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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



HOWARD, Leland 0.— Coutinued. 



Bull. Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric, No. 9 

 (New series), Oct., 1897, pp. 18, 19. 

 An acconnt of cold storage experiments 

 which indicate that a consistent low tempera- 

 ture is much more favorable for successful 

 hibernation than alternating high and low 

 temperatures. 



A useful American scale insect. 



Bull. Div. JEnt., 77. ,S'. Dept. Agric. No. 9 



(New series), Oct., 1897, pp. 38-40. 



A review of the commercial uses of scale 



insects with an account of Cerococcus quercus, 



its chemical compo.sition, abundance, and 



commercial possibilities. 



Mosquitoes and fleas. 



Oirc. Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric, No. 13 

 (New series), Dec. 1, 1897, pp. 1-4. Re- 

 vised edition. 

 An account of the life histories and reme- 

 dies to be used against mosquitoes and fleas. 



Report of the Entomologist for 1897. 



Rep. Secy. Agric, 1897, pp. 111-116. 

 A review of the work of the Division of 

 Entomology of the U. S Department of Agri- 

 culture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. 

 Author's extras, Dec. 20, 1897. 



The Mexican Cotton-boll Weevil in 



1897. 



Circ. Div. Ent., TJ. S. Dept. Agric, No. 27 

 (New series), Jan. 5, 1898, 7 pp. 

 A review of the spread of Anthonormis 

 grandis in Texas during 1897, and of the 

 investigation of the subject in the field. 



The Box-elder Plant Bug, Lepto- 



coris trivittatits Say. 



Circ. Div. Ent., V. S. Dept. Agric, No. 28 

 (New series), Jan. 12, 1898, 3 pp., 1 fig. 

 An account of the life history and remedies 

 to be used against Leptocoris trivittatui, to- 

 gether with some account of its geographical 

 distribution. 



The Gipsy Moth in America : a sum- 

 mary account of the introduction and 

 spread of Porthetria dispar in Massa- 

 chusetts, and of the eftort made by the 

 State to repress and exterminate it. 



Bull. Div. Ent., V. S. Dept. Agric, No. 11 

 (New series), Jan. 11, 1898, 39 pp., 8 figs. 



A new parasite of the Harlequin 



Cabbage Bug. 



Canadian Entomologist, XXX, No.] (Jan., 

 1898),pp. 17, 18. 

 Describes Encyrtus johnsoni, now species, 

 with remarks on Trissolcus murgantice Ashm. 



On some parasites of the Coccidai, 



with descriptions of two new genera 

 of Aphelininie. 



HOWARD, Leland O.— Continued. 



Proc Ent. Soc Wash., iv, No. 2, pp. 133- 

 139, 3 figs. 

 Remarks on the geographical distribution 

 of some common coccid parasites, with 

 descriptions of the male of Arrhenophagus ; 

 Archenomus, new genus ; bicolor, new spe- 

 cies; Azotus, new genus; marchali, new 

 species. 

 Author's extras published Feb. 11, 1898. 



(Review of) Les C6cidomyies des 



c6r^ales et leurs parasites, by Dr. Paul 

 Marchal. 



Science (New series), vn, Feb. 18, 1898, 

 pp. 246-248. 



The San Jose Scale in 1896-97. 



Bull. Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric, No. 12 



(Newseries), Mar. 25, 1898, pp. 1-31, fig. 1. 



A general account of Aspidiotus perniciosus 



supplementary to that published in Bulletin 



No. 3 (New series), Division of Entomology. 



The Fig-eater or Green June Beetle. 



Bull. Div. Ent., V. S. Dept. Agric, No. 10 

 (New series), Mar. 26, 1898, pp. 20-26, 

 fig.l. 

 An account of the life history of Allorhina 

 nitida L., with some consideration of the rem- 

 edies to be used against it. 



Further notes on the House Fly. 



Bull. Div. Ent., TI. S. Dept. Agric, No. 10 

 (New series). Mar. 26, 1898, pp. 63-65. 

 An account of experiments with air-slaked 

 lime, land-plaster, gas-lime, chloride of lime, 

 and kerosene against Musca domestica, with 

 some observations on the development of this 

 insect. 



General notes. 



Bull. Div. Ent., TT. S. Dept. Agric, No. 10 

 (New series). Mar .26, 1898, pp. 87-97,1 fig. 

 A peculiar injury to apples; another lead- 

 boring insect; leery a purchasi in Portugal 

 and the Azores ; injury by the Western flea- 

 beetle; windrow remedy for blister beetles; 

 white grubs of Allorhina nitida invading a 

 cellar; damage by Lioderma uhleri; food 

 plants of Dysdercus suturellus; collecting 

 locust eggs in Morocco; poisoning grass- 

 hoppers in Natal; collecting grasshoppers in 

 New Hampshire. 



Notes from correspondents. 



Bull. Div. Ent., JJ. S. Dept. Agric, No. 10 

 (New series). Mar. 26, 1898, pp. 97-99. 



Recent laws against injurious insects 



in North America 



Bull. Div. Ent., JJ. S. Dept. Agric, No. 13 

 (New series). Mar. 31, 1898, 68 pp. 

 A compilation of the recent laws relating to 

 injurious insects in the United States and 

 British America, together with the laws rela- 

 tive to foul brood. 



