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special bulletin [R.A.E., A, vi, 546]. In the following year the state 

 Entomologist, acting under the Entomological Commission Law, 

 ordered a general banding of all trees in public places, and of all 

 susceptible trees on private properties. The result was that no trees 

 within the city were defoliated, while many in adjoining woods were 

 stripped of their leaves. 



Laws, Rules and Regulations. — Rept. Kansas Enlom. Commiss., 1917- 

 1918 ; Topeka, 1919, pp. 45-67. [Received 13th November 1919.] 



The enactments passed in 1907 providing for the creation of the State 

 Entomological Commission and making an appropriation for that 

 purpose are given in full, and certain rules and regulations governing 

 its activities are appended. The Apiary Inspection Law of 1911, 

 creating the office of bee inspector, defining his duties, and making an 

 appropriation for his work is also quoted. 



A synopsis of laws regulating nursery shipments, compiled under 

 the name of each State, is given. 



Parks (T. H.) & Stover (W. G.). The Control of Garden Insects 

 and Diseases.— 0/^io Sta. Univ. Agric. Coll. Columbus, Exten. 

 Bull, xiv, no. 9, 1918-19, 32 pp., 2 figs. [Received 15th Novem- 

 ber 1919.] 



This bulletin has been prepared chiefly for the use of amateur 

 gardeners, in order to prevent much of the waste that occurs from 

 insect pests and plant diseases. The garden crops are arranged in 

 alphabetical order, and under each is given a list and short description 

 of" the insects and diseases most liable to attack it, with instructions 

 for using the most efficient remedies that can be conveniently prepared 

 at small cost, A brief account of spraying equipment and materials 

 is given, with a table and formulae for seed di .^infection and standard 

 formulae for spraying potatoes. 



Weiss (H. B.). Tinea cloacella, Haworth, bred from Fungi (Lepid.).— 



Entom. News, PhiladeljjJiia, xxx, no. 9, November 1919, pp. 

 251-252. 



While there has been some doubt about previous records of Tinea 

 cloacella, Haw., in the United States, larvae of this moth have now been 

 found in a fungus, Pohjporus suljjJiureus, taken from a telegraph pole 

 in New Jersey. From these larvae adult moths were reared ; they 

 have also been obtained from P. tsugae in the same State. This species 

 hibernates as a larva and pupates in the spring within the fungus. 

 P. tsugae occurs on or about stumps and trunks of hemlock and pine ; 

 P. sul^jJmreus is found on both deciduous and coniferous trees, including 

 oak, chestnut, maple, black walnut, butternut, alder, locust, apple and 

 pear, and is widely distributed throughout the United States and 

 Canada and most of the forest regions of Europe. Descriptions are 

 given of the full-grown larva, pupa and adult of T. cloacella. 



