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for clean surroundings in the orchard, good cultivation and spraying, 

 all of which methods should be combined for the control of this pest 

 in Ontario. 



Baker (A. C). Synopsis of the Genus Saltusaphis (Aphididae-Hom.). 



Canadian Entomologist, London, Ont., xlix, no. 1, January 1917, 

 pp. 1-9, 3 plates. 



A key is given to the various species of the genus Saltusaphis, mostly 

 infesting grasses and sedges, and the following species are described : 

 S. americanus, sp. n., S. ballii, Gill., S. elongatiis, sp. n., S. flabellus, 

 Sanb., S. scirpus, Theo., S. virginicus, sp. n. 



Lyne (W. H.). Carefully inspect all Imported Fruit and Nursery 

 Stock.' — Agric. Jl., Victoria, B.C., i, no. 11, January 1917, 

 pp. 192-194. 



This is an account of the precautions taken against the introduction 

 of diseased or insect-infested nursery stock into British Columbia. 

 The open season during which nursery stock is allowed to enter is 

 from 1st October to 1st May. The methods of inspection and 

 fumigation of plants and the fumigation of stored products are 

 described. 



Cameron (A. E.), Treherne (R. C.) & White (E. W.). The Cost of 

 Spraying in the Control of the Pear Thrips in British Columbia. — 

 Agric. Gaz. Canada, Ottawa, iv, no. 1, January 1917, pp. 13-16. 



Useful tables are given showing the actual cost of practical spraying 

 operations by power machines and the actual number of gallons 

 applied to fruit trees of known variety, size and age, with a comparison 

 of the cost per gallon of whale-oil soap and miscible-oil mixtures as 

 used against Taeniothrips inconsequens, Uzel. 



Brittain (W. H.). The Apple Maggot in Nova Scotia.— Canat^mn 

 Horticulturist, Toronto, xl, no. 1, January 1917, pp. 3-4. 



This popular account of Rhagoletis pomonella contains no 

 information which has not previously been abstracted. 



Tiger Beetle Borer of QoflQQ.— Planters' Chronicle, Bangalore, xii, no. 2, 

 13th January 1917, pp. 14-16. 



With reference to Dr. Coleman's statement concerning a Cicindehd 

 boring in coffee [see this Review, Ser. A, v, p. 121], the Imperial 

 Entomologist writes that the identity of this borer in India is still 

 uncertain. Some account of NeocoUyris emarginatus, a Javanese 

 species, is given in this connection. The occurrence of this larva 

 in tea and coffee may prove to be of economic importance, though 

 whether the benefits derived from the predaceous habits of the larvae 

 are more than counterbalanced by the injuries inflicted in boring, 

 is doubtful. A similar larva has been found at Pusa boring in t^ags 

 of Zizyphus jujuba ; the adult beetle has not yet been reared, but 

 it is probably NeocoUyris bonelli ortygia. 



