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transport of farm and garden produce are briefly described. During 

 the summer of 1920, 846 beetles were found in 2,137 baskets of maize, 

 some of which were destined for places as distant as New York. I 



S.\sscER (E. R). Important Insects collected on Imported Nursery V 



Stock in 1920. — //. Econ. Enf., Geneva, N.Y., xiv, no. 4, August 

 1921, pp. 353-355. [Received 5th December 1921.] 

 The total number of plants offered for entry into the United States 

 during the fiscal year 1920 showed a decrease of 5,412,459 as compared 

 with that of the previous year. The insects intercepted from October 

 1919 to 31st December 1920 include the following injurious pests : — 

 Nygmia phaeorrhoea (brown-tail moth) on fruit seedlings and stocks, 

 and Acronyeta riiinicis, L. (sorrel cutworm), in Mahaleb stock from 

 France ; Emphytus cinctns, L., on rose stocks from Holland, Great 

 Britain and France ; Emnerus strigatus, Fall., and Merodon equestris, 

 F. , on bulbs from Holland and France ; Aporia crataegi, L. , on Paradise 

 apple stock from France ; Tortrix (Cacoecia) podana, Scop., on Rosa 

 rugosa from Holland (not known to occur in the United States) ; 

 Plafyedra {Pectinophora) gossypiella, Saund., in cotton seed from China 

 and Japan, and in seed attached to burlap from Egypt and Holland ; 

 Pyrausta nnhilalis, Hb. (European corn borer), in Itahan broom corn ; 

 Agriotes lineatus, F., in Danish potatoes ; Phthorimaea opcrciileUa, 

 Z., in potatoes from Austria, Chili, Peru and Spain ; Cylas formi- 

 cariiis, F., in sweet potatoes from Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, 

 Isle of Pines and Porto Rico ; Euscepes hatatae, Waterh. (West 

 Indian sweet potato weevil), from Porto Rico; Palaeopus dioscoreae, 

 Pierce, and P. costicollis, Mshl., in yams from Cuba and Jamaica ; 

 Aleiirocanthus KOglumi, Ashby (citrus blackfly), on foHage of grape- 

 fruit, lime, mango and sapodilla from Cuba ; Aleurothrixtts hoivardi, 

 Quaint., on foliage of grape-fruit from Cuba and the Isle of Pines ; 

 larvae of Anastreplia frater cuius, Wied., in guavas, mangos, Cuban 

 plums and sapodillas, and what appeared to be the larvae of A. striata, 

 Schin., in guavas from Cuba ; Anastreplia sp. in mangos from Spanish 

 Honduras ; Heilipus perseae, Barber, in avocados from the Canal 

 Zone ; Stenoma catenifer, Walsh, in avocados from Spanish Honduras ; 

 what appeared to be Conotrachelus perseae, Barber, in avocados from 

 Costa Rica and Mexico ; and Metamasius sericeus carhonarius, Chev., 

 in bananas from Spanish Honduras and Guatemala. 



In addition to the above about 80 distinct species of scale-insects 

 were found, many of which are not at present estabhshed in the 

 United States. 



The soil insects intercepted include : Agriotes sp. in the soil sur- 

 rounding the roots of a rose from Ireland ; a Curculionid larva in the 

 soil around Japanese iris from France and in soil around Astilbe roots 

 from Holland ; Forficiila auricnlaria, L., with evergreen shrubs, and 

 Otiorrhynchus sulcatus, F., with herbaceous ornamental plants from 

 Holland ; and Leucotennes tennis, Hagen, in soil around plants from 

 Brazil. 



Garm.w (P.). The European Red Mite {Paratetranychus pilosus, Can. 



& Fanz.) in Connecticut. — //. Econ. Ent., Geneva, N.Y., 



xiv, no. 4, August 1921, pp. 355-358, 10 figs. [Received 5th 



December 1921.] 



The bulk of the information contained in this paper on the occurrence 



of Paratetranychus pilosus, Can. & Fanz., in Connecticut has already 



been noticed [R. A.E., A, ix, 293]. 



