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HOWARD, LelandO. Smyrna fig cul- 

 ture in the United States. 



yearbook U.S. Dept. Agric, 1900, pp. 77- 

 106, 8 pis., 7 figs. 

 An account of the attempts t" grow the 

 Smyrna tig in this country, of the successful 

 introduction of Blastophaga grossorum from 

 Algeria by the Department of Agriculture, 

 and an account of the practical work carried 

 on through the summer of 1900 at Fresno. Cal., 

 under the supervision of Mr. E. A. Schwarz, 

 who was detailed by the Department of Agri- 

 culture, for this purpose; also an account of 

 the life history of Blastophaga. 



Flies and typhoid fever. 



Popular Science Monthly, i.viii. No. 3, 

 Jan.. 1901, pp. 249-256, 11 figs. (Published 

 Dec. 28, 1900.) 

 A succinct resume of the results of the in- 

 vestigations of which a detailed account is 

 given in the following paper. 



The attitude of the State toward 



scientific investigation. 



Scu us* i new series) , xiii. No. 316, Jan. is, 



1901, pp. 87-96. 

 An abstract of this paper was published 

 in Nature, Feb. 7, 1901, pp. 357,368. 

 Part of a public discussion before the Ameri- 

 can Society of Naturalists at the Baltimore 

 meeting, December, 1900, in which the work 

 of the United states Government in zoology 

 was especially considered. 



A new industry brought by an 



insect. 



Forum, xxx. No. 5, Jan.. 1901, pp. 605-607. 



i Published Dec. 29, 1900. i 



A brief account of the introduction and 



establishment of Blastophaga grossorum in the 



rig orchards of George C. Roeding, of Fresno, 



Cal. 



■ Some diptera bred from cow dung. 



Canadian Entomologist, xxxni, No. 2, 

 Feb.. 1901, pp. 42-44. 



A list of species of Diptera (determined by 

 Mr. Coquillett) reared from cow dung at the 

 Department of Agriculture in 1890, with re- 

 marks on coprophagous insects. 



Miliaria and certain mosquitoes. 



Century Magazine, i.xi. No. o, Apr., 1901, 

 PI'. 941-949, 11 figs. 

 A rather popular article, giving an account 

 of the development of the malarial organism 

 and the biology of the malaria-bearing mos- 

 quitoes of the genii'- Anopht h ■-. 



Mosquitoes, how they live, how 



they carry disease, how they are classi- 

 fied, and how they may he destroyed. 

 New York (Met lure. Phillips* Co.), June 

 :?, 1901, pp. xv, 241, i pi, 50 figs". 

 A full, popular treatise on mosquitoes, es 

 pecially directed towards the disease-transfer 

 function and methods of extermination. 



a A posthum 

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HOWARD, Leland < >. Fighting pests 

 with insert foes. 



Everybody's Magazine, v, June, 1901, pp. 

 572-577, 9 figs. 

 An account of the introduction of certain 

 beneficial insects into the United States and 

 other countries for the purpose of destroying 

 injurious species, together with a brief men- 

 tion of the introduction of the South African 

 locust fungus for practical use against western 

 grasshoppers. 



The death-bringing House fly. 



Good Housekeeping, xxxn. No. 6, June, 

 1901, pp. 461, 462, 2 figs. 

 The habits and life history of Musca domes- 

 lica, its relation to the human economy, and 

 the remedies to be used. 



HOWE, Reginald Heber, Jr. A new 

 subspecies of the genus Hylociehla. 



Auk, xvii, July. 1900, pp. 270, 271. 

 Hylociehla fuscescens fuliginosa (p. 271) is 

 described as new. 



A study of the genus Macrorham- 



Auk, xvni, Apr., 1901, pp. 157-102. 1 map. 

 A study of the two American species of the 

 genus convinces Mr. Howe that the form seolo- 

 paceus should lie reduced to a subspecies of 

 M.griseus. A description of the characteristic 

 features of the plumage of each form is given, 

 and a map showing the breeding range and 

 the migration routes of each form accom- 

 panies the paper. 



Variation in size in the Wood 



pewee. 



Auk, xvni, Apr., 1901, p. 194. 

 A series of measurements of the Wood- 

 pewee from the northern and southern parts 

 of its range. 



HUBBAKH, Henry G. Letters from 

 the Southwest. Insect fauna in the 

 burrows of desert rodents." 



Proc. Kut. Soc. Wash, IV, No. 4, Apr. 24, 

 lool, pp. 361-364. 



Some burrows of spermophiles and the Kan- 

 garoo rat were explored by the writer at 

 Palm Springs in the Colorado Desert of Cali- 

 fornia. 



Quite a numberof insects were thus found, 

 the most interesting being three specie- of 

 the Coleopterous family Histeridse. Two of 

 these belong to new genera allied to Cheliox- 

 enus, which inhabits the burrows of the 

 Florida land tortoise. 



Letters from the Southwest. The 



Colorado I lesert." 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv. No. I. Apr. 24. 

 ivoi, pp. 374-376. 

 A general dei cription of the i lolorado Des- 

 ert to serve a- an introduction to die next 

 paper. 

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