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rearing of the beetles had been begun in the summer of 191G, specimens 

 of .Y. cnrdinaUs having been obtained from Cahfornia and Florida, 

 as well as scales infested with the Agromyzid fly, Cri/ptocJiaetam {Lesio- 

 phoniis) innnophhbi. Several colonies of the beetle have been started 

 and it is expected that many thousands will be reared. 



The Value of Economic Entomology in the War. — Jl. Econ. Entom., 

 Concord, N.H., x, no. 2, pp. 299-300. 



The present crisis has accentuated the need for the conservation 

 and development of all resources, many of Vvdiich, such as life, health 

 and food, have a close relation to applied entomology, and there are 

 great opportunities for the economic entomologist to demonstrate 

 the utility of his calling. The urgent necessity for better sanitation 

 with regard to the insect problem warrants an entomological stalt* 

 Ijeing attached to every large camp and hospital centre to handle 

 with the co-operation of the medical or sanitary corps the problems 

 relating to flies and other disease-carriers, as well as those concerning 

 body parasites and animal pests. The economic entomologist is also 

 needed to advise and urge the adoption of measures which will 

 minimise the effects of insect ravages, especially upon staple crops, 

 and every effort should be made to forecast and where possible 

 forestall insect depredations, rather than to adopt remedial measures 

 after infestation is established, as the entomologist is frequently 

 called upon to do. 



Lewis (A. C.) & McLendon (C. A.). Cotton Variety Tests for Boll- 

 Weevil and Wilt Conditions in Georgia. — Georgia State Bd. Entom., 

 Atlanta, Bull. no. 46, January 1917, pp. 34. [Received 2nd May 

 1917.] 



This bulletin contains much information useful to cotton growers 

 as to varieties of cotton which are most resistant to the boll-weevil 

 {Anthonmnus grandis) and wilt disease. Tables are given showing the 

 results of tests with different varieties. The weevils begin to emerge 

 early in the spring and feed first on the buds of the cotton and later 

 on the squares. The buds that become blackened after the attack 

 should be picked off, as well as the squares that become yellow, 

 while those that fall to the ground should be collected and burnt once 

 a week until about the middle of July. As a rule the boll-weevil is 

 not sufficiently numerous in the field until August to destroy all the 

 .squares that appear. In the absence of sufficient squares, the matured 

 bolls are attacked ; hence the necessity for selecting a variety that 

 will continue to fruit until late in the season. 



Williams (J. W.). How to grow Cotton in Spite of the Boll Weevil. — 



Georgia State Bd. Entom., Atlanta, Bull. no. 47, February 1917, 

 48 pp., 9 plates. [Received 2nd May 1917.] 



This bulletin outhnes plans for growing cotton by methods that 

 secure the best conditions and the maximum results in the presence 

 of the boll-weevil {Anthonotnus grandis). Emphasis is laid on the 

 necessity for destroying cotton stalks in the autumn as soon as the 

 cotton is harvested. This reduces the number of weevils that live 

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