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paUidocinctus, sp. n., reared from Papilio demodocus, Esper ; and 

 A. ugandaensis, sp. n., from a Pyralid on Hibiscus. 



Cereal and Forage Insect Work. — 13th Ann. Rept. Commissioner 

 Agric. Commerce and Industries, State of S. Carolina, 1916; 

 Columbia, S.C, 1917, pp. 155-156. [Received 2nd January 

 1919.] 



No serious outbreaks of insects affecting cereal and forage crops 

 were reported during the early part of 1916, but later in the year 

 considerable damage was done to various crops by insects, the most 

 important being : — Cirphis unipuncta (army-worm), which did 

 considerable damage to a field of millet but was so efl&ciently controlled 

 by its parasites that the next generation was unimportant ; Laphygma 

 frugiperda (fall army- worm), the caterpillars of which were quite common 

 during late summer, but not abundant enough to do serious damage 

 to crops ; this moth probably does not hibernate in South Carolina, 

 but comes every year as a migrant from more southerly regions, 

 probably Florida ; Sphenophorus sp^p. (bill-bugs), which did considerable 

 damage to maize in river-bottom lands ; Elasmopalpus lignosellus 

 (lesser corn-stalk borer), which damaged cow-peas and sorghum, 

 plants growing in sanSy parts of the fields suffering the most ; and a 

 small bug, Halticus citri, found doing considerable damage to lucerne 

 in Georgia and recently found in lucerne fields round Columbia. 



Cereal and Forage Insect Work. — 14th Ann. Rept. Commissioner Agric. 

 Coimnerce and Industries, State of S. Carolina, 1917 ; Columbia, 

 S.C, 1918, pp. 142-149, 6 plates. [Received 2nd January 1919.] 



Heliothis obsoleta, F., is sometimes an important pest of vetch, crops of 

 which have been seriously damaged in South Carolina by it during 

 recent years. The damage is caused by the larvae devouring the 

 leaflets and boring into the pods and eating the seeds, the most serious 

 outbreaks occurring during seasons of cool and moist weather. 



The number of generations annually is probably six in the south, 

 but it is only the first of these that affects crops of vetch. The cater- 

 pillars cannot well be controlled on vetch by spraying owing to the 

 manner of growth of this plant, but where this is sparse, a solution of 

 2 lb. powdered lead arsenate in about 50 U.S. gals, water maybe used; 

 1 lb. Paris green may be substituted for the lead arsenate, a few 

 pounds of hme being added to prevent scorching. A poisoned bait 

 made of 50 lb. wheat bran, 2 lb. lead arsenate, 2 U.S. gals, low-grade 

 molasses and 6 finely chopped lemons, and sown broad-cast over the 

 field exerts a good measure of control. If however the crop is heavily 

 infested, it should be cut for hay at once and not be left to stand for 

 seed ; before cutting, a deep furrow should be ploughed round the field 

 to safeguard surrounding crops from migrating larvae. 



DoBsoN (R. D.). A European Termite, Reticulotermes lucifugus, Rossi, 

 in the Vicinity of Boston. Psyche, Boston, Mass., xxv, no. 5, 

 October 1918, pp. 99-101. [Received 3rd January 1919.] 



Only one species of termite, Reticulotermes flavipes, Kollar, has 

 hitherto been found in the United States north of New Jersey, but 

 in May 1918 a few colonies of R. lucifugus, the common European 

 termite of the Mediterranean region were found in the vicinity of 



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