suggestions for remedial and preventive treatment. 

 A technical description of the fly accompanies the account. 



Some observations on the bionomics of Tabanus par and T. taeniola, H. H. 

 King {Bid. Ent. Research, 1 {1910), No. 2, jyp. 09-10-',, pi. l).—lt is stated that 

 nothing has hitherto been published on the life history of any African species 

 of the family Tahanid;?, except in the case of T. higulUitus. 



The present status of our knowledge of the role of flies in the dissemina- 

 tion of parasitic diseases and of means for combating them, B. Galli-Valerio 

 (GentM. Bakt. \.ctc.^, 1. Aht., Orig., 5-', {1910). No. 3, pp. 193-209) .—This is a 

 general review in which references are given to the literature. 



A note on the blood-sucking flies of Roumania, N. Leon {Cenlhl. F><ikl. 

 [etc.], 1. AM., Orig., 54 {1910), No. 6, pp. 521-523, fig. 1).— The author records 

 the occurrence of Plilehotomus papatasii in Roumania. 



Notes on the oviposition of Stomoxys calcitrans and the breeding of 

 muscid larvae, M. Langeron {Compt. Rend. tioe. Biol. [Paris], 69 {1910), No. 

 28, pp. 230, 231). — Brief notes are presented. 



The house fly (Musca domestica), C. G. Hewitt {Manchester, 1910, pp. 

 XIII +195, pis. 9, fig. 1). — The several papers previously noted (E. S. R.. 23, 

 p. 664) have been brought together and published in book form. 



The modern mosquito extermination campaign, J. B. Smith {Engin. News, 

 64 {1910), No. 9, i)p. 232, 233, figs. 5). — In this account of the work being car- 

 ried on in New Jersey, a power ditcher is described and illustrated. By means 

 of this ditcher a crew of 5 men can dig 4,000 ft. of ditch in an 8-hour day and 

 the cost reduced to about 2 cts. per running foot. The machine runs on planks 

 over the marsh and the cutting knife is at the back so that the body is always 

 ahead of the ditch. 



How to control mosquitoes, with special reference to Anopheles, W. B. 

 Herms {Cal. Bd. Health Mo. Bui., 6 {1910), No. 1, pp. 7-19, figs. J.5).— Success- 

 ful mosquito control work is stated to have been conducted at several points in 

 California. 



The natural history of Bombay malaria, C. A. Bentley (Jour. Bomhay Nat. 

 Hist. Hoc, 20 (1910), No. 2, pp. 302-422, fJ?s. 2). — A careful examination of a 



