ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY. 1091 



Report on work done in 1903-4 in the control of San Jose scale and other 

 dang-erous insect and fungus pests ( West Virginia Sla., 1904, pp. 96, figs. 16).— 

 An account of nursery inspection during the year under report is given by W. E. 

 Bumsey (pp. 7-15). 



A tabulated list of Wesl Virginia nurseries is presented, with notes on their con- 

 dition. The work along the line of orchard inspection isdiscussed byW. E. Rumsey 

 and T. E. Brooks. This account includes a statement regarding the distribution of 

 San Jose" scale in country districts and in towns, spray mixtures for use in controlling 

 this insect, and a brief resum^of the principal Fruil section- of the State. The report 

 also contains an account of spraying melons in the Ohio River Valley, by 1'. I'.. 



Brooks, and plant diseases of the State, by .1. L. Sheldon. 



Report on work done in 1904-5 in the control of San Jose scale and other 

 dangerous insect and fungus pests ( West llrginia St,,. [1905], /■/>. 60, pis. 7). —In 

 the report for this year considerable attention is given to the grape curculio, which 

 is discussed by F. E. Brooks. The same author also discusses nut weevils in West 

 Virginia. 



The report also contains a special report of the bacteriologist, J. L. Sheldon, on 

 various plant diseases; potato blight, by A. I.. Post; other investigations on potato,-. 

 by T. C. Johnson; and a study of combined insecticides and fungicides, by B. II. 

 Hiteand C. II. Howard. Brief notes are also given as usual in these reports on 

 nursery and orchard inspection. 



Some points in nursery inspection, E. A. Popenoe (Industrialist, .:: (1906), 

 No. 18, i>i>. 275-279). — The San Jose* scale was the chief cause of the present nursery 

 inspection laws in Kansas. A brief account is given of the methods employed in 

 inspecting the nurseries, with particular reference to the more Berious inseel and 

 fungus diseases. It is believed that not all of these diseases are transmitted in 

 nursery stock. Apple-tree borers are apparently seldom carried in young nursery 

 stock. 



The plum curculio, F. Johnson and A. A. GiRADLT (U. S. Dept. .I///'., /.'"/•. Ent. 

 ('in-. ?.;, })}). io, figs. 5). — The life history and habits of this pest are described in 

 detail. 



The insect attacks plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, apples, and pears, 

 and sometimes feeds upon the foliage after the fruit has been harvested. The 

 method of the attack upon various fruits is described and notes are given on the 

 natural enemies of the pest. One of the mosl extensively applied remedies for the 

 insects consists in the use of some form of jarring trap. This method has been 

 widely adopted in plum and peach orchards in the South and has proved very satis- 

 factory. The pest may he destroyed by thorough spraying with arsenicals. For 

 this purpose arsenate of lead may he used at the rate of 2 lbs. to 50 <_ r al. of water, or 

 Paris green at the rate of 1 lb. to lot) to 200 gal. of water. 



The codling- moth in Arizona, J. J. Thornber ( Arizona sin. Rpt. 1905, p. 

 The codling moth has been known in Arizona for 2 years ami in infested district- 

 causes wormy apples to the extent of 30 to 40 per cent. No hope is held out that 

 this insect may he eradicated in Arizona, hut it is believed that its presence will 

 have an indirect benefit in forcing orchardists to spray their tie,- more thoroughly. 



Report of committee on gypsy moth, insects, and birds, A. Prati hi ai. 

 {Agr. of Mass., 52 (1904), pp. .'i: --■'•'■») .— A briei review is presented oi the condi- 

 tion of the infested region contrasting the conditions observed in 1899 and 1904 in 

 various towns in the neighborhood of Boston. A few new colonies have appeared 

 outside the area winch was known to he infested in 1899. In general the ins» 1 has 

 spread slowly m various directions and in the localities of long infestation the num- 

 bers of the pests have greatly increased. 



