378 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The insect problem, II. Osbohn' (Jour, ('ohniihvx Uoit. Soc, /.S" (190:i), Ko. 2, 

 pj). 40-4S). — Statiytirs are ])resente(l for the purpose of sliowiiitr tlie extent of lossen 

 due to insect depredations in various parts of the country. The damage caused by 

 codliii<r moth, plum curcuHo, chinch Img, and Hessian fiy is sj)ecially mentioned. 



Some destructive insects, I). A. Saunders {SoutJi Dakota Sid. Bui. 81, pp. 6.1- 

 66). — Brief descriptive, biological, and economic notes on wheat aphis, ehn coxcomb 

 gall, vagabond gall louse, Hessian fly, and plum gouger. 



The horticultural law of Utah, T. Jidd et al ( Utah State B<1. llort. Bui. 8, jyp. 

 Id). — A copy of the horticultural law of Utah passed in 1903 is given, together with 

 rules, formulas, and recommendations promulgated by the State Boanl of Horti- 

 culture for the control of dangerous insect and fungus pests. 



Entomological studies in Jylland in 1902, X. Fkitz (HedeseM-. TldnKhr., 1903, 

 No. 8, pp. 188-192). — Brief notes on Tortri.f pinicohirKt, T. ne)i)oriraga, (Jrapliollthd 

 tadella, etc. 



Report on the injurious insects of Finland for 1902, E. Eeuter {Landtbr. 

 Sti/y. Meddel. [Helslngfurs'], 1902, Xo. 4^j, pp. 22). — The author's report for 1902 is 

 occupied chiefly with a discussion of insects injurious to grass, cereals, potatoes, cer- 

 tain garden vegetables, fruit trees, and ornamental shrubs. Notes are given on the 

 habits and injurious attacks of Chars-as gramlni.'i. The author discusses at some length 

 the conditions under which the so-called white-head condition of grasses appears and 

 mentions a considerable variety of insects which are concerned in producing this 

 disease. Mention is made of a bacterial disease of potatoes known by the name of 

 black shank. Athalia spinarum is reported as injurious to turnips. Notes are also 

 given on cabbage butterfly, codling moth, pear-tree psylla, aiqAe aphis, Chehnatohia 

 hrumata, and Anthonomus ruhi. 



Insects injurious to fruit and garden crops in Russian Poland, I. K. Taii- 

 NANi {Nasyekomuiya vrednuiya dlya plodovodstvai ogorodnichentra v gnherniyakh Tzarstva 

 Pohkago. Warsmv: Novo-Alexandri Inat. Selsk. Khoz. i Lyesor, 190S, pip. 138, figs. 136. ) — 

 The author presents a general account of the economic importance of insects, their 

 anatomy, metamorphosis, food, enemies, and causes of excessive multiplication. 

 Special chapters are devoted to beneficial insects, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, 

 Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera. Notes are given on the various artificial 

 remedies for controlling injurious insects and on fungus diseases, parasitic and pre- 

 dacious insects, and birds which assist in controlling injurious species. Among the 

 various injurious insects which are discussed mention may be made of the following: 

 Mole cricket, earwig, apple aphis, cabbage aphis, cockchafers, pea weevil, apple 

 weevil, fruit-tree bark-beetle, asparagus l)eetles, cal)l)age butterflies, gypsy moth, 

 brown-tail moth, cutworms, codling moth, cabbage maggots, currant sawfly, etc. A 

 list of garden vegetables is presented, showing the most important species of injurious 

 insects attacking them. 



Insect pests, A. Lehmann {Dept. Agr. Mysore State, Ilpt. Ayr. Cliem., 1901-2, pp. 

 17-24)- — Brief notes on insects injurious to castor bean, date palm, coffee, rice, and 

 mango. Coffee suffered greatly from the attacks of Lecanlum viride and a species of 

 mealy bug. The chief insect pest of rice was Cendomyia oryzce. 



Insect notes [Agr. News [Barbados^, 2 {1903), No. 37, p. 298, figs. 2). — Notes on 

 the changa or mole cricket, which is reported to he quite injurious in the West 

 Indies. The insect has been controlled to some extent by placing boards on edge in 

 the soil around seed beds, and by the use of soap and water on lawns. 



The common sunflower has been found to be a valuable trap ])lant in combating 

 the attacks of the fiddler beetle {Prapodes vittatus), which is specially injurious to 

 orange. It is suggested that sunflowers be planted as a trap crop near orange groves. 



Short notes on some insects, F. W. Hilgendorf {Trans, and Proc. Nev Zealand 

 Inst., 35 {1902), jjp. 264-267). — Rhizobius graminis is reported as injurious to grass 

 roots, upon which it feeds. Notes are also given on Plutella crudferarurn, bumble- 

 bees, and other insects. 



