

CONTENTS 



^f Notes on the Biology of Chelonus texanus Cress. 



W. D. Pierce and T. E. HoUoway 425 



The Life History of Tetrastichus asparagi Crawf . 



H. M. Russell and F. A. Johnston 429 



H. B. Weiss 434 

 F. B. Paddock 436 



Notes on lAxus concavus 



The Sugar-Beet Web Worm, Loxostege sticticalis Linn. 



Will the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Cer otitis capitata Wied., Breed in Bananas 



under Artificial and Field Conditions H. H. P. Severin and W. J. Hartung 443 



The Poison Exponent: a Symbol of the Toxicity of Chemicals in their Rela- 

 tion to Insects T. E. Holloway 452 



Notes on Insect Destruction of Fire-killed Timber in the Black Hills of South 



Dakota P. L. BuUrick 456 



Notes of the Season from Connecticut W. E. Britton 464 



Notes from Kentucky H. Gannan 466 



Insects of the Year 1912 in Iowa R. L. Webster 469 



Preliminary Report of the Committee on Entomological Investigations 



T. J. Headlee 472 



Preliminary List of the Scale Insects of South Carolina with some Notes on the 



Behavior of Lecanium quercifex Fitch W. P. Gee 484 



Editorial 487 



Reviews 488 



Scientific Notes 489 



Current Notes 492 



