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the sprouts with a sokition of lead arsenate, preferably combined 

 with Bordeaux mixture, before the maggots had time to reach the 

 seeds. Infested onions should be pulled up to kill the maggots before 

 they can develop into flies. 



Burke (H. E.). A Buprestid Household Insect {Chnjsophana placida, 

 Lee.) — Jl. Econ. Entom., Concord, N.H., x, no. 4, August 1917, 

 pp. 406-407. 



During 1916, Chri/sophana pJacida, Lee., which is normally a pest 

 of dead wood or tops and scars in the trunks of living trees, has been 

 observed infesting window-frames in a Californian city, the wood 

 being riddled by the mines of the insect. The casings were composed 

 of Pinus lamheriiana (sugar pine), and it has also been found burrowing 

 in cones of Finns aitenuaia (knobcone pine). This Buprestid beetle 

 lives in the wood in the larval stage for two or three years, pupates in 

 the wood and transforms to an adult from August to November. The 

 adult hibernates in the pupal cell and emerges from the wood in the 

 following spring or summer. The distribution of this species in the 

 U.S.A., and a list of the host-trees, which include many species of 

 pine, hemlock, spruce and fir, are given. 



Garman (H.). A Few Notes from Kentucky.— JL Econ. Entom. ^ 

 Concord. N.H , x, no. 4, August 1917, pp. 413-415. 



The life-history of the Hessian fly [3IayetioIu destructor] is being 

 studied in western Kentucky. Adidts have been found after the end 

 of March on wheat sown on 28th September. The author is of opinion 

 that a brood of adults matures in the autumn in this region ; it is 

 hoped to verify this next year. 



Crepidodera rufipes (red-legged peach flea-beetle) was reported 

 as gnawing the leaves of peach trees and being difficult to destroy 

 with the customary doses of arsenate of lead. 



American foulbrood is very prevalent in and about the cities and 

 it is hoped that inspection of apiaries vnW soon be enforced by law. 

 The Tenebrionid, Blaps mucronata, has been found in stored grain. 

 Investigations in regard to CijUene robiniae (locust borer) are being 

 carried on. 



RocKwooD (L. P.). An Aphis Parasite feeding at Puncture Holes 

 made by the Ovipositor. — Jl. Econ. Entom., Concord, N.H., x, 

 no. 4, August 1917, p. 415. 



An observation is recorded of an individual of Aphelinus lapisligni 

 parasitising Aphis bakeri on clover, which, having inserted its ovipositor 

 three times into the body of the aphis, turned round and placed its 

 mouth to the wound, apparently feeding on the exuding juices. This 

 habit has previously been recorded in connection with other parasitic 

 Hymenoptera and other hosts, but apparently never before in the 

 case of an Aphid. 



