434 



Parodi( — .)• Naranjos atacados. [Infested Oranges.] — GacetaRuml, 

 Buenos Aires, xiii, no. 155, June 1920, p. 1321. 



In reply to an enquiry from Corrientes, Argentina, regarding certain 

 caterpillars attacking orange plants so severely that in four days 

 complete defoliation occurred, tlie author identifies the larvae as those 

 of a moth, Streblota bonariensis and recommends spraying the plants 

 with Paris green for the destruction of larvae and pupae. 



Feytaud (J.). Les Parasites de la Vigne. Insectes des Souches et 

 des Sarments. — Bull. Soc. Vulg. Zool. Agric, Bordeaux, xix, 

 nos. 1-2, 3-4 & 6, January-April & June 1920, pp. 8-11, 22-26 & 

 56-61, 4 figs. 



This paper indicates the insects injurious to the shoots and stocks 

 of vines. The species dealt with include Cossus cossus, L., the cater- 

 pillars of which may be destroyed by piercing them in their galleries 

 with wire or by fumigation. Termites may cause the death of the 

 plant vines, but are usually only secondary pests. The most important 

 are Calotermes Jlavicollis, F., and Leucotermes lucifugus, Rossi. 



Other pests include : Sinoxylon sexdentatum, 01., S. perforans 

 {muricatum, F.), Xylopertha sinuata, F., Apate bimacidata, 01., 

 A. capucina, L., and A. monacha, L. These beetles are preyed upon by 

 Denops albofasciata, Charp., Tillus unijasciatus, F., and Opilo mollis, 

 Latr. The larvae of S. sexdentatum are especially parasitised by a 

 Chalcid, Pteromalus bimaculatus, Nees, the Proctotrupids, Laelius 

 perrisi, Kief., L. tibialis, Kief., Cephalonomia formiciformis, Westw., 

 and a Braconid, Monolexis lavagnei, Picard. 



A Buprestid, Agrilus derasofasciatus, Lac, and the Longicorns, 

 Clytanthus verbasci, L., Cerambyx miles, Bon., Phymntodes fasciatus, 

 Vill. Rhopalopxs davipes, F., and R. femoratus, L., have also been 

 recorded as injurious to vines, as well as the sawfly, Macrofhija 

 riifipes,!!. {Tentlircdo strigosa). The majority of these pests do not 

 however attack healthy vigorous wood. 



FuLLAWAY (D. T.). Natural Control of Scale Insects in Hawaii.— 



Proc. Hawaiian Entom Soc, Honolulu, iv, no. 2, June 1920, pp. 

 237-246. 



Many of the Hymenopterous parasites now found in Hawaii were 

 probably unintentionally introduced together with their hosts before 

 the plant inspection and quarantine rules came into force [R.A.E., A, 

 vii, 437]. The majority of the beneficial CoccinelHds as well as other 

 natural enemies of scale-insects have since been imported. 



A list is given of the scale-insects and their natural enemies ; this 

 includes 44 hosts, 37 parasites and 11 predators. ^^ , 



Bridwell (J. C). Notes on Nesotocus giffardi, Perkins (Coleoptera). 

 — Proc. Hawaiiafi Entom. Soc.,Honolidu, iv, no. 2, June 1920, pp. 

 250-256, 1 plate, 6 figs. 



The weevil, Nesotocus giffardi, has been considered one of the rarer 

 endemic insects in Hawaii. The larvae, to the number of at least 300 

 or 400, were found in a fallen tree, Cheirodendron gaudiclumdii. The 

 eggs had evidently been laid soon after the tree had fallen. All stages 



