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Gakdner (A. K.) & SwEETSER (H. p.). strawberry Culture under 

 Maine Conditions. — Qtrh/. Bull. Maine Dept. Agric, Augusta, xiii, 

 no. 3, September 1914, 27 pp., 6 plates, 7 figs. 



The larvae of Lachnosterna attack the roots of strawbeiries at 

 the end of June or beginning of July and these should not be planted 

 on freshly turned soil, since the eggs are usually deposited in turf. 

 Anthonomus signatus deposits its eggs in the blossom, and feeds largely 

 on the pollen. A Gelechiid caterpillar Aristotelia sp., bores into the 

 crown. Rotation helps to prevent its depredations, but insecticides are 

 ineffective. Few serious infestations appear in a field where a rotation 

 is practised, followed by the introduction of new plants. 



Ehrhorn (E. M.). Pseudococcus Species Found on Sugar-Cane in 

 Hawaii. — Proc. Hawaiian Entom. Soc, Honolulu, iii, no. 1, 

 September 1914, pp. 1-3. 



At present three species of mealy-bugs attack sugar-cane in Hawaii. 

 The large pink species determined by Kotinsky as Pseudocociis cal'ceo- 

 lariae, Mask., is considered by the author to be P. sacchari, Ckll., 

 and that identified as P. sacchari, Ckll., to be P. saccharifolii. Green, 

 or a variety of it. The third species was recently found by Swezey 

 and the author and identified as P. bromeliae, Bouch., although it 

 would also fit the description of P. ananassae, Kuw. 



It would seem to be clear that P. calceolariae does not occur in the 

 Hawaiian Islands, 



Pierce (W. D.)- Descriptions of Two New Species of Strepsiptera 

 parasitic on Sugar-Cane Insects. — Proc. Entom. Soc. Washington, 

 Washington, D.C., xvi, no. 3, September 1914, pp. 126-129. 



Two new^ species of Halctophagidae, parasitic on sugar-cane leaf- 

 hoppers, are described : Stenocranophilus quadratus, gen. et sp. n., 

 which was obtained in large numbers in October 1912 from sugar-cane 

 at Rio Piedras, Porto Rico, a parasite of Stenocranus saccharivorus, 

 Westw.; and Pgrilloxenos compactus, gen.et sp. n., collected in 1907, 

 1913 and 1914 from Pusa, Behar, India, a parasite of the sugar-cane 

 fly of India, Pyrilla sp. 



Walton (W. R.). A New Tachinid Parasite of Diapheromera femorata. 

 Say. — Proc. Entom. Soc. Washington, Washington, D.C., xvi, 

 no. 3, September 1914, pp. 129-132, 1 pi. 



A third species of Tachinid, Euhallidaya severinii, sp. n., which has 

 been found to be parasitic on the Phasmidae, is described. It is 

 closely related to Hallidaya, Egger, and it is pointed out that the three 

 known Tachinid parasites of the Phasmidae are generically widely 

 separated. 



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