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Ehrhorn (E. ]\I.). Division of Plant Inspection. — Haimiian Forester 

 & Agriculhirist, Honolulu, xix, no. 8, August 1922, pp. 184-187. 



The pests intercepted in May and June 1922 included : From Japan, 

 Cremastogaster sp. and Camponotus sp. in logs, and larvae and pupae 

 of a Lepidopterous borer, near Zenzera, in cargo ; and from the 

 Philippines, Brnchiis chinensis, in beans and seed. 



Whitney (L. A.). Division o! Plant Inspection. — Hawaiian Forester 

 & Agriculturist, Honolulu, xix, no. 9, September 1922, pp. 216- 

 217. 



The pests intercepted in July 1922 included : From China, Cylas 

 formicariiis and Pseudococcus sp. on sweet potatoes ; and from Japan, 

 Pseudaonidia trilobiiiforrnis and Parlatoria pergandei on orange. 



Fern Weevil Parasite. — Hawaiian Forester & Agriculturist, Honohilu, 

 xix, no. 9, September 1922, pp. 199-200. 



A letter from C. E. Pemberton on the fern weevil, Syagrius fulvitarsis, 

 and the distribution and effectiveness of its parasite, Ischiogonus 

 syagrii, states that the latter has become well established everywhere 

 since its introduction from Australia a year ago. Living larvae or 

 pupae were found near dead weevil larvae. It is too soon for the 

 parasite to have reached its maximum degree of efficiency, but the 

 weevil is most certainly being checked, and has not spread much 

 beyond the area infested by it in 1920. 



Myers (J. G.). Notes on the Life-history of Monopis etheleUa (Newm.) 

 (Tineina, Lepidoptera). — N.Z. Jl. Sci. S- Technol., Wellington, 

 V, no. 4, September 1922, pp. 208-209. 



Some soiled wool, after infestation by sheep-maggots, was found, 

 when in a drier condition, to be infested with Monopis etheleUa, Newm., 

 and all stages except the eggs, which were not discovered, are described. 

 The moths of the genus Monopis are said to find their larval food 

 in refuse. Since rearing the species described, adults were formd on 

 the 10th June emerging from woolly debris of a dead sheep. The 

 moths shelter among the caked masses of wool during the day. They 

 have been recorded throughout New Zealand from sea-level to an 

 altitude of 4,000 ft., and are also common in Australia. 



LocHHEAD (W.). The Story oJ Spraying Mixtures. — 13th Ann. Kept. 

 Quebec Soc. Prot. Plants 1920-21, Quebec, 1921, pp. 12-19. 

 [Received 31st October 1922.] 



The contents of this paper has already been noticed from another 

 source iR.A.E., A, x, 317]. 



MacClement (W. T.). Our Winged Allies. — 13th Ann. Rept. Quebec 

 Soc. Prot. Plants 1920-21, Quebec, 1921, pp. 31-38. [Received 

 31st October 1922.] 



The importance of birds in destroying insects is pointed out, and those 

 chieflv concerned in Canada are reviewed. 



