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Los Angeles County. Specimens of Desnia {1) funeralis have been 

 reared from grape cuttings. Cocoons of Samia ceanolhi were collected 

 from the sweet birch ; their scarcity was probably due to heavy 

 parasitism by a Tachinid and a large Chalcid, possibly Spilochalcis 

 maniae. Porlatoria pergandii has been recorded on Araucaria bidwillii ; 

 Aspidiotus hederae, the common ivy or oleander scale, was collected 

 on Asparagus sprengeri. Aulacaspis manzanita is very common on 

 manzanita in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Large numbers of 

 Hippodamia convergens have been collected from the canons in the 

 high Sierras of Placer County. Specimens of the mite, Stigmaeopsis 

 celarius, have been reported from Pasadena on bamboo. 



Maskew (F.). Quarantine Division. Report for the month of January 



1915. — Mthly. Bull. State Commiss. Hortic, Sacramento, Cat., iv, 

 no. 3, March 1915, pp. 171-172, 



The following is a list of pests intercepted : — At San Francisco, 

 from Florida, Phomopsis citri, Lepidosaphes beckii and Parlatoria 

 pergandii on oranges ; from Honolulu, Diaspis bromeliae and Pseudo- 

 coccus bromeliae on pineapples. Coccus longidus on betel leaves, 

 Euscepes {Cryptorrhynckus) batatae in sweet potatoes ; from Japan, 

 weevil larvae in sweet potatoes and chestnuts, Noctuid and Tipulid 

 larvae in Zysia pangens, Lencaspis bambusae on bamboo, Phomopsis 

 citri on pomelos ; from Lamas experiment station, Lepidosaphes 

 gloveri and Coccus sp. on citrus cuttings ; from Manila, Ceroplastes 

 ■ceriferus and Ceroplastes floridensis on Camellia ; from Nevada, 

 Heterodera radicicola in potatoes ; from New York, Pseudococcus 

 psendonipae, Encalymnatus perforatus, Chrysomphalus aonidum {ficus) 

 and Cerataphis lataniae on Kentia palms, Chrysomphalus aonidum {ficus) 

 on Ficus sp. ; from New Zealand, Saissetia oleae on an unidentified 

 plant ; from Papute, Parlatoria 'pergandii and Lepidosaphes beckii on 

 limes. 



At Los Angeles Station : from Florida, Lepidosaphes beckii and 

 Phomopsis citri on grapefruit ; from Japan, Chrysomphalus aonidum 

 (ficus) and Hemichionaspis aspidistrae on Aspidistra lurida ; from 

 Missouri, Aphis persicae-niger on peach trees ; from Oregeon, Cydia 

 j)omonella on apples. 



At San Diego Station : from Iowa, cro\\ai gall on deciduous stock ; 

 from Mexico, Lejndosaphes sp. and Chrysomphalus sp. on lemons. 



Surface (H. A.). Some Pennsylvania Birds and their Economic Value. 



• — Bi-monthly Zool. Bull. Pennsylvania Dept. Agric, Harrisburg, 



Pa., iv., nos. 1 and 2, January-March 1914, 46 pp., 4 plates. 



[Received 18th May 1915.] 



An account is given of birds of the families Tanagridae, Hirun- 



DiNiDAE, Ampelidae, Laniidae, Vireonidae and Mniotiltidae, 



some of which are almost exclusively insectivorous and consequently 



of considerable economic importance. The food of the wood warblers, 



for example, mcludes bark beetles, boring beetles, moth larvae, aphids 



and msect eggs. Dendroica p>e7insyhanica, the chestnut-sided warbler, 



consumes great numbers of inj urious bugs, plant bee, ants and beetles 



found on bark and foliage. 



