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few sprays are of any use. Nico-fume i pint and lime-sulphur 2 quarts, 

 well mixed in 25 U.S. gallons (20|: Impl. gals.) of water, proved 

 satisfactory. Fumigation with Nico-fume sheets is advised against 

 Aphids, but all marketable blooms should first be gathered. The 

 same method is satisfactory against mealy-bugs, or spraying with Nico- 

 fume solution and soapy water, from 2 to 4 teaspoonfuls to the gallon. 

 Careful directions are given for fumigation with hydrocyanic acid. 



Theobald (F. v.). Notes on New and Little-Known British Aphides. — 



Entomologist, London, xlviii, no. 630, November 1915, pp. 258-263. 



The Aphids recorded in this paper are either new to the British list 

 or have not been noted since the time of their description. The list 

 includes :• — Idiopterus nephrolepidis, Davis, taken on Polygonums in a 

 greenhouse near London and recorded on ferns in America ; Aphis 

 chaeropliyUi, Koch, from ChaerophyUum tuberosum at Hereford ; 

 A. apposita. Walk., from Senecio vulgaris ; A. chrysanthemi, Koch, 

 from Chrysanthemum' leucanthemum and Matricaria chamomilla ; 

 A. crataegi, Kalt., on apple at Harden, Kent, and on hawthorn at Wye, 

 forming galls on the leaves ; A. symphiti, Schrank, on Symphytunt 

 officinale and Anchusa italica ; A. callunae, sp. n., on Calhma vulgaris 

 at Brockenhurst, New Forest ; and Macrosiphum centranthi, sp. n., on 

 Centranthus rubra and Valeriana officinalis. 



DuRRANT (J. H.). Myelois phoenicis, sp. n., bred from dates in Algeria 

 and in England.—Entomologist' s Mthly. Mag., London, no. 618, 

 November 1915, pp. 305-306. 



A description is given of Myelois phoenicis, sp. n., first met with in 

 Algeria in 1904. This moth has been introduced into England in dates. 

 It may become widely spread by commerce and will probably prove 

 to be of economic importance. 



Box (H. E.). Prionus coriarins, F., in Epping Forest.^Entomologisfs 

 Mthly. Mag., London, no. 618, November 1915, p. 310. 



Larvae of the Longicorn beetle, Prionus coriarius, F., were fomid in 

 Epping Forest on 10th January 1915 and on subsequent occasions. 

 Burrows were made by the larvae between the bark and the wood of 

 an oak-log. Pupae were found in July, some in the burrows, others in 

 the ground immediately below the log. 



ViNALL (H. N.). The Field Pea as a Forage Crop. — U.S. Dept. Agric, 

 Washington, D.C., Farmers' Bull. no. 690, 8th October 1915, 

 24 pp., 16 figs. 



This paper mainly deals with the cultivation of the field pea. Bruchus 

 (Laria) pisorum, L., (pea weevil) is its most serious pest and in Canada 

 has been the chief cause of limiting the acreage devoted to the pea- 

 crop. The eggs are laid on the young pod. The larva, upon hatching, 

 bores through the pod and enters the young seed, upon which it feeds 

 until ready to pupate. The date of emergence of the adult varies from 



