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New Jersey, where it appears to be rather well distributed over a 

 small wooded section. The over-wintering adults appear early in 

 June, oviposition occurring till about June 20. The eggs are deposited 

 in the midrib of the leaf on the under-surface, from 4 to 35 being 

 present on one leaf. The egg-stage requires from 2 to 3 weeks and the 

 nymphs on hatching feed in colonies on the under-surface of the leaf 

 along the midrib, disfiguring it by varnish-like spots, and causing a 

 whitish discoloration of the upper surface. Adults of the first brood 

 are present by the end of July, and those of the second brood by the 

 latter part of August. 



GiRAULT (A. A.). New and old West Indian and North American 

 Chalcid-flies (Hym.). — Entom. News, Philadelphia, Pa., xxix, no. 4, 

 April 1918, pp. 125-131. 



The species dealt with in this paper'include Grotiusomyia nigricans. 

 How., reared from the larva of Eudamus jtroteus in St. Vincent ; 

 G. flavicornis, Gir., reared from a Pyralid leaf -miner on oak at Wash- 

 ington ; Polycystus clypeatus, sp, n., reared from a leaf -miner on 

 maize in St. Vincent ; Sycophila incerta, Ashm., and I dames carme. 

 Walk., reared from Ficiis laurina in Barbados ; Bruchobius laticeps, 

 Crawf., associated with cowpea weevils in Texas ; Pseudomphale 

 eudami, sp. n., reared from the larva of Eudamus proteus in St. Vincent ; 

 Omphalchrysocharis petiolatus, sp. n., reared from an Oscinid on 

 daisy at Washington ; and Arthrolytus aeneoviridis, Gir., from Buccu- 

 latrix thvrberiella, on cotton in Arizona. 



Barss (H. p.) & LovETT (A. L.). Spraying Stone Fruits. — Oregon 

 Agric. Coll., CorvaUis, Extension Service Bull. no. 291, March 

 1918, 8 pp. 



This bulletin gives in a condensed form information as to the best 

 means of combating the common insect and fungus orchard pests. 

 Spray calendars are given for the treatment of prunes and plums, 

 peaches, and cherries respectively. 



Allen (W. J.). The Peach Tip Moth.—Agric. Gaz. N.S.W., Sydney, 

 xxxix, no. 2, February 1918, p. 132. [Received 29th April 1918.] 



The dying of the tips of the young shoots of peach trees is caused 

 by the newly-hatched larvae of this Tortricid moth eating their way 

 down through the centre of the shoot. Attempts to control the pest 

 with lead arsenate sprays have not given satisfactory results, since 

 they afford protection for a very limited time owing to the rate of 

 growth of the tip. The best method of control is the removal and 

 burning of the tips while still containing the larvae, and the destruc- 

 tion by burning or boiling of the fruits infested by the later broods 

 of the moth. 



FuLLAWAY (D. T.). Division of Entomology. — Haivaiian Forester & 

 Agriculturist, Honolulu, xv, no. 2, February 1918, p. 36. [Received 

 25th April 1918.] 



During the month of January the insectary handled 33,100 pupae 



