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on Eriogonum latifolium ; Lecanium excrescens on cultivated English 

 walnut, almond and maple ; Toumeyella pinicola on Pinus radiata. 

 A synonymical list of the species is given. 



AiNSLiE (C. N.). U.S. Bur. Entom. Notes on Gonatopus ombrodes, 

 a Parasite of Jassids (Hymen., Homop.) — Entom. News, 

 Philadelphia, xxxi, nos. 6 & 7, June and July, 1920, pp. 169- 

 173 & 187-190. 



The Jassid, Cicadula sexnotata, has been found to be parasitised by 

 a Dryinid, Gonatopus ombrodes. The method of parasitism is discussed 

 and the various stages of the parasite are described. A period of 10 

 to 12 days elapses ^rom the emergence of the larvae to that of the 

 adult. Xhe cocoon is usually attached to grasses among vegetable 

 rubbish near the ground. 



Although distinctly beneficial, this parasite is not of great economic 

 importance, as it occurs in very limited numbers. 



LEGISLATION. 



Destructive Insect and Pest Act Amendment. — Agric. Gaz. Canada, 

 Ottawa, vii, no. 6, June 1920, p. 479. 



An amendment to the Destructive Insect and Pest Act, passed on 

 14th April 1920, forbids the importation of lucerne hay from Idaho, 

 Utah, and certain counties of Wyoming and Colorado, excepting 

 shipments of lucerne hay transported through the districts mentioned 

 on a through bill of lading. At the same time Hypera variabilis 

 {Pliytonomus posticus) (alfalfa weevil) is added to the list of destructive 

 insects, pests and diseases. 



Amendment to the Regulations under the Destructive Insect and Pest 

 Act. Amendment no. 10 (No. 2 of 1920). — Canada Dept. Agric, 

 Ottawa. MS. [Received 13th July 1920.] 



The amendment to this Act, deaUng with the European corn borer 

 [Pyrausta nubilalis], passed on 19th May 1919 [R.A.E., A, vii, 312], 

 is rescinded by an Order-in-Council dated 24th May 1920. In 

 substitution, it is enacted that maize, broom maize, including 

 all parts of the stalk, celery, green beans in the pod, beets 

 v.'ith tops, spinach, rhubarb, oat and rye straw as such or 

 when used as packing, cut flowers or entire plants of chrysan- 

 themums, aster. Cosmos, Zinnia, hollyhock, find cut flowers or entire 

 plants of Gladiolus and Dahlia, except the bulbs thereof without 

 stems, are prohibited entry into Canada from a hst of districts enumer- 

 ated in the four States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York 

 and Pemisylvania, unless they are accompanied by a certificate ol 

 Inspection issued by the U.S. Federal Horticultural Board stating that 

 they are free from infestation by P. nKbilalis. 



