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life depends upon exact knowledge of the behavior of insects. There 

 have been in recent years many close studies of individual insects or 

 groups of insects for the purpose of obtaining such data. The Insect 

 Pest Survey has opened up a line of investigation capable of rendering 

 great, possibly greater service than the study of restricted problems, 

 though both are essential to material advances along progressive lines. 



Reviews 



Report of the Proceedings of the Third Entomological Meeting held at 

 Pusa, 3rd to 15th February, 19i9, edited by T. Bainbrigge 

 Fletcher, 3 vols, pages 1-1137, 182 plates (many colored), Cal- 

 cutta, Superiritendent Government Printing, India, 1920 



This set of volumes is a magnificent contribution to our knowledge of Indian in- 

 sects and reflects great credit upon all participating in the conference. Nearly 

 three hundred (300) pages are devoted to an annotated list of Indian crop pests 

 and such unusual subjects, from the American view point, as methods of storing 

 grain, Lantana insects and Lac production receive attention in addition to the niun- 

 erous notes concerning a very large number of insects, a few of which are known as 

 pests in this country, though most represent an entirely different fauna. 



These volumes are a mine of information and though dealing with insects of a 

 totally different section 'of the woild, contain much of interest to American Ento- 

 mologists. 



E. P. F. 



Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by E. D wight Sanderson, 

 revised by L. M. Peairs, pages I-VI, 1-707, 604 text illustrations, 

 John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1921. 



This is a revised and enlarged edition of the senior author's well known work pub- 

 lished under the same title in 1912. The revision has been directed mainly toward 

 bringing control measures up to date, though there have been modifications of 

 the text and important additions, particularly the chapters in relation to insects 

 injurious to citrus fruits, to man and in the household and to domestic animals 

 and poultry. The chapter on insects affecting hops of the first edition has been 

 eliminated and the account of the hop plant louse as a plum pest considerably re- 

 duced and the discussions of other hop insects discarded, presumably because of 

 their relatively slight importance so fai as the country as a whole is concerned. Can 

 this be an indirect outcome of the Volstead Act.'' The authors have rendered a 

 distinct service by reproducing in permanent form a number of the diagrammatic 

 illustrations of the life histoiy and activities of important insects issued during 

 recent years by the Federal Bureau of Entomology, though the reductions of cer- 

 tain posters have of necessity been somewhat greater than was desirable 



The authors gave nothing as to the value of corrosive sublimate for the control 

 of cabbage maggot and the efficacy of timely sprayings with ordinary arsenicals 



