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Directions are given for sending insects by mail and a tabulated list is presented 

 of insects and other pests received by the State entomologist for identification, 

 liulk'tins 14:^ of the station (E. S. R., 15, p. 58) and 144 (E. S. R., 15, p. 594) are 

 reprinted. Brief notes are also given on apple aphis, pear psylla, onion thrips, 

 currant borer, cabbage l)utterfly, PJwngodes laticoUis, etc. 



Fourth report of the State entomologist and plant pathologist of Virginia, 

 J. L. Phillips {Virginin Ski. Spec. Bid., 1903, pp. 63, figs. 13). — A copy is given of 

 the amended crop-pest law of Virginia and of the rules and regulations which define 

 the duties of the State entomologist. 



The neld work during the 2 years (1901-1903) covered by this report included the 

 inspection of nurseries and orchards for the purpose of learning the extent and 

 severity of infestation by the San Jose scale and various insecticide operations in 

 combating this insect. The chief insecticides used were kerosene emulsion, whale- 

 oil soap, and lime-sulphur wash, from all of which satisfactory results were obtained. 

 Recommendations are made concerning the formulas for use in preparing these 

 insecticides. Brief notes are also given on natural enemies of the San Jose scale and 

 on crown gall of apples. 



Monthly bulletin of the division of zoology, H. A. Surface {Pennsylvania 

 State Dept. Agr., Mo. Bui. Div. ZooL, 1 {1904), No. 11-12, pp. 64, ph. S, figs. 9).— 

 Notes are given on methods of preventing various plant diseases and on injurious 

 insects such as San Jose scale, scurfy scale, oyster-shell bark-louse, apple-tree tent 

 caterpillar, etc. Mention is made of the natural enemies of these insects and most 

 efficient means for combating them. Brief notes are also given on bee keeping, 

 spring frosts, and migration of native birds. 



Monthly bulletin of the division of zoology, H. A. Surface {Pennsylvania 

 State Dept. Agr., Mo. Bui. Div. Zoo/., 2 {1904), No. 1, pp. 3£, pis. 4, fig-^- ;:?).— Brief 

 notes on injuries to trees by freezing, mice, and rabbits. Mention is also made of 

 more important injurious insects of the month of May, methods of poisoning cut 

 worms, destruction of apple-tree borers, and San Jose scale. Directions are also 

 given for the preparation of various insecticides. 



Annual report for 1903 of the zoologist, C. Warburton {Jour. Roy. Agr. Soc. 

 England, 64 {1903), pp. 310-327, figs. 7). — Biological and economic notes are given 

 on a number of fruit pests and forest insects. These include the currant gall-mite, 

 raspberry moth, willow weevil, and several species of insects injurious to oak, pine, 

 elm, and l)eech. 



Entomological notes, 0. Fuller {Natal Agr. Jour, and Mln. Rec, 7 {1904), No. 

 2, pp. 121-128, figs. 11). — Notes are given on the habits and life history of Sesamia 

 frisca, Avhich is reported as very injurious to corn, and also on the bollworm, cut- 

 worms, and gallworms on potatoes. Recommendations were also made regarding 

 the methods of controlling these pests. 



Report of observations made by the Entomological Department of the 

 State Agricultural Institute in 1903, Poskin {Bui. Agr. [Brussels'], 20 {1904), 

 No. 1, pp. 56-66) . — A general review is presented regarding the entomological con- 

 ditions during the season 1903. The author pays particular attention to a discussion 

 of the hal)its, life history, and means of combating Gryllotalpa vulgaris, Harpalus 

 ruficornis, and a number of strawberry insects, including crane flies, white grubs, 

 wireworms, cutworms, and Otiorhynchiis sulcatus. 



Report on injurious insects for 1903, W. M. Scn0VEN {Bcretning om Skadein- 

 sekirr og Plantesygdonune 1 1903. Cliristiania: Gronduhl & Sons, 1903, pp. 36, figs. 26). — 

 As usual in the author's annual reports, notes are given on the prevalence of a vari- 

 ety of injurious insects and fungus disea.ses. These pests are classified according to 

 the plants which they most affect. Special attention is given to the insect pests of 

 cereals, grasses, peas, cabbage, potatoes, celery, fruit trees, forest trees, and orna- 

 mental plants. Detailed notes are given on the injuries to strawberries caused by a 

 nematode worm {Aphelenclms fragariu) . 



