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Hecke (G. H.). California^A future Cotton State.— Mthly. Bvll. Cal' 

 State Dept. Agric, Sacramento, ix. no. 1-2, January-February 

 1920, pp. 3-4. 



To ensure the future success of cotton growing in California the 

 necessity of carrying out the inspection and quarantine service on a 

 more adequate scale is emphasised. So far the cotton boll weevil, 

 Anthonomiis grandis, and the pink boUworm, Pectinophora gossypiella, 

 have not gained entry into the State. 



Snyder (T. E.). " White Ants " as Pests in the United States and 

 Methods of preventing Damage. — Mtidy. Bull. Cal. State Dept. 

 Agric., Sacramento, ix, no. 1-2, January-February 1920, pp. 7-20, 

 11 figs. 



The bulk of the information contained in this paper on termites 

 f has been noticed elsewhere [B.A.E., A, v, 147]. 



EssiG (E. 0.). The Grape Scale in California. — MtJdg. Bull. CaL 

 State Dept. Aqric, Sacramento, ix, no. 1-2, January-February 

 1920, pp. 37-39, 2 figs. 



The grape scale, Aspidiotus uvae, Comst., which was found attacking 

 American vines in Cahfornia in November 1919, is redescribed. The 

 scales were abundant upon the old canes as well as upon one-year-old 

 wood and were usually hidden under the rough and peeling bark. 

 A list of twelve other scale-insects known to attack grapes in the 

 State is given ; none of these, however, is of any importance in 

 commercial viticulture. 



Wilson (G. R.). Insects found in Banana Cars. — Mthly. Btdl. CaL 

 State Dept. Agric, Sacramento, ix, no. 1-2, January-February 

 1920, pp. 40-41, 1 plate. 



There is always great danger of insects being introduced into fresh 

 locahties by railway cars passing through infested territory. Appar- 

 ently banana cars are a greater source of danger than those carrying 

 other commodities. Between 1st June 1918 and 31st July 1919 a 

 collection was made in these cars of 124 insects belonging to 92 species 

 representing 45 famihes. Of these 46 were injurious, but as some of 

 these were not banana pests, they must have entered the car during 

 transit. On two occasions small colonies of the Argentine ant \Irido- 

 myrmex hmnilis] comprising workers and pupae were found in bunches 

 of banana fruit. 



Maskew (F.). Reports for the Months of November and December 



1919. — Mthly. Bull. Cal. State Dept. Agric, Sacramento, ix, no. 

 1-2, January-February 1920, pp. 49-52. 



The pests intercepted during November and December include : — 

 From Arizona, Cydia [Laspeyresia) pomonella in apples. From 

 Florida, Lepidosaphes beckii, Parlatoria pergandei and Phomopsis citri 

 on oranges and grape-fruit. From New York, a Dipterous larva in 

 Japanese iris ; Coccus hesperidum and Aspidiotus britannicus on bay 

 trees. From Oregon, Cydia pomonella and Aspidiotus perniciosus in 



