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three new chapters (xxvi-xxix) having- been added by him. The present 

 volume deals with N. American insects (under which Acarina are also 

 included), but the information given is of equal interest to us on this side 

 of the Atlantic. The pests introduced from Europe are enumerated with the 

 native forms, and the methods of control given at the end of each chapter — 

 29 in all. Amongst the insects imported into the United States, the following 

 European forms amongst others, in addition to various Coccids, are men- 

 tioned, and the early stages and imago figured. Coleoptp^ra : Eccoptof/aMer 

 )-!ii/idosHs Ratz. (fruit-tree bark-beetlt;), Hylastinus obscnrus Marsh, (the clover- 

 r )ot borer), Situnes hispidulw^ F. (the clover-root curculio), Phi/tonoinus 

 punctatus V. (clover-leaf weevil), Bruchus pisoruni L. (pea weevil), B. chi- 

 ■nensis L. (cow-pea weevil), B. rufimanus Boh. (European bean weevil), Tene- 

 broides mauritanicus L. (the cadelle), Silvaniis surinamensis L, (saw-tootlied 

 grain beetle), Lasioderma serricorne F. (cigarette beetle), Calandra granaria L. 

 (grain weevil), Crioceris 1'2-punctata L. and C. asparayi L. (asparagus beetles). 

 Hymknoptera : Ceplius pycjmneus L. (wheat saw-fly borer), P/!eronMs ribesii 

 Scop. Lkpidoptera : Pontia rapae L., P. napi L., Porthetria dispar L., 

 Euprodis chrysorrhoea L., Pyrausta furinalis L., P. imbilalis Hiibn., AutoyrapJin 

 brassicae L., Peridromia smicia Hiibn., Ayrotis ypsilon Rott., Plutella viaruli- 

 penjiis Curt., Ephestia kuhniella Zell., Plodia interpunctella Hiibn., Sitotroya 

 cerealella Oliv., Cydia pomouella L., Depressaria heracliana De G., Ttnetoeera 

 ocellanaY. Hemiptera: Lyyus pratensisF., Aphis avetnie F., A. brassicae L., 

 A. sorbi Kalt., A. pomi De G., Toxoptera yraminum Rond., Macrosiphum 

 yranuria Buckt., Myzus cerasiF., Psylla pyricola Fiirst., etc. Thysanoptera : 

 Thrips tabaci L. Uiptera : Peyomyia cepanim Bouche. The beneficial 

 insects include the following predaceous forms: — Coccinella 9-notata, Adalia 

 bipimctata, Hippodamia converyens, Meyilla maculata, Chilocorus bivulnerus, 

 Calosoma sycoplianta, scrutator and ealidum, Lehia yrandis, and Harpalus 

 caliginosus; and such parasitic Hymenopterous genera as Pi7>ipla, Ophiun, 

 and Aphidius. Two Chalcids are mentioned amongst the injurious forms, 

 IlnrmoUtha tritici Fitch (wheat joint-worm) and //. yrandis Riley (wheat 

 straw-worm) ; and a Lycaenid allied to Thecla, ZTranotes melinus Hiibn. (cotton 

 square-borer), is mentioned as attacking cotton. 



The book is extremely well printed and profusely illustrated, and it 

 should be in the hands of all those interested in the insect pests of this 

 country. 



Entomological Society of London: Wednesday, June 1st, 1921.— 

 The Rt. Hon. Lord Rothschild, F.R.S., etc.. President, iu the Chair. 



The President announced the death of Dr. Longstaff, and a vote of 

 condolence was passed to his widow and relatives. 



Dr. D. Sharp, M.A., M.B., F.R.S., etc., was elected a Special Life Fellow. 

 Mr. P. V. Castling, of Peshawar, India, and Dr. S. C. Harland, D.Sc, of 

 Shirley Institute, Didsbury, were elected Fellows of the Society. The 

 Treasurer made a statement as to the portraits of distinguished entomologists 

 that had been hung in the Society's rooms, and expressed the hope that other 



