above ground and about 1 to 2 in. above the base of the stalks. Corn is similarly 

 attacked. The life history of the pest is outlined and notes are given on its enemies. 

 In preventing injury infested fields should not be planted until spring, rubbish 

 should be cleared up, and corn should not follow cane. The pest may be reduced 

 by hand picking. 



Report on a Mexican cotton pest, the " conchuela," A. W. Morrill (pp. 18-34). — Pento> 

 toma ligata was studied in Durango, Mexico. A technical description of the pest is 

 given, with notes on the food plants. Adults feed on the bolls, stem, and leaves. 

 The number of eggs ranges from 20 to 40 and the period of incubation is about 8 

 days. The bugs may be hand picked or brushed into pans containing oil. 



The sugar-beet crown borer, E. S. G. Titus (pp. 34-40). — Hulstea iindulatella was 

 found injuring sugar beets in Washington, Oregon, and California. Tne larvse tun- 

 nel from the base of the leaves down through the root. Tne insect is descrioed and 

 notes are given on its distribution. The pest may be partly controlled, by thorough 

 cultivation of the soil about the time when the larvae are mature. 



The dock false-worm, F. H. Chittenden , and E. S.'G. Titus (pp. 40-43). — Taxonus 

 nigrisoma feeds on dock and sugar beets. The pest may best be controlled by eradi- 

 cating dock and knotweed in the vicinity of beet fields. 



The pepper weevil, C. M. Walker (pp. 43-48). — Anthonomus seneotmctus is reported 

 as injuring sweet peppers in Texas since 1903. The peppers become infested imme- 

 diately after the blossoms fall. The life history of the pest is outlined in considera- 

 ble detail and notes are given on its feeding habits. Arsenicals are probably of little 

 use against this insect. All infested peppers should be gathered and destroyed. 



Cold storage for cowpeas, J. IT'. T. Duvel (pp. 49-54). — Experiments in combating 

 weevils in cowpeas showed that cowpeas may be kept free from weevils by maintain- 

 ing them at a temperature of 32-34°. This process does not injure the seed and may 

 be applied for 15 to 25 cts. per bushel per season. The storage room should be 

 kept dry. 



The larger canna leaf-roller, F. H. Chittenden (pp. 54-58). — Calpodes ethlius attacks 

 canna in South Carolina and Alabama. The pest is described, with notes on its life 

 history and distribution. It may be readily controlled by hand picking from infested 

 leaves. 



Grasshopper conditions in Nebraska, northeastern Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and 

 western Kansas during the summer of 1904, L. Bruner (pp. 60-64). — A brief account is 

 given of injuries due to various species of grasshoppers, including Melanoplus differ- 

 entialis, M. bivittatus, M. atlanis, Camnula pellucida, etc. 



The bulletin also includes short articles on Galerucella nymphseae, Colorado potato 

 beetle in Great Britain, hydrocyanic-acid gas for cigarette beetle, Fuller's rose beetle, 

 Castnia licus in sugar cane, Rhizobius lophanthee, mosquitoes, Anticarsia gemmatilis, 

 cabbage worm, Monocesta coryli, plunfgouger, Epilachna borealis, hydrocyanic-acid gas 

 for bed bug, red spider on cotton, etc. 



Thirty-fifth, annual report of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 1904 

 {Ann. Rpt. Ent. Soc. Ontario, 35 (1904), pp. 112, pis. 2, figs. 61).— At the forty-first 

 annual meeting of the society held at London, Ontario, October 26 and 27, 1904, a 

 number of papers were read and reports submitted, some of which are of sufficient 

 economic importance to be briefly noted in this connection. 



Brief reports were made on the insects of the year in different districts of Ontario, 

 attention being called to some of the more conspicuous insect injuries noted during 

 the year. Reports were also received from the various branch societies. Insects 

 and weeds in the Northwest Territory were discussed by T. X. Willing. Box elder 

 was greatly damaged by the larvae of Hibernia tiliaria and quaking aspen by Clisio- 

 eampa fragilis. The beet webworm was also observed in considerable abundance. 



W. Lochhead discussed a number of insect problems. During the season plum 

 and apple curculios were abundant and Phoxopteris nubeculana caused considerable 



