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Adams (C. C). An Ecological Study of Prairie and Forest Inverte- 

 brates. — Bull. Illinois State Lab. Nat. Hist., Urbana, xi, Article 2, 

 September 1915, 280 pp., 63 plates. [Received 2nd February 

 1916.] 



This is an elaborate list of tlie invertebrate fauna of Illinois, 

 considered in relation to its habitat. A bibliography of 331 works, 

 an index and 63 plates are features of the volume. Many of the 

 insects dealt with are figured. 



]M\LL0CH (J. R.). Some Additional Records of Chironomidae for 

 Illinois and Notes on other Illinois Diptera. — Bull. Illinois State 

 Lab. Nat. Hist., Urbana, xi, Article 4, December 1915, pp. 305- 

 363, 6 plates. 



Among the predaceous and parasitic flies occurring in lUinois are 

 the Asilid, Promachus vertebratus, Say, the larva of which is predaceous 

 upon larvae of Lachnosterna ; the parasitic Bombyliids, Spogostylum 

 anale, Say, and Exoprosopa fasciata, Macq., taken on two species of 

 Manarda ; Exoprosopa fascipennis, Say, which is a hyperparasite of 

 the species of Tiphia, which again are parasitic upon Lachnosterna ; 

 and Sparnopolius fulvus, Wied., parasitic upon larvae of Lachnosterna. 



Jarvis (E.). The Sugar-cane Beetle. — Queensland Agric. Jl., 

 Brisbane, v, no. 1, January 1916, p. 42. 



The heavy rainfall on the 8th November was followed by the 

 emergence, in the Babinda area, of enormous numbers of cane beetles. 

 Three species were observed, namely, Lspidiota caudata, L. albohirta, 

 and Anoplognathus sp. The last-named insect cannot at present be 

 included in the list of Scarabaetdae attacking sugar-cane, and is not 

 likely to become troublesome in the future. In spite of the abnormal 

 dryness, beetles which transformed about the middle of September 

 were still alive six weeks later, and were found in their pupal 

 chambers at a depth of from 9 to 12 inches below the surface. 



•Mississippi Nursery and Orchard Inspection Law. — Mississippi Agric. 

 Mechan. Coll., xii. Bull. no. 4, October 1915, pp. 10-15. [Received 

 15th February 1916.] 



The text of this law, enacted in 1908, and of the rules and 

 regulations attaching to it, are given. These rules and regulations are 

 promulgated by the Entomologist of the Mississippi Experiment 

 Station. 



GiBBS (A.E.). Rhjssa persv/isoria, the Ichneumon of the Giant Saw-fly, 

 Sirex gigas, in Hertfordshire. — Trans. Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. 

 Soc., London, xvi, no. 2, January 1916, pp. 39-40, 1 plate. 



Specimens of Rhyssa persuasoria were taken at Berkhamsted in 

 July last. The larvae of this species are parasitic on Sirex gigas, 

 which is a common borer of fir trees in Britain. 



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