CONTENTS— conf. 



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E^fperiments on the Effects of Metarrhizmm anisopliae on Insects 



in Java . . .... . . . . . . . . . • 446 



Pepper Pests in Sumatra . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 



Insect Pests in the Dutch East Indies in 1916 447 



Saperda Candida and its Control in U.S.A. . . . . . . . . 447 



The Peach-tree Borer (Aegeria exitiosa) and its Control in Arkansas 448 



The Diagnosis of Bee Diseases by Laboratory Methods . . . . 448 



A New Spray for Red Spider in California . . . . . . . . 449 



A New CodUng Moth attacking the Persimmon in Japan . . . . 449 



Straussia longipennis, a Pest of Jerusalem Artichoke in U.S.A. . . 449 



Scirtothrips citri, infesting Oranges in California . . . . . . 450 



Pests of Stone Fruits in California . . . . . . . . . . 450 



Pests intercepted in Quarantine in California . . . . . . 450 



Insect Pests in New York in 1916 . . . . . . . . . • 451 



Insect Pests in Greorgia in 1917 . . . . 452 



The Food of Swallows in North America . . . . . . . . 453 



The Transmission of Spinach Blight by Aphids in U.S.A 453 



Diaphania hyaUnata infesting Pumpkins in Jamaica . . . . 454 



Internal Disease of Cotton Bolls in the West Indies . . 454 & 455 



Results of Cotton-stainer Control in St. Vincent . . . . . . 45S 



3Iacrosiphum solanifolU and its Control in Ohio . . . . . . 455 



Insect Pests in Connecticut in 1917 . . . . . . . . . . 456 



Measures against the Gipsy and Brown-tail Moths in Cormecticnt 458 



Sprays for Apple Pests in Connecticut . . . . . • . • . . 459 



Biabrotica vittata and its Control in Coimecticut . . . . . . 459 



The Bionomics and Control of Diprion simile in Connecticut . . 460 



An Outbreak of MacrosipTium solanifolii in Connecticut . . . . 400 



A Cockroach Pest in Greenhouses and its Control in Connecticut . . 460 



Measures for dealing with Ants in Houses in Connecticut .. .. 461 



The Parasitation of Pieris brassicae by Apanteles in France . . 461 



The Identity of the winged Locust of Colombia and Venezuela . . 461 



A Now Dexiid Parasite of Lepidoptera in Argentina . . . . 462 



Notes on an Ephestia Injurious to Stored Dates in Khargeh Oasis 



(Egypt) .. 462 



Bruchus quadrimaculatus infesting Peas in Trinidad . . . . . . 463 



The Bionomics and Control of Gelechia confusella infesting Peaches 



in U.S.A 464 



A Spray Calendar for Use in Connecticut , . . . . . . . 464 



Beekeeping in Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 



Pests of Fruit-trees and their Control in U.S.A. . . . . . • 465 



Orchard Spraying in Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . 465 



Pea and Bean Bruchids and their Control in Kentucky . . . . 465 



The Treatment of Foul-Brood of Bees in Kentucky . . . . • . 466 



Measures for protecting Houses from Termites in Australia . . 466 

 The ESect, after Spraying, of Arsenical Residues on Man and 



Animals in U.S.A 467 



The Bionomics of Toxoptera graminum in South Carolina . . . . 468 



Sprays for Apple Pests in Maine . . . . . . . . . . 468 



Bruichibs obtedus and its Control in Italy . . . . . . • • 468 



Insect Pests of Roses in France . . . . . . . • • • 469 



Measures against Eriosoma lanigerum in France . . . . • • 471 



Measures against Vine Moths in France . . . . . . • • 471 



Pohfchrosis viteana in America . . . . . . . . • • • • 472 



The Use of Prickly Pear Sap in Arsenical Sprays in the West Indies 472 



Brossoiis sop/toroe declared a Pest in Trinidad. . .. .. 472 



Legislation restricting the Importation of Currants and Goose- 

 berries into Canada . . . . . . . . * . . . 472 



