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attributed to Eriojjhyes {Phyllocoptes) oleivorus ; brown spot to 

 Tenuipalp.is sp. ; melanose of fruit and wood to Tydeus sp. ; and 

 bud suppression to a mite, Tarsonemus sp. Stool decay in bananas 

 is primarily induced by injury caused by Scarabaeid grubs. 



Enemies of honey bees include : the Asilid flies, Asiltis rvfiventris, 

 Macq., and Blepharotes Jlavus, Ric. ; the Reduviid bug, Pristhesanclms 

 fapuensis ; the foraging ant, Iridomyrmex pyrpurascens, and the 

 green tree ant, Oecophylla smaragdina. 



Larvae of Anthrenus scrophidariae are recorded as attacking woollen 

 clothing. 



The lantana fly, Ayromyza sp., imported for the control of the lantana 

 plant is now established throughout the area occupied by Lantana 

 camara, extendmg from the Mosseman river in the north to the Tweed 

 river in the south and apparently through coastal New South Wales 

 to Sydney. 



Pierce (W. D.). i. A Program for the Eradication of the Mexican 

 Cotton Boll Weevil. — ii. The Need of immediately Eradicating 

 the imported European Corn Borer, and a Definite Proposal 

 therelOT.— Gage-Pierce Res. Lab., Denver, Colo., Bi\\\. 1, December 

 1919, pp. 3-14. [Received 11th February 1920.] 



In view of the extensive annual loss incurred by the ravages of 

 the Mexican cotton boll weevil [Anthonomiis grandis] a definite working 

 basis Ls proposed with the Gage-Pierce Research Laboratories as the 

 initial unit for organising the campaign. The plan suggested involves 

 ten years work of preparation and one year of absolute cessation of 

 cotton growing in the Southern States from New Mexico to Virginia. 



Funds subscribed for this purpose are to be kept as a trust, and only 

 used in connection \^'ith activities legitimately lying within the scope 

 of the project. 



As soon as the approval of Congress is obtained the support of 

 organisations of growers, business and scientific men is to be sought. 

 The officials of the American Association of Economic Entomologists 

 are in sympathy with the movement and it is hoped that the Associa- 

 tion will actively support the project when the plans have been 

 definitely laid before it. Various committees are to be appointed, 

 including those for direction, finance, legislation, demonstration, 

 inspection, etc., and the fi.rst duty of these will be to devise the 

 requisite methods of attack. 



A definite plan has been drawn up on which the preliminary com- 

 mittees may build their discussions ; this suggestion is given in detail. 



The need for the immediate eradication of the European corn 

 borer \Pyravsta nubiJulis] is emphasised and may be carried out on 

 the same lines. 



Pierce (W. D.). i. A Second Statement regarding the Plan to 

 eradicate the Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil from the United 

 States, ii. A Catechism on Boll Weevil Eradication. — Gage- 

 Pierce Res. Lab., Denver, Colo., Bull. 2, January 1920, pp. 3-15. 



Owing to the ravages of the Mexican cotton boll weevil [Anthonomiis 

 grandis] the annual loss in lint alone amounts to about £35,761,400 

 with a corresponding loss of about £5,000,000 worth of seed. 



