Shorter Articles and Reviews of Recent 

 Important Literature 



INJURIOUS AND BENEFICIAL INSECTS OF 

 CALIFORNIA 



E. O. ESSIG 



Month. Bui. State Com. Hort. Vol. II, Nos. 1 and 2. 

 This is certainly one of the most useful bulletins for the 

 farmer and for all others interested in insects and their con- 

 trol in California. It considers the different orders of insects 

 which are found in the state and discusses them clearly. This 

 is aided by an unusually large number of good cuts, many of 

 them being the work of the author while in college and later. 

 In the back of the bulletin the composition of the different 

 insecticides is given, as well as the various methods for their 

 application. Here are also found all the state horticultural 

 and quarantine orders relating to insects. There is also a host 

 index of injurious insects described or cited. Mr. Essig surely 

 is to be congratulated for this good and useful work. 



George Ash. 



A GIANT COCCID FROM GUATEMALA 



WILLIAM MORTON WHEELEH 



Psyche, Feb., 1913. 



This was found on the branches of an Eryfhrina tree. From 

 a distance the tree looked as if it were covered with galls the 

 size of cherries. The specimens were 11-20 mm. in length, 

 10-15 mm. in width, and 9-14 mm. in height. The body was 

 smooth, and elliptical in shape. They were pale brownish yellow 

 in color and covered with minute dots. They were only found 

 on this one tree. 



Gertrude Bacon. 



