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FuLLAWAY (D. T.). Report of the Division of Entomology.— 



Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, Honolulu, xiii, no. 10, 

 October 1916, p. 370. [Received 13th December 1916.] 



During the month of October, the following parasites were reared and 

 liberated : Opius fletcheri (the new melon fly parasite), 2,210 females 

 and 1,329 males; 1,000 Tetrastichus ; 200 Chalcids {Dirhinus) and 

 126 corn leaf -hopper egg-parasites. 



Ehehorn (E. M.). Report of the Division of Plant Inspection. — 



Haavaiian Forester and Agriculturist, Honolulu, xiii, no. 9, Sep- 

 tember 1916, pp. 341-343. [Received 5th December 1916.] 



During the month of August, tree seeds from Manila were fumigated 

 for weevil infestation and various plants infested with scale-insects 

 were treated with hydrocyanic acid. At Hilo, turnips infested with 

 the turnip fly were intercepted and ten bags of rice from Japan were 

 found to be attacked by the rice moth, ParaUpsa niodesta, and were 

 fumigated before delivery. 



Ehrhorn (E. M.). Report of the Division of Plant Inspection. — 



Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, Honolulu, xiii, no. 10, 

 October 1916, pp. 366-369. [Received 13th December 1916.] 



The following pests have been intercepted on plants from Java and 

 the Philippines : — Aspidiotus cyanophylli, on palms ; Saissetia nigra, 

 on an agave ; some Chrysomelid beetles ; a few Anomala larvae ; two 

 species of ants [Prenolepis bourbonica and Monomorium pharaonis) ; 

 a few millipedes [Julus sp.) and a centipede {Scolopendra &}:>.); 

 Iridonujrmex humilis (the Argentine ant) was found on miscellaneous 

 plants from the Pacific Coast ; and a consignment of pears was found to 

 be badly infested with the codling moth [Cydia' pojnonella]. 



Dean (G. A.). Insects Injurious to AUaUa,.— Kansas State Agric. Coll., 

 Die. of Coll. Exten., Manhattan, Bull. no. 5, January 1916, 36 pp., 

 39 figs. [Received 4th December 1916.] 



This bulletin deals with the distribution, life-history and methods 

 of control of various lucerne pests. These include : — The clover-root 

 borer, Hylastinus obscurus, Marsh. ; clover-root curculio, Sitones 

 hispid ul us, F. ; S. flavescens, All. ; and Lachnosterna negosa. The larvae 

 of beetles of the genus Lachnosterna are preyed upon by birds, skunks 

 and moles, and a small percentage are destroyed by a parasitic fungus 

 and sometimes a large number by parasitic insects, of which the chief is 

 Tiphia inornata, Say. Melanoplus differentialis, Thos. (differential 

 grasshopper), M. bivitfatus. Say (two-striped, grasshopper), and 

 M. atlanfis, Riley (migratory grasshopper), may occur in sufficient 

 numbers to do serious harm to lucerne. Their natural enemies include 

 upwards of one hundred species of birds. They are often infested by 

 mites and are parasitised by several flies, including Sarcojihaga georgina. 

 The army worm, Cirphis {Leucania) unipuncta. Haw., is seldom 

 seriously abundant in the same neighbourhood for two years running, 

 as it is kept well under control by parasitic and predaceous enemies. 

 Of the former, a Tachinid fly, Winthemia quadripustulata, is the most 



