594 



Bulbuls were noticed devouring many hornets {Polistes hebraeus, ¥.), 

 and these birds are evidently an important factor in reducing their 

 numbers. 



Coconut Scale. — Agric. Circ. Fiji Dept. Agric, Suva, iii, no. 2, April- 

 June 1922, pp. 25-27. 



In accordance with the terms of the Diseases of Plants Ordinance 

 of 1913, the islands on which the coconut scale {Aspidiotus) occurs 

 are enumerated, and the shipping restrictions made in order to prevent 

 the spread of the pest are clearly defined. 



WoGLU^i (R. S.) & Borden (A. D.). Control of the Citrophilus Mealy- 

 bug.— 17.5. Dept. Agric, Washington, D.C., Buh. 1040, 12th 

 April 1922, 20 pp., 13 figs. [Received 5th October 1922.] 



The bulk of this information has been previously noticed [R.A.E., 

 A, viii, 316]. Special attention is drawn to the necessity for eradi- 

 cating the Argentine ant, Iridomyrmex humilis, Mayr, in all orchards 

 infested by the citrophilus mealybug, Psetidococcus gahani, Green, for 

 experience has shown that it is only when protected by the ant that 

 the mealybug is enabled to become seriously destructive. The best 

 remedy for the ant is arsenical poison syrup in small containers, one 

 to each tree, distributed in the autumn or spring. 



Back (E. A.) & Cotton (R. T.). Stored Grain Pests.— U.S. Dept. 

 Agric, Washington, D.C., Farmers' Bull. 1260, 1922, 47 pp., 

 64 figs. [Received 5th October 1922.] 



A general account is given of the insects damaging stored grain in 

 the United States, of which there are four principal species, Calandra 

 grannria, L., C. oryzae, L., Rhizopertha dominica, ¥., and Sitotroga 

 cerealella, 01. The" damage done by over 30 species is described, 

 and the usual remedies are advocated. 



Service and Regulatory Announcements, July-December 1921. — 



U.S. Dept. Agric, Washington, D.C., Fed. Hortic. Bd., no. 71, 

 12th April 1922, pp. 95-178. [Received 5th October 1922. J . 



The pink bollworm [Platyedra gossypiella, Saund.] law of 1921, 

 enacted at the special session of the Texas Legislature in July and 

 August and approved by the governor 1st September 1921, corrects 

 many defects in previous legislation and provides for co-operation 

 with"' the United States Department of Agriculture and for compensa- 

 tion to planters in non-cotton zones. 



The Federal Quarantine of Texas and Louisiana on account of the 

 pink bollworm "'(no. 46) was revised to cover new infestations in 

 Western Texas, New Mexico and Shreveport, Louisiana, and became 

 effective on 10th September 1921. The quarantine restrictions in 

 these States are limited to the areas actually invaded ; and according 

 to the amendment of regulation no. 3 of this quarantine, which became 

 effective 1st November 1921, the island of Galveston was excluded 

 from the areas in Texas designated as infested. These measures, 

 issued as Quarantine no. 52 and Amendment no. l,are given verbatim. 



