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FiNTEScu (G. N.). Contributions a la biologie de I'h^miptere Capsus 

 mail, Meyer, (syn. Capsus magnicornis, Fallen, Phytocoris magni- 

 cornis, Macq., Atradotomus mali, Fieber, Capsus plenicornis.) 

 [Contributions to the biology of the heniipteron Capsus mali, 

 Meyer, etc..] — Bull. Section Sci. Acad. Rownaine, Bucharest, iii, 

 no. 4, 15th November 1914, pp. 132-140, 4 figs. [Received 28th 

 April 1915.] 



Capsus mali, which preys on the larvae of Hyponomeuta malinellus, 

 is described in its various stages. It is concluded that the 

 larvae of Hyponomeuta are not absolutely essential to the bug 

 during the early stages of its existence, since the liquid secreted by 

 the female Aphis mali can also serve as food. The host becomes 

 necessary as soon as the nymph stage is reached by the bug ; 

 the nymph and adult live entirely at the expense of the larvae and 

 pupae of the moth. 



Coventry (E.). Report on the Progress of Agriculture in India for 



1913-14; Calcutta, 1915. pp. 95, 2 plates. 

 In the entomological section, investigation into the life-histories 

 of injurious and other insects was continued. Special attention was 

 paid to pests of wheat, rice, sugar-cane, cotton and stored grain. 

 Observations have been made on the parasites and hyperparasites 

 of the cotton bollworms. The passing of the Destructive Insects 

 and Pests Act has been important in controlling the importation into 

 British India of living plants which may ntroduce noxious insects 

 as they have done in the past. An attempt has been made to work 

 out methods of insect control by examining and taking advantage of 

 the reactions of insects to particular stimuli which seem to influence 

 to a large extent their more important activities. In Mysore, important 

 work has been carried on in connection with Coccus viridis {Lecanium 

 viride), a recently introduced pest of coffee. This insect causes great 

 injury and in some localities has destroyed entire bushes and caused 

 the abandonment of the estates. 



Thompson (W. R.). Sur une Tachinaire parasite a stade intracuticu- 



laire. [Note on the intracuticular stage of a Tachinid parasite.] 



— C. R. de VAcad. des Sciences, Paris, clx, no. 2, 11th Jan. 1915, 



pp. 83-86, 2 figs. 



Noctuid larvae, gathered from bushes of Haematis virginiana, were 



found to be infested with a Tachinid parasite belonging to the Echino- 



myiinae. The parasites were in an early larval stage and were found 



between the two layers of the cuticle of the host. This intracuticular 



phase seems to be normal and characteristic of the life-cycle, the 



parasite probably remaining throughout the winter in this position. 



Green (E. E.). Some Remarks on the Coccid genus Leucaspis with 

 Descriptions of Two New Species. — Trans. Enloni. Soc, London, 

 pts. iii and iv, 27th February 1915, pp. 459-467, 2 plates. 

 Notes on the genus Leuca^ipis are given, and two new species 



described, L. perezi, sp. n., from Pinus halepensis and P. canariensis, 



from Teneriffe, Canary Islands, and L. salicis, sp. n., on stems, 



branches and twigs of Salix sp. from Beluchistan. 



