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Frost (S. W.). A new Apple Pest in Pennsylvania. — //. Econ. Ent., 

 Concord, N.H., xiii, no. 6, December 1920, p. 492. 



Eulia velntinana, Wlk., although known to occur on maple and 

 balsam, is recorded for the first time as attacking apples in Pennsyl- 

 vania. There are probably several generations during the year, and the 

 injur}' continues throughout the summer. The adult moths, emerging 

 in June, lay eggs in batches of 20 to 40 on the leaves, but those appearing 

 in May after hibernation oviposit on the large limbs and trunks of 

 the apple tree. 



Smith (M. R.). An Insect supposed to breed in Corn. — //. Econ. 

 Ent., Concord, N.H., xiii, no. 6, December 1920, p. 493. 



Attention is drawn to an apparently erroneous record of Achatodes 

 zeae as a pest of maize. The larva of this species is liable to be 

 mistaken for that of Diatraea zeacolella, or other maize borers, but 

 evidently feeds exclusively in the stems of elder (Sambucus sp.). 



VoRHiES (C. T.). Entomology. — SOtli Ann. Kept. Arizona Agric. 

 Expt. Sta., 1918-19, Tucson, 31st December 1919, pp. 437-438. 

 ["Received 7th January 1921.] 



In April 1919 a small beetle destroyed cotton, grown for experimental 

 purposes, by feeding on seedlings just beneath the surface of the soil. 

 It is supposed that the cottonseed meal used as a fertliser had attracted 

 this pest, which is provisionally identified as Blapstinits pimalis. 



The maize stalk borer noticed in the preceding year has been identi- 

 fied as Diatraea lineola, a moth hitherto unrecognised as a pest, but 

 very closely allied to the larger corn-stalk borer of the East {D. zeacol- 

 ella), and with habits and life-history so nearly alike that for all 

 practical purposes it may be regarded as the same. 



EwiNG (H. E.). U.S. Bur. Ent. New Predaceous and Parasitic 

 Mites of the Superfamily Gamasoidea (Acar.). — Ent. News, 

 Lancaster, Pa., xxxi, no. 10, December 1920, pp. 286-293. 



Among the new mites described are : — Laelaps hermudaensis from 

 bananas and cedars in Bermuda ; Seiiis safroi from Oregon [R. A.E., 

 A, vi, 263] ; Gamasiis inarmatus from red clover roots in Idaho ; 

 Uropoda bermudaensis from bananas in Bermuda ; and U . r obit sta, 

 imported into U.S.A. on palm seeds from Ecuador. 



LovETT (A. L.). Spreaders in the Spray Solution as an Aid in Efficient 

 Codling Moth Gonivol.— Re pt. Proc. 15th Ann. Meeting Was/iing- 

 ton State Hortic. Assoc, Spokane, Ist-Sth December 1919, Olympia, 

 Wash., 1920, pp. 7-14. [Received 7th January 1921.] 



Some of the data obtained in previous investigations on the com- 

 parative values and killing efficiency of various types of standard 

 arsenates [R.A.E., A, iii, 655, 759; v, 477; vi, 338] were the basis 

 for work, certain phases of which concerned with improvement in 

 spray practices as aids in efficient control of codling moth [Cydia 



