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Maize stalk borer ( Sesamia fusca), C. W. >Lvlt.y {Agr. Jour. Cape (lood 

 H(il)<\ .li [IHOS), \(>. .'). ini. HHi-Ci'i. p'f/ft. 2). — A general account is given of this 

 pest, includiiig niethotls of control. 



Insect enemies of cotton, F. Shkrman, Jr. (Bui. \. C. Dcpt. Affi:. 29 (190S), 

 \'i. (>. pp. .').'i, figs. 2.'i). — This is an account of the more important cotton insects, 

 their biology, injnry, and remedies. The author considers $2,000,000 a con- 

 servative estimate of the injury annually done to cotton in North Carolina by 

 insects. 



Cutworms are the source of considerable injury, particularly in the Pied- 

 mont counties. Of 7 species reared to maturity. 4 are reported as having 

 reached the moth stage in spring, and 2 in fall, while 1 was observed in sum- 

 mer only. Injury by the cotton leaf-louse (.l/j/f/.v gossypii) is said to be rather 

 general throughout the cotton-growing regions of the State. Aphis maidi- 

 nidicis has been reported from several counties as the source of injury. 



The cowpea pod weevil (CUaJcodcrmus (rncits) was reported in 1907 from 

 several counties as injurious to cotton. The new cotton beetle (Lupcrodes 

 hrutuwns) has been the source of considerable damage to blooms and squares. 

 The cotton red spider (Tctraniiclnts glorcri) has been at times a source of 

 injury, i)rincipally in a belt about two counties wide extending across the 

 State from north to south. The cotton worm (Alabama argillacca) has not 

 often been destructive in the State. The bollworm while not considered a 

 serious enemj' of cotton in North Carolina does some damage every year. The 

 boll weevil is not as yet known to occur in the State. Several cotton insects 

 of lessor importance are also considered. 



Notophallus haeniatopus attacking peas in Fr.mce. P. Marchal (Bill. Soc. 

 Ent. France, 1008, Xo. 3, pp. J/1, .'i2). — This acarid is descrii)ed as causing con- 

 siderable injury to peas near Gien in central France. 



Further biological notes on the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa de- 

 cemlineata). including observations on the number of generations and length 

 of the period of oviposition, A. A. Girault (Ann. Ent. Soc. Amcr.. 1 (1008), 

 Xo. 2, pp. 100-178). — A continuation in 1007 at New Richmond, Ohio, of ob- 

 servations made during 1906 in Georgia, previously noted (E. S. R.. 19, p. 159). 



Contribution to the study of the sugar-cane borers, N. Levy (BoI. Min. 

 F'tnicnto [I'crii], lUr. Foineiito, 6 (1008), Xo. 7, pp. I-'/). — The species Dia- 

 tnra striatalis and Scsiuina nonagrioides var. alhieiliafa are here cousiderml. 



Paper on the frog hopper, J. J. McLeod (Proc. Agr. Soc. Trinidad and 

 Tobago, 8 (1008), Xo. 12, pp. .'>.^2-.556). — An account is given of part of the 

 life history of a Trinidad spec-ies of cercopid. which the author considers the 

 principal cause of the injm-y and disease of sugar cane throughout the island. 

 As a reme<ly it is reconunended that the fields be burned over as soon as 

 the canes are cut and that badly infested li<>lds itc allowed to lie fallow for at 

 least a year. 



Insects injurious to tobacco, (i. E. Anastasia (Boi. Tec. Coltir. Tabaechi 

 [Scafafi], 7 ilOOS). Xo. 2. pp. 107-1 1), pi. /).— In this article the author con- 

 siders the Thysanoptera or thrips known to injure tobacco, the nature of their 

 injniy. natural ciicniics. and nietliods of control. 



A new vegetable pest — the tomato weevil, C. Fki:ncii, .Jr. (-/our. Dept. Agr. 

 \'ictoriii. It ( I'.ios). \<i. 12. pp. 7')'i. 7.'io). — De.siantha noviea. a species of weevil 

 recently described as new, is reported to have fed upon and destroyed great 

 numbers of tomato and otlii-r garden pl.-inls. 



The Japanese Coccidae, T. D. A. Cockkrii.i. tCatiad. Fnt.. ',1 {1000). Xo. 2, 

 p}). Go, oil). — .Notes on a number of species. 



The San Jose scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus) and methods of treatment, 

 A. E. Stene (Ann. lipl. Bd. Agr. R. L, 23 (1007), App.. pp. 1-01. pis. 10. jigs. 



