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tlio beans .'should bo disinfected with carbon bisulphide, 1 lb. to 1,000 

 cubic feet of space, and sown in soil in which beans have not been planted 

 the previous year. Unless the insects are destroyed very soon after 

 the crop is gathered, they will entirely destroy the beans, 



Branigan (E. J.). Some Notes on the Catalina Cherry Moth. — Mlhly. 



Bull. Cal. State Commiss. Hortic, Sacramento, v, no. 1, January 



1910, pp. 35-36, 

 A ]uoth. determined by Dr. A. L. Quaintance to be Cydia (MelUssopus) 

 Jatiferieana, Wlsm., has badly infested the fruit of Primus mtegtifolia 

 (Catalina cherry) at Sierra Madre. Both the early stages and the 

 adults resemble those of Cydia pomonelki. C. hififerreana pupates 

 in the ground just at the surface. The cocoon is made of silk, with 

 an outside coating of pebbles and sand, and the winter is passed in the 

 larval stage within the cocoon. One cocoon contained the small 

 Avhite cocoons of a Microgasterine parasite from which the adults 

 had already emeiged. The larva of C. latiferreana Avorks both in the 

 pulp of the fruit and within the seed itself, which occupies three-fourths 

 of the inside of the cherry. This pest is said to occur from Maine to 

 California. 



YosLER (E. J.). Calendar of Insect Pests and Plant Diseases. — Mthhj. 

 Bull. Gal. State Conimiss. Hortic, Sacramento, v, no. ], January 

 1916, pp. 37-43, 5 figs. 



Particulars of sprays for the control of the peach twig borer (Anarsia 

 lineatella) and for Aphis pomi and A. sorbi are given. These formulae 

 have already been published [see this Review, Ser. A, iii, p. 274.] 



Maskew (F.). Quarantine Division, Report for the Month of 

 November 1915. Mtldy. Bull. Cal. State Commiss. Hortic, 

 Sacramento, v, no. ], January 1916, pp. 44-46. 



The pests intercepted in the month of November 1915 were : — - 

 From Belgium : Aleurodes sp., lar\^ae of Thrips and Lepidopterous 

 larvae and cocoons o]i azaleas ; Coccus hesperidum, Aspidiotus 

 hritannicus and Pseudococcus cilrophilus on bays ; Aspidiotus hederae 

 on Kentia palms ; Coccus hesperidum on Dracaena palms and on 

 Phoenix rohelinia: Hemichionaspis aspidistrae on Aspidistra lurida. 

 From Holland : Lepidosaphcs uhni on Bums. From Fiji : Pseudo- 

 coccus sp. on coconut palms, "t^'om Central America : Pseudococcus 

 sp. on bananas and orchids ; Ceratapkis lataniae, Diaspis boisduvalii, 

 (Jhrysomphalus uonidum and Coccus hesj^eridum, on orchids ; Howardia 

 hiclaris on Ayuataca amis. From Hawaii : Pseudococcus bromeliae 

 and Diaspis broiueliae on pineapples ; Coccus Jongidus on betel leaves ; 

 an unidentified Coccid on green coconuts. From Japan: Chionaspis citri 

 on pomelos ; Lepidopterous larvae in chestnuts ; Aphis sp. on pot- 

 plants. From Mexico : CaUtndra sp., C. oryzae and Bruchus sp. in 

 garbanzos (chickpea); Chrysom phalus sp. on coconuts; Lepidosaphes 

 beckii and L. gloverii on oranges ; Drosophila sp. in cucumbers. From 

 Tahiti: Pseudococcus sp. on pineapples; weevil larvae in sweet 

 potatoes ; Morganella vmskelli on oranges ; Aphis sp., Psytlu sp., 

 Aspidiotus sp., and Pseudococcus sp. on pot-plants. From Cuba : 

 Saissetia' hcmisphaerica on cycads. From Venezuela : Chrysomphalus 



