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RoHWER (S. A.). Diprion simile in North America, — Proc. Entoni. 

 Soc, Washington, B.C., xviii, no. 4, December 1916, pp. 213-214. 



This sawfiy has been recorded as estabhshed in five towns in Connec- 

 ticut [see this Review, Ser. A, iv, p. 286] and is now reported from New 

 York ; in every case it occurs in nurseries, where it had been intro- 

 duced on plants from Holland. 



HEroEMANN (0.) & McAtee (W. L.). Two New Species of Lac9 Bugs. 

 — Proc. Entom. Soc, Washington, D.C., xviii, no. 4, December 

 1916, pp. 217-219, 1 pi. 



The species dealt with are LejjtoT/jjha distinguenda, sp. n., which 

 abounds on witch-hazel [Hamamelis) from early spring till late autumn, 

 and Acalypta grisea. sp. n.. collected under stones in April. 



Bentley (G. M.). Benefits to be derived from Observing, Collecting 



and Studying Insects. — Tennessee State Bd. Entom., Knoxville, vi, 



no. 1, Bull. no. 20, March 1917, 32 pp., 23 figs. 



This bulletin describes in a popular manner Uhe more common 



species of the various orders of insects, with notes on their habits, 



and gives instructions and hints on collecting. A key to the orders is 



given, with the characteristics that apply to most of the economic forms. 



Chretien (P.). Contribution a la Connaissance des L6pidopteres du 

 Nord de I'Afrique. Notes biologiques et critiques. [A Contribution 

 to the Knowledge of North African Lepidoptera. Biological and 

 critical Notes.] —.4nn. Soc. Entom. France, Paris, Ixxxv, no. 3-4, 

 January-May 1917, pp. 369-502. 



In this work the author gives notes and observations on the life- 

 history of Lepidoptera from Morocco, Algeria and Tunis. Among 

 the large number whose host-plants in the larval stage are definitely 

 known the following are of some economic importance : Prodema 

 litura, F., a veritable scourge to the oasis cultivation of cotton, owing to 

 its voracity and rapid multiplication ; the Noctuid, Eublemma {Thal- 

 pochares) velox, Hb., on asparagus, living in the interior of the berry; 

 Phytometra {Plusia) daubei, Bdv., on Daucus carota (carrot) ; Earias 

 insuhna, Bdv., recorded as destroying an experimental oasis plantation 

 of Gossypium herbaceum (cotton) ; Blastohasis p)hycidella, Z., the larvae 

 of which are found in winter under the bark of trees, principally 

 Ficus ; Phyllorycfer {LithocoUetis) endryella, Mann., and P. (L). joviella, 

 Const., the mines of which are found in winter on Quercus coccifera, 

 and the latter also on Q. ilex; Tinea ankerella, Mann., and T. cloaceUa, 

 Hw., both found in numbers on Q. suber, the cork-oak. 



Green (E. E.). Additions to the Wild Fauna and Flora of the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew : xv. Coccidae. — Bull. Miscell. Information, 

 R. Bot. Gardens, Kew; London, 1917, no. 2, pp. 73-76. 



A complete list is given in this paper of all the Coccidae, 42 ^in 

 number (exclusive of indigenous open-air species), that are known to 

 have occurred in the plant-houses of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. 



These are : Icerya aegyptiaca, Dougl., Orthezia insignis, Dougl, 

 Asterolecanium hambusae, Bdv., Dactylopius {Coccus) tomentosHS, Lam., 



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