"Some Experiments on the Adult and Eggs of the Peach Borer, San- 

 ninoidea exitiosa, Say., and Other Notes," by Alvah Peterson, 

 New Brunswick, N. J. (15 minutes.) Lantern. 



Response of the female during oviposition to certain common insecticides and 

 other chemicals and the influence of various sprays on the hatching of 

 the egg. Notes on use of tree protectors. 



"The Apple Ermine Moth in New York," by Percival J. Parrott, 

 Geneva, N. Y. (7 minutes.) Lantern. 



Importations in nursery stock from abroad and occurrence of species in bear- 

 ing orchards. 



"Seasonal Irregularities of the Codling Moth," by Leroy Childs, Hood 

 River, Ore. (10 minutes.) 

 Four years' observations in the Hood River Valley, Oregon. 



"Notes on Three Species of Apple Leaf-Hoppers," by Frank H. La- 

 throp, Corvallis, Ore. (10 minutes.) 



Brief notes on Empoasca mali, Empoasca unicolor, Empoasca rosoe at Geneva, 

 N. Y. Includes life histories, habits, and transmission of fire-blight. 



"Notes on the Woolly Aphis," by George G. Becker, Fayetteville, 

 Ark. (15 minutes.) Lantern. 

 On the interrelationships of the hosts elm, apple and Crataegus. 



"Notes on the Life-History of Laspyresia molesta Busck," by Philip 

 Garman, College Park, Md. (10 minutes.) Lantern. 



Additional facts in the life-history of the newly introduced fruit pest are 

 given, together with the results of recent spraying tests. 



"Remarks on the Status of the Sweetened Poisoned Bait for Fruitflies 

 in America, " by Glenn W. Herrick, Ithaca, N. Y. (10 minutes.) 



"The Calcium Arsenates and Their Efficiency as Insecticides," by 

 A. L. Lovett, Corvallis, Ore. (8 minutes.) 



Two types of pure calcium arsenate have been prepared, and their chemical, 

 physical and insecticidal properties studied. Unsafe alone but efficient 

 when used with an excess of CaO or with hme suKur. 



"The Influence of Molasses on the Adhesion of Arsenate of Lead," by 

 Frederick Z. Hartzell, Fredonia, N. Y. (10 minutes.) 



Preliminary report on a method of testing adhesion of sprays and especially 

 the results when molasses is used as a bait. 



"Spreaders for Arsenate Sprays," by A. L. Lovett, Corvallis, Ore. (12 

 minutes.) 



A number of materials have been tested as spreaders for ansenates. An effi- 

 cient spreader wiU materially decrease the amount of poison necessary and 

 decidedly increase its effectiveness. 



