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imported from Italy, was released at Fair Oaks on Coccus cUricola and 

 Saissetia oleae. Epilrimerus pyri (pear-leaf rust-mite) occurs quite 

 commonly on pear trees in the Sacramento Valley and in parts of 

 Lake county. Control measures will probably be necessary. Thrips 

 tahaci, L., (onion thrips) is abundant in beans in Sacramento Valley.. 

 Camnvla pellucida has been troublesome in Ventura count}'' ; a poisoned 

 bran mash was used to control it. Heliothrips fasciatus, Perg., was 

 reported on almonds in Capay county. An undetermined species of 

 mealy bug caused considerable damage to Bartlett pears in a few 

 orchards in the Sacramento Valley. The insect enters the calyx of 

 the small pear and feeds there during the season. Large numbers of 

 Hippodamia convergens were collected in the Feather River Canon on 

 1st July. Several colonies of Lepfomastix sp., the SiciHan mealy-bug 

 parasite, were received for liberation. Specimens of Trichoban's 

 trinotata, Say, were taken on Datura mfieloide'i. This is probably the 

 first record of the potato-stalk weevil in California, outside of the 

 Imperial Valley. A mite, Rhizoglyphus rkizophagus, Banks, was^ 

 injurious to onions in Los Angeles county. 



Maskew (F.). Quarantine Division, Report for the Month of June 1915. 



Mthlij. Bull. State Com/miss. Hortic, Sacramento, Cal., iv, no. 8,. 

 August 1915, pp. 401-402. 



Among the pests intercepted were : — From Belgium : Aspidiolu^ 

 hederae on palms ; Ceraf aphis lataniae, Aspidiotus lafaniae and A. rapax 

 (cameUiae) on Kentia palms. From China : Cglas for mica rin.s in sweet 

 potatoes. From Hawaii : Diaspis hromeliae and Pseudococcus bromeliae 

 on pineapples and Cocciis longvlus on betel leaves. From Japan : 

 Pseudaonidia duplex on camellias. From Mexico : Lepidosaplies beckii 

 and L.gloveri on limes and Chrysomphalus aonidum on green coconuts. 

 From Pennsylvania : Chrysomphalus aurantii, C aonidum, Aspidiotus- 

 brifannicns, A. lataniae and Cerataphis lataniae on palms. From 

 Tahiti : MorganeUa masheUi on limes and oranges and Honichionaspis 

 aspidistrae on an unknown plant. From New York : Parlatoria 

 pergandii on orange trees. 



Walton (W. R.). A New and Interesting Genus of North Amerirani 

 Ta3hinidae. — Proc. Entom. Soc. Washington, Washington, D.C., 

 xvii, no. 3, September 1915, })p. 104-107, 6 fig^. 



A description is given of Coqaillettina planJcii, gen. et sp. nov., reared' 

 from an undetermined species of grasshopper at Pasadena, N.J., on 

 8th August 1914. 



RoHWER (S. A.). A remarkable new Genus of Cephidae. — Proc. Entom-.. 

 Soc. Washington, Washington, D.C., xvii, no. 3, September 1915. 

 pp. 114-117, 5 figs. 



Syntexis libocedrii, gen. et sp. nov., which was reared from larvae 

 and pupae collected in the cells near the outer surface of the wood of 

 Libocedrus decurrens, Torr. (incense cedar), is described. The specimens 

 were collected on 8th August 1913 ; adults emerged on 22nd June 1914.. 



