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the period of hibernation into one of aestivation, a habit often observed 

 among species living in arid regions. More or less moistening of the 

 weevil cell is necessary to allow emergence in most cases. A scattered 

 emergence may be expected throughout the spring and summer 

 months, the exteat of this emergence depending upon the amount of 

 the precipitation ; almost complete emergence follows the heavy 

 rains of July and August. In the greater part of the mountain region 

 there are therefore not more than two generations annually, instead 

 of the six to eight of the cotton weevils. If this cell hibernation habit 

 is maintained, the control should be cpiite simple, entailing only the 

 winter destruction of the plants and hibernating weevils. A careful 

 watch should be maintained for the appearance of the pest on cultivated 

 cotton. 



Moore (W.). Alabama argillacea in Minnesota. — Science, Philadelphia, 

 xli, no. 1067, 11th June 1915, p. 864. 



Alabarna argillacea appeared in Minnesota during the past season 

 at several different places. The first recorded appearance was on 

 the 21st September, when considerable injury to strawberries waf5 

 reported. Several other attacks were noted during October. These 

 observ^ations show the northern flight of the moth and emphasise the 

 fact that it will feed on fruit if it is available. 



Washburn (F. L.). The Cotton Worm Moth in Minnesota (Lep.) — 



Entom. News, Philadelphia, xxvi, no. 5, May 1915, p. 207. 



Alabama argillacea (the cotton worm moth) appeared in large 

 numbers last autumn in the latitude of St. Paul. A httle damage 

 was done to late-bearing strawberries, and much alarm caused to 

 growers, because the moths attacked the fruit itself. This was the 

 first occurrence, known to the author, in the last thirteen years of 

 this moth in this latitude in Minnesota. 



Fisher (W. S.). One new Genus and two new Species of Ceramby- 

 cidae. — Proc. Entom. Soc. Washingtoti, Baltimore, xvii, no. 2. 

 June 1915, pp. 77-79. 



Hyhtrupes juniperi, sp.n., was taken fromtheheart-wood ofa juniper. 

 The larval burrows follow the grain of the wood, half in the bark and 

 half in the sap wood. When full grown, the larvae pass into the heart- 

 wood to pupate. H. amethystinus, Lee, has a similar habit, but only 

 attacks dying and felled Libocednis and Thuja. Paratimia conicola, 

 gen. et sp. n., which is also described, was taken from cones of Pinus 

 attenuata. 



Green (E. E.). Observations on British Coccidae in 1914, with 

 descriptions of new species (concluded) — Entomologists Mthly. 

 Mag., London, no. 613, June 1915. 



Kuivanina parvus, Mask., found on cherry trees imported from 

 Japan, of which country it is a native, is described. It is apparently 

 able to thrive in the open in England and may prove of economic 

 importance. Aulacaspis (Diaspis) pentagona, Targ., has also been 

 detected on cherry trees imported from Japan. 



