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 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The following is a list of the principal publications of the Entomol- 

 ogist during the year 1896 — thirty-eight are named — giving title, jjlace 

 and time of publication, and a summary of contents. 



On the Girdling of the Elm Twigs by the Larvae of Orgyia leucostigma 

 and its Results. (American Naturalist, xxx, January, 1896, pp. 74- 

 75—17 cm.) 



Its annual depredations in Albany ; a new form of attack noticed in 

 1883, viz., girdling of the tips of the twigs; cause of the girdling; 

 the girdling operations of a second brood of the Orgyia in August, 

 1895; a second brood not previously recorded in Albany; a feature 

 shown in the twigs girdled by this brood; no similar girdling seen on 

 any other of the Orgyia food-plants. 



[Republished in pages 124-126 of the Eleventh Report.] 



AVire-Worms in Corn. (Country Gentleman, for February 20, 1896, Ixi, 

 p. 144, c. I — 18 cm.) 



Wire-worms reported as injuring corn seriously at Mullica Hill, N. J., 

 the previous year. Buckwheat and mustard crops as preventives of 

 wire-worms. Kainit possibly a remedy, although it gave unsatisfactory 

 results at Cornell University. Baits of poisoned clover for the beetles 

 recommended ; midsummer plowing for destroying pupal cells and their 

 occupants; rotation of crops ; keeping fields in sod but a year or two 

 at a time ; thorough cultivation in autum.n. 



A Solution for Killing Worms. (Gardening, for March 15, 1896, iv, p. 

 199, c. 2—5 cm.) 



Replying to an inquiry of a solution for killing worms, grubs, etc., 

 in potted plants and on benches of greenhouses, several are named, as 

 pyrethrum water {}4 ounce to two gallons of water), quassia water, to- 

 bacco water, mustard water, and lime water. Vegetable solutions 

 would be less liable to injure the roots of the plants. 



The Apple Maggot, Trypeta pomonella. (Gardening, for April i, 1896, 

 iv, p. 218, cols. 2, 3 — 21 cm.) 



The insect is stated to ruin annually in Western Massachusetts 

 the fruit of several varieties of apples; inquiry is made of remedies. 

 Reply is given that preventive measures must be mainly relied on. 

 The parent insect flies from early July until frost, — the females 



