81 APR i i) ym; 



Haseman (L.). Swarms of Cotton Worm Moths visit Missouri. 



Jl. Econ. Entom., Concord, N. H. xii, no. 6, December^' l^i 

 p. 467. 



The appearance in September and October 1919 of great numbers 

 of the cotton-worm moth, Alabama argillacea, Hb., in Missouri 

 is recorded. Great injury was caused to ripe fruit. 



Morrison (H.). U.S. Bur. Entom. A new Genus and Species of 

 Coccid from Loranthus. (Hem.-Hom.). — Proc. Entom. Soc. 

 Washington, D. C, xxi, no. 9, December 1919, pp. 197-203, 

 1 plate. 



Macrocepicoccus loranthi, gen. et sp. nov., is described from 

 Loranthus sp., a parasitic plant related to mistletoe, growing in the 

 present case on Anona fnuricata in the Botanic Gardens at Georgetown, 

 British Guiana. Only one colony was observed, though many plants 

 were examined. 



Olsen (C. E.). Kermes kingii, Cockerell, parasitised by a Micro- 

 lepidopteron. — Bull. Brooklyn Entom. Soc, Brooklyn, N.Y., 

 xiv, nos. 4 and 5, October-December 1919, pp. 141-142. 



Examples of the gall-making scale, Kermes kingi, Ckll., collected 

 on red oak, were found a few weeks later to be accompanied by a 

 micro-lepidopterous parasite, identified as Euclemensia bassetteUa, 

 Clem. [R.A.E., A, vii. 263.] 



Laing (F.). Insects damaging Lead. — Entom. Mthly. Ma^., London, 

 3rd Series, nos. 60 & 61, December 1919 and January 1920, 

 pp. 278-279 & 12. 



The insects recorded as damaging lead include : Moyiochamus 

 {Monohammus) confusor, Kirby, which bored tlirough a lead pipe 

 2| inches thick ; Hylotrupes bajulus, L. ; Tefropium gabrieli, Weise, 

 perforating the lead lining of wooden vats ; Bup-estis japonensis, 

 Saund. ; Lyctus sp. ; Anobium sp. ; Ptinus sexjyunctatus , Pz. ; 

 Sinoxylon ruficorne, Thr., in lead-covered, aerial cables in South 

 Africa ;* Bostrychopsis jesuita, F., and Xylopertha sp., in Queensland ; 

 Xylothrips gibbicoUis ; Scobicia pustulata in Europe ; Sirex gigas, L., 

 in the South of France ; Bostrychus capucinus, L. ; Callidium 

 sanguineum, L. ; Sirex juvencus, L. ; Cetonia aurata, L. ; and 

 C. opaca, F. 



Scott (H.). Insects damaging Lead and other Metal Work.— 



Entom. Mthly. Mag., London, 3rd Series, no. 61, January 1920, 

 pp. 10-12. 



The insects recorded include : Lyctus canaliculatus piercing thick 

 lead pipe in Tasmania ; Sirex gigas boring through tin and h inch 

 steel plates in Austria. Perforations found in lead from the roof of 

 a disused bakery are thought to have been made by Tenebrio molitor, 

 living larvae and pupae of which were found in close proximity. 



[* Similar injury in California has been done by Xylopertha {Sinoxylon) 

 declive, Lee. identified by Dr. E. C. van Dyke. — Ed.] 



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