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Crawford (J, C). Some new American Hymenoptera.— /wseea/or 

 Inscitiae Menstruus, Washington, D.C., iv, no. 10-12, October- 

 December 1916, pp. 135-144. [Received 3rd February 1917.] 



The Hymenopterous parasites here described include : — Microdonto- 

 merus jumi'pennis, sp. n., reared from Malacosoma fragilis \ Plinohius 

 texanus, sp. n., reared from Otidocephalus carinicollis, Trichoharis 

 texana, and Araecerus fasciculatus in Texas ; and Perilampus 

 chrysopae var. laevicephalus, nov., reared from Chrysopa calif ornica 

 at the CaHfornia State Insectary. 



GiRAULT (A. A.). Descriptiones Hymenopterorum Chalcidoidicorum 



cum Observation! bus. — The Entomologist, London, 1, no. 645, 

 February 1917, pp. 36-38. 

 The following species are recorded : — Cosmocomoidea morilli, How., 

 reared from leaf-hopper eggs on sugar-cane in Mexico ; Blastothrix 

 bohemani, Westw. ; Anagrus subalbicornis, Gir., reared from Pseudo- 

 coccus bakeri on grapes in California ; Euplectrus platypenae. How., 

 reared from the larva of Cirphis humidicola in the British West Indies ; 

 Podagrion mantidiphagnm, sp. n., reared from the egg-mass of a 

 Mantid in the British West Indies; and Paraleptomasiix notatus, sp. n., 

 reared from Pseudococcus bakeri on grapes in California. 



Butler (E. A.). A Contribution to the Life-history of Piezodoms 

 lifuratus, L. — Entoni. Mthly. Mac/., London, 3rd Ser., iii, no. 26, 

 [llii, no. 633], February 1917, pp. 34-39, 2 figs. 



An account is given of the Pentatomid, Piezodorus lituratus, 1j., 

 which is widely distributed on furze {Ulex europaeus). The eggs 

 are laid on the young, miopened, but fully formed flower-buds. The 

 larvae have been bred to the second instar in captivity, but refused 

 after that stage to feed on the furze provided, and it is suggested that 

 after this stage they become predaceous. This insect has also been 

 found on other leguminous plants such as Genista, MelUotus and 

 Trijolium, as well as tamarisk, willow, heather, Lonicera, Crataegus, 

 Betula, Quercus and in winter on pines. The eggs are attacked by a 

 Proctotrupid parasite of the genus Telenomus. 



Marshall (G. A. K.). On new Species of Indian Curculionidae. 

 Part III.— Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., London, xix, no. 110, February 

 1917, pp. 180-198. 



The new w^eevils described include : — Onychocnemis careyae, gen. 

 et sp. n., and Teluropus ballardi, gen. et sp. n., on leaves of jak-fruit 

 {Careya arborea) ; Phaenomerus anguUcollis, sp. n., found in burrows 

 in sundri trees {Hcritiera littoralis) ; and P. brevirostris, sp. n., found 

 in burrows of Scolytidae and believed to be predaceous on these 

 beetles. 



Caesar (L.). The Plum Curculio in Ontario, Nature and Extent of the 

 Injuries, Conditions favouring the Insect and Means of Control. — 



Canadian Entomologist, London, Ont., xlviii, no. 12, December 

 1916, pp. 397-400 & xhx, no. 1, January 1917, pp. 17-19. 



This is a popular account of Conotrachelus nenuphar and its control 

 [see this Review, Ser. A, iv, p. 262]. Stress is laid on the necessity 

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