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The enemies of the Anobiidae include the Clerid, Opilo domesticus, L., 

 which chiefly attacks A. striatum and is very voracious, one specimen 

 having been observed to devour five beetles in half an hour. The 

 larvae enter the tunnels of the Anobiids and prey on their larvae. 

 Pupation takes place in the spring in an Anobium tunnel, close to the 

 surface of the wood, the imago emerging at the same time as the host. 

 The importance of O'pilo domesticus is, however, diminished by its 

 own wood-boring habits. Another Clerid, Corynetes coendevs, de G., 

 also lives in the tunnels of Anohium striatum and devours its larvae. 

 Its importance as yet is not great, on account of its limited distribution, 

 but it is apparently spreading in the country. Tillus elongatus, L., is 

 said to attack chiefly Ptilinus pectinicornis . Besides these beetles, a 

 number of parasitic Hymenoptera are recorded from the Anobiidae 

 and the author has himself reared a number of them, which it is 

 hoped will be dealt with in a subsequent paper. 



After discussing the methods of prevention and of destroying 

 Anobiid beetles, the author arrives at the following conclusions. When 

 furniture is attacked, treatment with carbon bisulphide is the best 

 remedy, with subsequent use of linseed oil and painting. If carbon 

 bisulphide is not convenient, the use of paraffin, benzine or turpentine 

 is recommended. When the attack is very serious, so that only the 

 exterior parts are left untouched, boiling the articles in paraffin, such 

 as is employed when cutting sections with a microtome, is very useful. 

 Floors, walls and timbers are best treated with carbolineum or paraffin 

 in boihng water. All these methods give the best results if employed 

 at the time when the beetles are swarming. 



MoRLEY (B.). Entomological Section. — Naturalist, London, no. 696, 

 January 1915, pp. 40-41. 



Serious losses to farmers by the attacks of Plutella maculipennis 

 on turnip crops, are recorded. After the young plants were thinned, 

 the foliage became grey and the roots developed " finger and toe." 

 Swallows were seen catching the moths. The Ichne\unon.,Phygadeuon 

 rusticellae is reported in Leeds as parasitic on Tineola {Tinea) biselliella. 



La campana contra la diaspis. [The campaign against Aulacaspis 

 (Diaspis) pentagona.] — Gaceta Rural, Buenos Aires, viii, no. 90, 

 January 1915, p. 350. 



The commission appointed by the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture 

 has already distributed 1,500,000 twigs bearing Aulacaspis pentagona 

 parasitised by Prospcdtella berlesei, to 5,255 horticulturists. 



GiRAULT (A. A.). Some Chalcidoid Hymenoptera from Nortli Queensland. 



— Canadian Entomologist, London, Ont., xlvii, no. 1, January 

 1915, pp. 17-20. 



Included in this paper are descriptions, all made from single 

 specimens, of the following new Chalcids : — 



Lathromeroides fasciativentris and Neobrachista novifasciata (Tricho- 

 grammatidae) ; and Polynema zolai and P. speciosissimum (Myma- 

 ridae). 



