108 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



aro pivon on the introduction, (lintvil)ntion, and life liistory of this species. The 

 insect is also descril)ed and notes are <?iven on its natural enemies and artifical means 

 of rejiression. In iiifhtin<i the insei-t the author ri'commends the use of kerosene 

 ennilsion, late sowing, rotation of crops, (h'struction of the insects in stori'd roots, and 

 fall cultivation. Brief notes are also i)resented on a number of injurious insects, 

 including tent caterpillar, Imd moth, apple-tree huecnlatrix, raspberry-cane maggot, 

 clover mite, fall webworm, Hessian fly, pea weevil, elm-leaf beetle, white-marked 

 tussock moth, bolhvorm, willow curculio, nun moth, walnut caterpillar, birch-tree 

 huecnlatrix, periodical cicada, ladybirds, jjraying mantis, and Chinese ])raying man- 

 tis. \ list is given of introduced insects of lirimary economic importance affe(ting 

 various cultivated croi)S. Tlie author summarizes his experimental work in con- 

 trolling San Jose scale as follows: Spring applications of crude i)etroleum eninlsion 

 have jiroved uniformly satisfactory. Whale-oil soap is a valuable insecticide when 

 applied in the fall. Lime-sulphnr-salt wash did not give perfectly satisfactory 

 results. A brief account is presented of the voluntary entomological services through- 

 out the State and a list is given of Coleoptera collected at Newport, N. Y., by D. R. 

 Young. As usual in these rejaorts a list is given of the publications of the entomologist 

 during the year. 



Proceeding's of the Entomological Society of Washington (Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 Waxliingtmi, 6 {1903), No. 4, PP- 237-334, pis. 2). — This number of the proceedings 

 contains the following papers read at meetings of the society: Myrmecosalius, a New 

 Genus in the Ceropalidse, by W. H. Ashmead; Neuropteroid Insects from Arizona 

 and Note on Ceria villistouii, by N. Banks; Notes on the Orthoptera of Bermuda, 

 with the description of a New Species, by A. N. Caudell; The Genera of the Dipter- 

 ous Family Empidida>, with Notes and New Species, by D. W. Coquillett; Myrme- 

 leonidjTe from Arizona; and the Odonata Collected by Messrs. Schwartz and Barber 

 in Arizona and New Mexico, by R. P. Currie; Notes on Cramhns offectalis and Allied 

 Forms {Evetria neomexicana); New North American Lepidoptera, with Notes on 

 Larvfe; A Note on Pyrausta ochosalis; Note on a Wrongly Identified Species of Tortri- 

 cid;e {PhlJihwloplnis indentamis) ; and a Review of the North American Species of the 

 Lepidopterous Family Anthrocerida?, by H. G. Dyar; On the Cicindelidje of South- 

 ern Venezuela, by W. Horn; A Letter from Cuba, by E. A. Schwarz; A Revision of 

 the Boreal-American Species of Nonagria, by J. B. Smith. 



Government entomologist's report, E. E. Green {Roy. Bot. Gard. Ceylon 

 AdminMr. Rpts. 1902, ])(. 4, pp- 11-14)- — Descriptive and economic notes are given 

 on Xylehorus fornicatus, Capua coffearia, Ilelopeltis antonii, and Heienisia cingala, all of 

 which are injurious to tea plants. Brief notes are also presented on insects injurious 

 to cacao, rice, and cardamoms, together with an account of mosquitoes, white ants, 

 acetylene trap, fumigating apparatus, scale insects, sericulture, lac insects, etc. 



Insect enemies of the apple, pear, and quince, with methods of treatment, 

 F. Sherman, Jr. {Xorth Carolina Xta. P>iil. ISS, }ip. 45-63, fi<jf<. 11). — Economic and 

 biological notes on woolly aphis, round-headed apple-tree borer, flat-headed apple- 

 tree borer, fruit bark ))eetle, scurfy scale, oyster-shell bark louse, San Jose scale, 

 apple aphis, apple-tree tent caterpillar, fall webworm, codling moth, plum curculio, 

 and pear-leaf blister mite. 



Orchard studies. IV. Remedial measures against San Jose scale, AV. B. 

 Alwood ( Virginia Sta. Bui. 131, pp. 149-169, Jigs. 2). — A brief account is presented of 

 the appearance, habits, and means of combating San Jose scale. The remedies winch 

 have proved most successful in various localities are discussed. These include lye 

 wash, soap washes, kerosene, crude petroleum, kerosene emulsion, and lime-sulphur- 

 salt wash. Brief notes are also given on the natural enemies of the San Jose scale. 



Insect pests of sugar cane, S. M. Hadi ( Tlip siig<(r industry of the United Provinces 

 of Agra and Oudh. Allaliahnd: Frank Luker, 1902, pp. 45-<5i).— White ants are 

 reported as attacking sugar cane during the stage of germination and later. They 

 appear in large numbers when the soil is dry. The young jilant after germination 



