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Benjamin (F. H.). Sugar Cane Moth Borer in Mississippi.— (?ir/\'. 

 Bull. State Plant Bd. Mississippi. Agric. Coll., Miss., i, no. 4, 

 January 1922, pp. 4-6, 1 fig. [Received 20th April 1922.] 



The Hfe-cycle of Diatraea saccharalis cramhidoides , Grt. (sugar- 

 cane moth borer) and the damage done by it are described. It was 

 found on three different farms in Mississippi during 1921. This is 

 apparently the first authentic record of this moth infesting sugar-cane 

 in Mississippi — except for an isolated infestation in the south-western 

 comer of the State. As these infestations were only discovered late 

 in the season, remedial measures will have to be postponed until next 

 autumn. 



Report o! the Quarantine Department from October 1, 1921, to 

 December 31, 1%2\.—Qtrlv. Bull. State Plant Bd. Mississippi, 

 Agric. Coll., Miss., i, no. 4, January 1922, pp. 17-24, 4 figs. 

 [Received 20th April 1922.] 



A number of insects of economic importance have been found on 

 plants and plant products arriving by boat on the Gulf Coast, including 

 a Lepidopterous larva on lemon from the Canary Islands and several 

 species of scales found on fruits and ornamental plants. 



The insects intercepted during 1921 in shipments by all means of 

 transportation, except parcel post, include : From Greece, Aonidia 

 lauri, Bch., on bay leaves ; from the Canary Islands, Ephestia sp. and 

 scale on lemon ; from Porto Rico, purple scale [Lepidosaphes beckii, 

 Newm.] on orange ; from Cuba, sweet potato weevil [Cylas formicarius, 

 F.] and a new species of mite on sweet potatoes. 



Eggers (H.). Seltene und neue palaarktische Borkenkafer. in. 



[Rare and New Palaearctic Bark-beetles.^ — Ent. Blatter, Berlin, 

 xviii, no. 1, 31st March 1922, pp. 12-18. 



Scolytus [Eccoptogaster) confusus, sp. n., is described from Vladi- 

 vo.stock in Ulmus montana var. laciniata ; S. (£.) mandli, sp. n., 

 and 5. (£.) sibiricus, sp. n., from Transbaikaha ; and Hylesinus 

 mandshuricus, sp. n., from Manchuria in ash. 



Crypturgus maidei, Roubal, from Silesia, in silver fir, is recorded from • 

 Germany for the first lime. The author is now of opinion that he has 

 been in error in treating Polygraphus seriatiis, Reitt., as a synonym of 

 P. pundifrons, Thoms., and Pityogenes irkutensis, Egg., as a synonym 

 of P. monacensis, Fuchs. In the case of Xylehonis xylographus. Say, 

 the old specific name saxeseni, Ratz., should be restored m view of 

 Swaine's remarks in " Canadian Bark-beetles, Part II," p. 127 

 [R.A.E., A, vii, 67] that A', xylographus. Say, is not identical with 

 X. saxeseni, also occurring iii North America, but is closely allied to 

 X. inermis, Eichh. 



Fahringer (J.). Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Lebensweise einiger 



Chalcididen. [Contributions to the Knowledge of the Habits 

 of some Chalcids.] — Zeifschr. wiss. Insektenbiol., Berlin, xvii, 

 no. 3-4, 15th March 1922, pp. 41-47. 



This is the concluding portion of a paper on Chalcids, chiefly parasites 

 of Cynipids, issued as a result of breeding experiments [R.A.E., 

 A, X, 203]. 



