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The Ontario Mealy Bug, Pseudococcus sp. in California . . . . 625 



lasect Pests of California .... . . . . . . . . 625 



Pests intercepted in Quarantine in California . . . . . . 625 



Pests of Peas and Beans in Barbados . . . . . . . . 626 



Technomyrmex albipes, a Pest in the Seychelles . . . . . . 626 



Weevils attacking Sugar-cane in the West Indies . . . . . . 627 



Hymenopterous Parasites of Chortophila brassicae and Acidia 



heraelei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 



Breeding Cages for Insects . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 



Cutworms and their Control in Canada . . . . . . . . 628 



The Bionomics of Mayetiola destructor and Cephus occidentalis in 



Canada . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630 



Bhopalosiphum nymphaeae, a Pest of Plums in the U.S.A.. . . . 631 



New Thrips from Florida and Louisiana . . . . . . . , 631 



The Destruction of Locusts in the Argentine . . . . . . 631 



The Cassava Mite in Java . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 



A list of Aphids from Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 



New parasitic Chalcids from Sicily and the Philippines . . . . 633 



Insect Pests of zoological Collections . . . . . . . . . , 633 



Pests of the Government of Tula in 191^-1914 634 



Damage by Insects to the Harvest of 1915 in Russia . . . . 636 



The Life-Histories of Locusts in Turgai . . . . . . . . 636 



Pests of Mustard in Astrachan . . . . . . . . . . 637 



Insect Pests of the Government of Kiev in 1914 . . . . . . 638 



Pests in Astrachan in the Spring of 1915 . . . . . . . . 641 



The Extent to which Apion damages Clover . . . . . . 641 



Methods of controlling Locusts . . .... . , . . 642 



Pristiphora pallipes, a Pest of Currants and Gooseberries in Russia 642 



Incurvaria capitella and its Control in Holland . . . . . . 643 



Iritus nigriceps, a new parasitic Hymenopteron from Holland . . 644 



Lepidopterous Pests in the Dutch East Indies . . . . . . 644 



The Caxises of Scorching with Paris Green . . . . . . . . 645 



Scale-Insects attacking Coffee in Java . . . . . . . . 646 



Pests of Manihot glaziovii in the Middle Congo . . . . . . 648 



Hevea Pests in the Belgian Congo . . . . . . . . . . 648 



Stephanoderes coffeae attacking Coffee in the Belgian Congo . . 649 



Papilio devioleus attacking Citrus trees in the Belgian Congo . . 650 



A new Thrips on Sugar-Cane in British Guiana . . . . . . 650 



Crop Pests of Jamaica in 1913-14 . . . . . . . . . . 650 



Economic Entomology in Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . 651 



An Invasion of Locusts in Trinidad . . . . . . . . 652, 679 



Brassolis sophorae attacking Coconuts in British Guiana . . . . 652 



The CocciDAE of Australia . . . . . . . . • • • • 652 



Orthoptera injuring Oranges in California . . . . . . . . 653 



The Life-History of Euzophera semifuneralis in the U.S.A. . . 654 



The Arsenates of Lead . . . . . . . . • . • • • • 655 



Legislation against Insect Pests in Tennessee . . . . . . 657 



Pests intercepted in Hawaii . . . . . . . • • • • • 657 



Adoxua vitis and its Control in Italy . . . . . . . . . . 658 



New Sawflies and Hymenopterous Parasites in the U.S.A. . . 658 



The Verbena Bud Moth in the U.S.A. and Canada . . . . 659 



Insects of Economic Importance in England . . . . . . 659 



The Insect Pests of Cacao (Review) . . . . . . . . • . 660 



The Relations of Ants and Scale- Insects in Java . . . . . . 663 



Ta-iSonemus spirifex, a Pest of Oats in Holland . . . . . • 664 



Notes on Bhyacionia huoliana in Italy . . . . • • • • 665 



The Ineffectiveness of injecting Potassium Cyanide against Insect 



Pests . . 

 The Internal Disease of Cotton Bolls . . 



The Shot-Hole Borers of Tea in Ceylon 



A new Genus of Scolytid Beetles 



The Damage to Pine Cones by Conophthorua in the U.S.A. 



Food-Plants of the Gipsy Moth in the U.S.A. 



Aegeria novaroensia, a Pest of Douglas Firs in the U.S.A. . . 

 Parmvdra brunnea and its Control in the U.S.A. . . 



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