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are described : — Pseudococcus straussiae, a viviparous form found on 

 Straussia hawaiiensis ; P. swezeyi, occurring between folded leaves of 

 Acacia koa ; P. gallicola, forming galls on the leaves of Santalum 

 Uttorale and S. ellipticum ; P. montanus, on Freycinetia arnotti and 

 Astelia veratroides ; Tylococcus gijjardi, on leaves of PaTidanvs 

 odoratissimus ; Trionymus insidaris, on Deschampsia australis and 

 Cynodon dactylon ; Ripersia jMl'^nanim, on various palms, including 

 Cocos nucifera. Latania glaucaphylla, Thrynax and Areca lutescens ; 

 Nesococcus pipturi, gen. et sp. n., on Pipturus albidus. 



Illingworth (J. F.). Notes on Life-History of Dermestes cadaverinuSy 

 Fab. — Proc. Hawaiian Entom. Soc, Honohdu, iii, no. 3, September 

 1916, pp. 255-257, 1 table. [Received 10th November 1916.] 



Dermestes cadaverinus, F., has been found attacking dried specimens 

 of the cockroach, Rhyparohia maderae, in Hawaii. This species has 

 been recorded from New York, where injury was caused to silk and 

 leather, and from New South Wales, where woollen goods were infested. 

 The duration of the developmental stages was found to be : — larval^ 

 from 28 to 41 days ; pupal, 9 days. 



McGregor (E. A.). The Citrus Mite Named and Described for the First 

 Time. — Ann. Entom. Soc. America, Columbus, Ohio, ix, no. 3, 

 September 1916, pp. 284-288, 2 plates. [Received 4th November 

 1916.] 



Tetranychus citri, sp. n., collected from the leaves of lemon in 

 Florida, is described and figured. This species also occurs in the same 

 State on sour orange and grapefruit. In California it is a severe pest 

 of the sweet orange, causing the dwarfing and dropping of the fruit and 

 the discoloration and dropping of the leaves. 



GiRAULT (A. A.). New Miscellaneous Chalcidoid Hymenoptera with 

 Notes on Described Species. — Ami. Entom. Soc. America, Columbvs, 

 Ohio, ix, no. 3, September 1916, pp. 291-308. [Received 4th 

 November 1916.] 



Among the species recorded are .^A. perspiciosus, sp. n., from 

 Aulacaspis {Diaspis) pentagona from Japan ; Hobrocytus obscuripes, 

 Ashm. , reared in connection with the strawberry weevil in Minnesota ; 

 Uscanopsis carlyJei, gen. et sp. n., from an egg-mass of Membracis 

 tectigera in the British. West Indies ; Oligosita oophagus, sp. n., 

 from an egg-mass of a leaf -hopper on sugar-cane in Diego Martin ; 

 Aprostocetus whitmani, sp. n., from eggs of Phy sonata unipunctata in 

 Minnesota; Coccophagus cinguliventris, Gir., reared from Eulecanium, 

 {Lecanium) corni in Wisconsin; Gotiatocerus triguttatus, sp. n., from 

 an egg-mass of a leaf-hopper on orange in the British West Indies ; 

 AnaMatus aureicorpus, sp. n., from a ? Syrphid puparium from Texas ; 

 Abbella subflava, Gir., a hyperparasite of Pohjnema entettixi on beet 

 leaf-stems in California ; Cheiloneurus albicornis. How., reared from 

 Pulvinaria spp. on ivy in Wisconsin and from Physokermes piceae on 

 Picea abies ; Ooctonus quadricarinatus, sp. n., from limbs of pine 

 infested with Pityogenes hopkinsi in New York ; Anicetus chinensis. 



