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and for tilt' l.nN.i'. l>jit:i .in- also iiK hulcil on tlu' food [)Iants and dates of 

 aiipeanimt'. 



Notes on the early stages of some Pamphila, P. Laurent {Ent. Xcics, 19 

 {I90S), Xo. f>, /)/>. .'/WS--J/?). — Notos aro fiiven on the life bistory of 17 si)ecies 

 of butterflies belon^'ins to tbe melius l>au)])bila. Tbe larvje seem to feetl more 

 readily on tbe ((tarser sjieoies of grasses. 



Katra (hairy caterpillars) in Gujaret, C. IJ. Patel (Agi: Jour. India, 3 

 (/.'"AS), \o. J, 1)1). i:t.i-l()(), (If/Ill. /). — 'Ibe sjiecies Am-sacta moorei, A. hictinru. 

 and .1. UnrnJa ai»i»ear after tbe first fall of monsoon rain and attack and do 

 great damage to newly grown crops, especially to millet. A general account 

 is given of the life history, parasites, and enemies of this pest. Remedial 

 exin'i-inients arc rei)ortcd. 



On the Proctotrypid genus Antaeon, with descriptions of the new species 

 and a table of those occurring in Britain, A. J. Ciiittv (Ent. Mo. M(i{/.. 2. 

 srr.. 19 (1908), .Yo.s-. 222. i>p. I'll-I'i'i; 223, pp. l-',5, 11,6; 22'), l)p. 209-21')). 



Upon the aphis-feeding species of Aphelinus, L. (). IIowaiu) (Ent. Ydc.s, 

 /.'' (1908), A' CI. 8, pp. J6'.5-J«7). — Four species of tbe genus Apbelinus are re- 

 cordetl as parasitic upon apbids. of wbicb Aphelinus semiflavus and A. nigritiin 

 arc liei-e decsribcd as new. A tabic is given for tbe separation of these species. 



Notes on the Coccinellidae. T. L. Casey (Canad. Ent., .',0 (1908), No. It, pp. 

 393-1,21). — Xotcs on tbe ladybirds with descriptions of one genus and several 

 spifies and sultspecies new to science. 



On a collection of Coccidae and other insects affecting some cultivated 

 and wild plants in Java and in tropical western Africa, K. Nkwstead {•Jour. 

 Earn. Biol., 3 (1908), No. 2, pp. 33-.',2, pl/t. 2). — In addition to miscellaneous 

 notes a genus, G siHJcies, and 2 varieties are described as new to sc-ience. 



The present state of our knowledge of the Odonata of Mexico and Central 

 America, 1'. P. Calvert (Science, u. scr., 28 (1908), No. 72.',, pp. 092-t)9r>).— 

 Tbe autbor here presents a summary of tbe main results obtained from studies 

 on tbe f>donala and a conii)arison with jirevious worli done in tins field. 



An army worm in the Transvaal, F. Tiiomsen (Tranxraal Agr. Jour., H 

 (1908), Xo. 2',, pp. .'}8')-'i89) . — Army worms wbicb may be Caradrin<i e.rigua 

 or ('. orbicularis, or both, are described as destroying tbe crop in one locality. 

 -V dcscrii»tio!i is given of tbe stages, and also notes on tbe life history, bal)its, 

 and food plants. Itcmedies are discussed. 



The seventeen-year cicada on Staten Island in 1907, W. T. Davis (Proc. 

 Staten Isl. Assoc. Arts and Sei., 2 (1907-8), No. 1, pp. 1, 2).— It is concluded 

 that tbe individuals were sufficiently numerous to insure tbe insects' apiiear- 

 ance in 1U2-1. 



A new predaceous enemy of the cotton boll weevil, W. Newell and R. C. 

 Treiikkxk (Jour. Econ. Ent., 1 (1908), Xo. .',, p. 2'///).— Tbe ca rabid l)eetle. 

 Erartlirus sodalis, and a second undetermined species of tbe same gcinis. .irc 

 licrc reported as baving Ikmmi foiuid to destroy Anilionovins graiidis. 



The first and last essential step in combating the boll weevil, W. E. Hinds 

 (Jour. Econ. En I., I (1908), No. ',, pp. 23.i-2-'i3). —Th\R is a paper read at tbe 

 nu-f'ling of tbe Association of Economic Entomologists, beld in C'bicago, in 

 I»c<cMili»'r, 1!M)7. 'I'iic autbor l)rictly reviews flic results ol)taine<l in tbe inves- 

 tigation of tlic lioll weevil, atlc^ntion Iteing called to l)otli direct and indirect 

 nietliods of comltat. Particular attention is given to lnv(>stigations conducted 

 l>.v W. \V. Yotliers and tbe aiitlior uiion bibernation, a mort' detaibMl account 

 of wbicb is to be issue<l in i)nllelln form l»y tbe Hureau of Entomology of tins 

 Dcparfment. Tlie following general conclusion is drawn : 



" TlU' d«>Htrnction of stallis by some cfTiH-tive nietlio*! and as long as may l>e 

 pos-slble before tbe n»>rmal time for weevils to enter hiberuatiou constitutes 



