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Watson (J. R.)- Report of Entomologist.\-K(3j)^ Fiscal Yem^yendrng 

 30lh June 1917, Florida, Univ. Acjhs^^t^Sl^u^nesvilU, 

 Mav 1918, pp. 52 R -65 R., 1 fig. [Rec^Tw*-mh January 

 1920.] 



Antimrsia gemmatalis only attacks peanuts when they are in a. 

 field adjacent to velvet beans. Although the caterpillars can be 

 raised to maturity entirely on leaves of peanuts, the adults have 

 never been known to oviposit on this plant under natural conditions. 

 Experiments show that with the use of dusting machines under ordinary- 

 conditions the caterpillars may be controlled with one applicatioiL 

 of lead arsenate in the season. 



The work dealing with the control of Nematodes is discussed, the 

 results of subsequent experiments having already been noticed 

 [R.A.E., A. vii, 418]. 



The Sicilian mealy-bug parasite, Pamleptomastix abnormis, and 

 a Coccinellid, DelpJiastus catalinae, have been imported from California 

 to destroy scale-insects. 



Other insects recorded for the year include : Nezara viridida 

 (pumpkin bug), Penlatoma punctipes and Leptoglossiis phyllopus 

 (leaf -footed plant bug) which caused great damage to Citrus trees. 

 The method adopted for collecting these bugs is described. Potatoes 

 were attacked by Nezara mridiila and Acanthocephala femorata ; as 

 the latter bug shows a decided preference for sunflowers these plants 

 were successfully used as trap-crops. 



Miscellaneous pests include : Oncideres cingulata (pecan twig 

 girdler) on Eucahjpt)(s rostrata : Cglas formicaries (sweet potato 

 root weevil) ; StictocepJiala inermis on beans and tomatos in late 

 March and early April ; Gerstaeckeria hubbardi, Lee. (cactus weevil) 

 on cotton in April ; Strigoderma pggmaea on cotton in April and May ; 

 wireworms, which were very destructive to cucumbers in the latter 

 part of April ; Heterothrips haemorrhoidalis, unusually destructive to 

 ornamental plants in the open, especially crotons ; Epicauta vittata 

 (striped blister beetle) on pepper in June : Diabrotica duodecim- 

 punctafa (southern corn root worm), adults of which destroyed 

 satsumas, onions, and other crops in the early part of winter; 

 and Aleurothrixiis howardi (woolly whitefly), which is parasitised by 

 Eretmoccrus haldemani. 



GiRAULT (A. A.). A New Species of Lepidiota from Northern 

 Queensland (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). — Insecntor Inscitiae 

 Menstratis, Waskinqlon, D.C., vii, no. 10-12, October-December 

 1919, p. 187. 



Lepidiota consobrina, sp. n., infesting sugar-cane is described. 

 The characters of this species were pointed out by Dodd and Jarvis 

 in papers already reviewed [R.A.E., A, vi, 165, 295]. 



Rymer Roberts (A. W.). On the Life History of " Wireworms " 

 of the Genus Agrioles, Esch., with some Notes on that of Athous 

 haemorrhoidalis, F. Part I. — Ann. App. Biol., Cambridge, vi, no. 

 2-3, December 1919, pp. 116-135, 1 plate, 6 figs. 



The work of previous authors on wireworms is reviewed ani 

 amplified by personal observation, chiefly under laboratory conditions. 

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