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on castor in India, and has a wide range in the East ; and Terastia 

 meticulosalis, Guen., the larva of which bores from the ends of the 

 twigs downwards. 



The Pentatomid bug, Cyclopelta siccifolia, Westw., feeds in massed 

 colonies on the twigs, rendering its destruction easy ; it has also been 

 found on cacao. 



Harbord (Q.). Progress Report of the Experiment Station, Mahai- 

 luppama. — Trop. Agric, Peradeniya, xhi, no. 2, August 1914, 

 p. 168. 



Two beetle traps, constructed for use on the coconut plantation, one 

 on 21st January and the other on 15th February, were opened on 21st 

 April. About 150 larvae of Oryctes rhinoceros in various stages of 

 development were collected from each ; most of those in the three- 

 months-old trap appeared to be approaching the pupal stage. These 

 traps serve the double purpose of disposing of coconut rubbish and of 

 facilitating the destruction of large numbers of the larvae. 



CoBLETT (D. S.). Progress Report of the Experiment Sta on, Perade- 

 niya. — Trop. Agric, Peradeniya, xliii, no. 2, August 1914, 

 pp. 171-172. 



Two traps laid down on the coconut plantation jdelded about 100 

 larvae of Oryctes rhinoceros in each. Rough stone or brick walls 

 would be better than logs for constructing traps, the contents of which 

 should be destroyed at least every three months. 



F£LT (E. P.). Eormomyia bulla, sp. n. — Canadian Entomologist, 

 London, Ont, xlvi, no. 8, August 1914, pp. 286-287. 



Both sexes are described of this new Cecidomyid which produces 

 subglobular, yellowish galls, about the size of a large pea, on Helianthus 

 leaves. The swellings, which appear in July, are equally prominent 

 on both sides of the leaf and are located irregularly, though usually 

 near the mid rib. 



DoDD (A. P.). Some Proetotrypoid Egg-parasites of Sugar-cane Insects 

 In Java. — -Canadian Entomologist, London, Ont. ,xlvi, no. 8, August 

 1914, pp. 293-294. 



Telenomus saccharalis sp. n., is described from material received 

 from Pasoeroean, Java ; the eggs, probably those of a Pentatomid bug, 

 from which it was reared, were found on sugar-cane. Phanarus 

 beneficiens, Zehnter, was bred from the eggs of Diatraea striatalis, as 

 well as from the eggs of an unknown moth on sugar-cane. 



Brown-tail Moth control and parasite introduction. — Agric. Gaz. 

 Canada, Ottawa, i, no. 8, August 1914, pp. 622-625, 2 figs. 



An unusually large flight of females of Euproctis chrysorrhoea from 

 the State of Maine, in July 1913, has caused a very considerable 

 increase of the area infested in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In 



