760 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Report of scientific work in the field of entomology during 1906, (}. 

 Seidlitz (AitIi. \atur(j<s(lt., 7 J (Uxn). II, No. 2, J. half, />/>. .'/.'/(S). — A bib- 

 liography is prt'souted of the literature on general entomology and the coleop- 

 tera published during the year 1900. 



The new ideas on the origin of species by mutation, li. Cuenot {Rev. G6n. 

 Bci., 10 (1908), No. 21, pp. 860-87 1, flys. 8). — The author discusses this sub- 

 ject at some length. A brief bibliography is given. 



Notes on the value of introduced parasites or beneficial insects, W. W. 

 Frogcatt (ires/ Indian BiiL, D {1908), No. 3, pp. 262-2().'i). — A paper read at 

 the meeting of the West Indian agricultural conference in which a brief ac- 

 count is given of an investigation of the value of parasitic insects in Hawaii 

 and California. 



Report of the entomologist, C. W. Howard {Transvaal Dept. Agr. Ann. 

 Rpt. 1906-7, pp. 193-217, map.s Jf)'. — ^The greatest duty for the past 2 years has 

 been that of combating the locusts, other work being considered secondary in 

 view of the need of solving this question so that the farmers would have con- 

 fidence in entering upon the work. A detailed account is given of the cam- 

 paign against the brown and red locusts, together with maps showing the 

 flights and ai'eas infested by each species during 1!)(H; and 1!)()T. 



Miscellaneous notes are included on the enemies of fruit trees and garden 

 crops, and of insect parasites of man and domesticated animals. 



Notes from Angola, V. (\ Weli.man {Jour. 'I'rop. M((l. and Jli/g. [London], 

 11 {1908) No. 8. pp. 111. 118, figs. .'/). — These notes are a continuation of a 

 series which api)eare(l in T.km;. tiiirropsgila penetrans is mentioned as a factor 

 in the ainhnm disease. A list of 21 species of Tabanids is given. The effects 

 of the sting of the common Angolan scorpion { Uroplcctcs occidcnlalis) and 

 some other venomous arthrojiods are described. 



Report of the State nursery inspector, A. E. Stene (.!>?». 7?/*^ Bd. Agr. 

 R. I., 23 {1907), pp. 21-'i.'i, pis. 12, fig. 1). — Among the injurious insects of the 

 year here reported are the army worm, codling moth, apple maggot, frosted 

 lightning hopper {Ormenis pruinosa), maple phenacoccus {Plirnacocrus accri- 

 cola), spruce gall louse {Chcrmrs abietcs), and rose scale {Aulacaspis ros(r). 

 A^arious plant diseases are also reported. 



Report of the superintendent for the suppression of the gipsy and brown- 

 tail moths, for the year 1907, A. E. Stene {Ann. Rpt. Bd. Agr. R. I., 23 {1907), 

 Ai>p., pp. 1-')2, pis. 9, figs. 2, map 1) . — A general account of these two pests 

 and the work of sui)pression carried on in Ivhode Island. 



Notes on the work against the gipsy moth, E. P. Felt {Jour. Econ. Ent., 

 1 {1908), No. /f, pp. 275, 276). — This is a brief account of an examination made 

 of the work being carried on in New England against the gipsy moth. Atten- 

 tion is called to a 10-horsepower gasoline engine manufactured for automo- 

 biles that is being used in place of a 6-horsepower engine weighing 1,800 lbs. 

 formerly in use. A heavy l*-in. hose from 400 to SOO ft. long with a smooth 

 ^-in. nozzle is used for work in woodlands, a pressure of 200 to 250 lbs. being 

 maintained. 



The machinery, which is mounted upon a stout wagon with a 400-gal. tank, 

 is drawn by 4 horses. It is said to be capable of spraying 14 to 16 acres a 

 day at a cost of about .$10.20 jier acre where the wotwlland is fairly clear of 

 brush. 



Description of new devices for rearing insects, A. F. Burgess {Jour. Econ. 

 Ent., 1 {1908), No. J,, pp. 267-269, pis. 2).— Several devices used at the (Jipsy 

 Moth Pai'asite Laboratory in Massachusetts are here described and illustrated. 



Field tables of lepidoptera, W. T. M. Forbes {Worcester, Mass., 1906, pp. 

 I'll). — Tables l>ased mainly uinni color markings are here given for the adults 



