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HoDGKiss (H. E.). Eriophyes ramosus, sp. n. — Jl. Econ. Entom.y 

 Concord, N.H., xi, no. 1, February 1918, p. 149. 



An infestation of Juniperus pachyphloea by Eriophyid mites is 

 recorded in Arizona. Attacked twigs bore several large, more or less 

 deformed, infertile fruits, in some of which the mites were so abundant 

 as to fill completely the hollowed-out fruits. A similar injury has been 

 recorded on Juniperus communis, L., in Europe, where it is said to be 

 caused by Eriophyes quadrisetus typiciis, Thorn. The American form 

 differs in several respects from that species, and is described in this 

 paper as Eriophyes ramosus, sp. n. 



LovETT (A. L.). Nicotine Sulphate an Effective Ovicide for Codling 

 Moth Eggs.— J/. Econ. Entom., Concord, N.H., xi, no. 1, February 

 1918, pp. 149-150. 



Experiments to determine the efficacy of various strengths of nicotine 

 sulphate as an ovicide for eggs of the codling moth [Cydia pomonella] 

 have confirmed the utility of this spray. Black leaf 40 (1 : 1,200) with 

 fish-oil soap 4 lb. to 100 U.S. gals, water, proved to be a perfect mixture, 

 100 per cent, of the eggs being killed. 



Bezzi (M.). Notes on the Ethiopian Fruit-flies of the Family Trypa- 

 neidae, other than Dacus (s.l.)» with Descriptions of New Genera 

 and Species (Dipt.). — I. — Bull. Entom. Research, London, viii, 

 no. 3-4, February 1918, pp. 215-251, 1 plate, 3 figs. 



This paper gives a summary of the classification of the Ethiopian 

 species of Trypetidae, with keys to the sub-families. 



A list of the Ethiopian Trypetids, published by the author in 1908, 

 enumerated about 70 species (excluding Dacus), this number being 

 now increased to about 110 by recent additions. Since in the Oriental 

 and Australian regions about 170 species (without Dacus) are known, 

 and in the Neotropical, including Mexico and Central America (where 

 Dacus does not occur) about 250, it is certain that many undescribed 

 Ethiopian species actually exist. 



The new genera and species described include Conradtina siispensa, 

 sp. n., from the Congo ; Carpophthoromyia pseudotritea, sp. n., from 

 AVest Africa, previously recorded as C. tritea, Walk., bred from fruits 

 of Pyrenacantha vogeUana in West Africa ; C. superba, sp.n., from 

 Nyasaland; LeiicotaenieUa, gen. nov., including L. trispila, sp. n., from 

 Nyasaland, and L. pentaspila, sp. n., from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ; 

 Chelyophora magniceps, sp. n., from the Sudan ; Pterandrus volucris, 

 gen. et sp. n., from East Africa ; Pardalaspis quinaria, gen. et sp. n., 

 bred from apricot in Rhodesia ; Trirhithrum, gen. nov., including 

 T. gagatinum, sj). n., from the Gold Coast ; T. occipitule, sp. n., from 

 Nyasaland ; T. nigerrimum, var. leucopsis, var. nov., from Nyasaland ; 

 T. nigerrimum., var. coffeae, var. nov., bred from coffee berries in the 

 Gold Coast ; Baryglossa, gen. nov., including B. histrio, sp. n., from 

 the Belgian Congo ; and Ptiloniola neavei, sp. n., from Nyasaland. 



