CONTENTS. V 



Page. 



Caiikcr in cacao 689 



IVs-ity of orchard and fruit jjarden, M. C. Cooke 689 



lioot diseases of trees, caused by toadstools, C. V. Piper aud S. W. Fletcher.. 689 



A leaf-curl disease of oaks, E. M. Wilcox 689 



Dead horse-chestnut trees, M. C. Cooke 690 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



The enemies of agriculture, A. L. Herrera 690 



P^ntomology and agricultural parasitology, (t. Guenaux 690 



Report of the chief inspector of nurseries and orchards, A. F. Burgess 690 



Insects injurious and beneficial, E. P. Venables 690 



Report of the entomologist, AV. W. Froggatt 691 



Insectarium notes and insects found about the Hawkesbury College, W. W 



Froggatt 691 



Report of the inspectors under vegetation diseases act, J. Martin, jr., et al 691 



Fruit and plant inspection, G. Quinn 691 



Report of the entomologist and vegetable pathologist, H. Tryon 691 



Injurious insects and other animals in Ireland, 1902, G. H. Carpenter 691 



Insects injurious to fruits and garden vegetables, J. Wortmann 691 



British Tyroglyphidpe, A. D. Michael 691 



A monograph of the Cynipidie of Europe and Algeria, J. J. Kieffer 691 



The larvje of Trichoptera, R. Struck 692 



Observations on wasps, C. Janet 692 



Biology of the genus Chermes, with special reference to C. picen; O. Niisslin.. 692 



How to combat the cotton-boll weevil in summer and fall, E. D. Sanderson . . 692 



Insects attacking cotton in the West Indies, H. A. Ballon 692 



Some insects attacking the stems of cereals, F. JNI. Webster 692 



The principal insect enemies of the sugar beet, F. H. Chittenden 692 



INIuseum of the experiment station for sugar cane in west Java, W. Van De- 

 venter 692 



The sugar-cane borer ( Vhilo sunplex), E. P. Stebbing 692 



The Bengal rice hispa {Hwpa senescens), E. P. Stebbing 693 



The rice sapper {Leptocorisa acuta), E. P. Stebbing 693 



The cutworm {Agrotis yptsilon), E. P. Stebbing 693 



The sunflower — its attraction for the fiddler beetle, J. Neish 693 



A new joint worm parasite from Russia, W. H. Ashmead 693 



Seventeen-year locusts in Kentucky, H. Garman 693 



The migratory locust {Acridium jieregrinnm) , E. P. Stebbing 693 



How to destroy locusts 693 



Platyparea pceciloptera and its injuries to asparagus, A. Giard 693 



Spraying for the San Jose scale, C. V. Piper and R. W. Thatcher 693 



A monograph of the Coccidaj of the British Isles, R. Newstead 694 



The date-palm beetle ( Ori/ctes rhinoceros), E. P. Stebbing 694 



The orange weevil, E. S. Panton 694 



Distribution of Phylloxera vaatatrix in Austria in 1901, F. Kurmann et al 694 



Grapevine rootworm, E. P. Felt 694 



Flea-beetles, R. Mares 695 



Notes on Staphylinus olens and EriocamjKi adumbrata, H. Faes 695 



Insects affecting forest trees, E. P. Felt 695 



The vertical distribution of forest insects in Switzerland, C. Keller 695 



Protection of wood and bark against the attack of insects, E. Mer 695 



Spraying with distillates, W. H. Volck 695 



Sulphur sprays for red spiders, W. H. Volck 696 



Treatment of insect pests and plant diseases, E. D. Sanderson and E. C. Green. 697 



Insect enemies of books, C. Houlbert 697 



Concerning mosciuito migrations, J. B. Smith 697 



Characters and habits of Anopheles mosquitoes and their larva?, S. P. James . 697 

 Variations induced in Bombyx mori by food supply, V. L. Kellogg and R. G. 



Bell 698 



Experiments in sericulture in Tiuiis, F. Verry 698 



FOODS — NUTRITION. 



Metabolism in the human body, W. O. Atwater and F. G. Benedict 698 



Digestibility of vegetables, A. P. Bryant and R. D. Milner 700 



Relative digestibility of some edible fats and oils, J. F. Moore 700 



Poultry as food, Helen W. Atwater 701 



