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Lepidopterous larvae in dried fruits. From Guatemala : Chrysom- 

 j)halus dictyospermi and Pseudococcus sp. on orchids. From Hawaii : 

 Pseudococcus bromeliae and Diaspis hromeliae on pineapple, Coccus 

 longidus on betel leaves, weevil larvae in beans, Trypetid larvae in. 

 tomatoes, and Pseudococcus sp. on coconut palm. From Japan : Pseuda- 

 onidia duplex var. camelliae on camellia and weevil larvae in chestnuts. 

 From Mexico : Lepidopterous larvae in garlic and dried fruit, and 

 Calandra sp. in tamarind seed. From Tahiti : larvae of borers in 

 orange wood. From Washington : Lepidosaphes beckii on apples. 

 From Central America : Chrysomphalus scutiformis, Aspidiotus 

 cydoniae, A. cyanophylli and Pseudococcus sp. on bananas. From 

 Ohio : Pseudococcus sp. on wistaria. From Louisiana : Aspidiotus 

 cyanophylli and Pseudococcus sp. on bananas. From New York : 

 Pseudococcus sp. on Cape jessamine. 



Ehrhorn (E. M.). Report of the Division of 'Kniomolog^.— Hawaiian 

 Forester & Agriculturist, Honohdii, xii, no. 11, November 1915, 

 pp. 278-281. 



In August 1915, thirty-one packages of fruit and nine of vegetables 

 were taken from the luggage of passengers and burnt. The following 

 pests came from Japan : Weevils in a parcel of chestnuts brought 

 in luggage ; the pea weevil in three parcels of garden peas. From 

 Singapore : Pseudococcus virgatus (striped mealy bug) on orchids in 

 the packing of which an ant's nest [Tetramoriuyn guineense), a Carabid 

 beetle, a cockroach, a Dermestid beetle, a few spiders and some milli- 

 pedes were also found ; another shipment was infested with mealy 

 bugs and scale-insects and in the packing was a leaf-eating beetle 

 and some ants {Prenolepis sp.). 



During the month, 30,514 parasites of the fruit fly were bred and 

 28,914 were liberated. A total of 7,500 parasites of the horn, house 

 and stable flies were liberated. The grand total of all liberations of 

 parasites, including large numbers of Opius himiiUs, exceeded 36,414 

 individuals. The author has brought back from California a very 

 large colony of Leptomastix histrio (mealy bug parasite), the breeding 

 and liberation of which are being carried out. 



Hebard (M.) Dermaptera and Orthoptera Found in the Vicinity of 

 Miami, Florida, in March 1915. (Part II). — Entom. News, Phila- 

 delphia, xxvi, no. 10, December 1915, pp. 457-469. 



The specimens of Scapteriscus abbreviatus, Scudder, here described, 

 were dug out of sandy soil in a plantation of grape fruit. The burrows 

 are only a few inches below the surface of the ground and the insects 

 come to the surface to feed beneath decaying grape fruit. Although 

 the numbers caught were not large, the ground was tunnelled in all 

 directions. Locally this insect is called the " Cricket Mole " and is 

 said to be definitely injurious to farm crops. It is said not to be 

 indigenous, but to have been accidentally imported in manure from 

 Key West. 



