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were reared and liberated. Complaints were received of damage bv 

 the Japanese rose beetle ; a number of inoculated beetles were 

 distributed. 



ScARiOLi (G.). Bromius vitis.^ — Venezia agricola, Venice, xviii, no. 31, 

 1st August 1915, p. 3. 



Adoxus (Bromius) vitis attacks the leaves of vines in JTune and 

 July, causing them to wither and fall, and thus preventing the normal 

 development of the grapes. The eggs are not attached to the 

 leaf-surfaces and would fall off were they not usually deposited in 

 curled-up leaves. The larvae attack the roots, in which they mine 

 longitudinal galleries. According to Thenard, mustard-seed cake 

 provides an efficient means of control. Carbon bisulphide may be used 

 towards the end of autumn, before the insect burrows deep into the 

 soil to hibernate. In Burgundy, a kind of umbrella is used for 

 collecting the adults. 



KoHWER (S. A.). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera.^Pror. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus., Washington, xlix, no. 2105, IGth July 1915, 

 pp. 205-249. 



This paper contains descriptions of 47 new species of Hymenoptera, 

 many of which are of economic importance either as parasites or as 

 defoliators. 



Tenthredinidae. — Poyiiania amentivora, sp. n., lives in the larval 

 stage in catkins of Salix sp. and causes the destruction of the ovaries ; 

 it pupates in a cocoon in the ground ; Pteronidea winnanae, Rohwer, 

 feeds in the larval stage on Salix sp. ; the larvae of Croesus rastaneae, 

 sp. n., feed gregariously on the leaves of Castanea dentata ; the adult 

 emerges in September ; Euura cosensi, sp. n., was reared from galls 

 on Salix humilis. 



IcHNEUMONiDAE. — Pezo2)orus tentJiredinafi'um, sp. n., was reared 

 from a sawfly leaf-miner on cherry ; Lagarotis dijmoni, and 

 L. virginiayms, sp. n., are primary parasites on the sawfly, Lophyrus 

 {Dijnion) lecontei. Honialomma caliroae, sp. n., is a primary parasite 

 on Eriocampoides sp., which feeds on Nyssa sylvatica. H. eriocampoides, 

 sp. n., is parasitic on Eriocampoides sp., which feeds on Quercus prinus ; 

 Polypterus caliroae, sp. n., is parasitic on Eriocampoides sp., attacking 

 Quercus ruber. Moerophora neoclyti, sp. n., is parasitic on Neoclytis 

 capraca, Say, [sic — ? Neoclytus caprea] attacking Quercus arizonica ; 

 Amersibia prionoxysti, sp. n., is a primary parasite on Prionoxystiis 

 in chestnut ; from observations so far available, it kills the host larva 

 in the 4th or 5th instar ; Scambus evetrivorus, sp. n., has been reared 

 from Rhyacionia (Evetria) bushnelli, Busck, inie&t'mg Pitius jjonderosa; 

 Camposcopiis aclerivora, sp. n., is a parasite of Acleris sp., occurring 

 on chestnut. 



Braconidae. — Apanleles sibinidis, sp. n., and A. pJwbetri. sp. n., 

 are parasitic on the moths Sibine stimulea and Phobetroyi piihecvmn 

 respectively. Bassus coleophorae, sp. n., and Microbracon coleopliorae, 

 sp. n., are parasitic on Coleopliora leucochry sella, Clemens, feeding on. 

 chestnut. 



