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amended to include celery, green beans in the pod, beets with tops, 

 spinach, rhubarb, oat and rye straw as such or when used for packing, 

 cut flowers or entire plants of Chrysanthemum, Aster, Cosmos, Zinnia, 

 hollyhock, and cut flowers or entire plants of Gladiolus and Dahlia, 

 except the bulbs thereof without stems; all these may, however, 

 be moved out of the infested area if they have passed inspection. 



There has been a marked decrease in the presence of San Jose 

 scale [Aspidiotus perniciosus] in nurseries during the last few years. 

 The oyster-shell scale [Lepidosaphes idmi] was found to be more 

 prevalent, especially on some of the more susceptible varieties of 

 shrubs. As a result of careful inspections, the European pine shoot 

 moth [Rhvacionia buoliana] has been practically eliminated from 

 the nurseries. 



An infestation of gipsy moth [Porthetria dispar] covering an area 

 of over 100 square miles was discovered in New Jersey. The infested 

 stock is supposed to have been imported from Holland several years 

 previously. 



Other miscellaneous insects recorded during the year were Phaloma 

 mtilana, Hb. (juniper webworm), and Dichomeris [Ypsolophtis) 

 marginella, ¥., causing serious damage, especiaUy to Swedish junipers ; 

 Tetralopha {Benta) melanogrammos, Zell., found particularly on red, 

 Scotch and Mugho pine ; and Otiorrhynchus ovatus, L. (strawberry 

 crown girdler), injurious to arbor-vitae, this being apparently the 

 first record of its attacking this tree. 



Holland (E. B.), Bourxe (A. L) & Anderson (P. J.). Insecticides 

 and Fungicides for Farm and Orchard Crops in Massachusetts.— 



Mass. Agric. Expt. Sta., Amherst, Bull. 201, March 1921, 37 pp. 

 [Received 8th November 1921.] 



The composition of the more useful and important insecticides 

 and fungicides is explained, and the conditions under which the various 

 materials and mixtures are effective are discussed. The form of 

 guarantee under which many of the chief proprietary ingredients 

 are sold is quoted, and a table shows the basic quantities of the chief 

 arsenites and arsenates of standard or near standard composition 

 that may be used. Mixtures of insecticides and fungicides that are 

 safe and those that are dangerous are shown in a diagram. 



A popular edition of this bulletin is also issued in a shortened form. 



ScHULTz (V. G. M.). Neues iiber Agrotis chardinyi, B. (Lep.). [New 



Information on Eiixoa chardinvi.] — Ent. Mitt., Berlin, x, no. 6, 



1st November 1921, pp. 175-181. 



Very little was known regarding the early stages of Enxoa {Agrotis) 



■chardinyi until lately, when Zollner described all stages {Iris, xxxiv, 



p. 62). The present paper aims at completing that work, and in 



correcting it in some particulars. The larvae feed on many plants, 



including SoncAz/s arvensis, S. oleracens,S. asper, lettuce, peas, dandelion, 



Rumex and Symphoricarpns. 



Zetek (J.). La Hormiga Arriera en Panama. [The Leaf-cutting 

 Ant in Panama.]— Reprints from Rev. La Salle, Panama, July- 

 August 1920, 8 pp., 2 figs. [Received 8th November 1921.] 



Leaf-cutting ants are a serious pest in Panama. The most comnion 

 species is Atta cephalotes, and descriptions, taken from existing 



