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Lejyidosaphes becJcii and Phomopsis citri on grapefruit. From Manila : 

 Pseudococcus sp. and Diaspis hoisduvalii on orchids. From Mexico : 

 Chloridea obsoleta on tomatoes and Fiorinia fioriniae on coconuts. 

 From New Jersey : Lepidosaphes ulmi on cottonwood cuttings ; 

 Diaspis hoisduvalii, Aspidiotus cyanophylli, Pulvinaria sp., Coccus 

 longulus and Chrysomphalus dictyospermi on orchids. From Penn- 

 sylvania : Cerataphis lataniae on Cocos weddelliana ; Coccus hesperi- 

 dum on Anthurium scherzeriammi ; Pseudococcus adonidum (longispinus) 

 on dracaena palm, and an unidentified Coccid on Anthurium sp. 



Ehrhorn (E.M.). Report of the Division of Entomology. — Hawaiian 

 Fen-ester and Agriculturist, Honolulu, xiii, no. 5, May 1916, 

 pp. 148-151. [Received 22nd July 1916.] 



Insect pests intercepted during February 1916 included :■ — From 

 Panama : Aspidiotus cyanophylli on orchids and Aulacaspis (Diaspis) 

 pentagona on Hibiscus cuttings. From Italy : Bruchus pisorum in 

 beans. 



The following parasites of fruit-flies were bred and liberated : — 

 Tetrastichus giffardi, Diachasma fullawayi, D. tryoni. Parasites of 

 horn, house, and stable flies liberated were Galesus silvestrii, Dirhinus 

 giffardi, African and Philippine Spalangia and African horn-fly parasite. 

 Paraleptomastix ahnormis, a parasite of the mealy bug obtained from 

 CaUfornia was reared and hberated in infested citrus plantations. 



Jarvis (E.). Destruction of Sugar-Cane Pests. — Queensland Agric. Jl., 

 Brisbane, v, no. 6, June 1916, pp. 330-331. 



A new Lepidopterous pest of sugar-cane found at Gordonvale has 

 been identified as Mocisfrugalis, F. This species, which is common in 

 Australia, feeds in the larval stage on the leaves of young and old canes. 

 Pupation takes place within a rolled leaf. At Gordonvale the larvae 

 were most abundant in plantations in which weeds were present. 

 Adults were reared from 90 per cent, of the pupae collected ; the 

 remainder were parasitised by a Tachinid fly. The numbers of the 

 ant, Pheidole megacephala, a beneficial insect in cane-fields, were very 

 much reduced owing to the dry weather. 



Froggatt (W. W.). a Descriptive Catalogue of the Scale Insects 

 (♦'Coccidae") of Australia. — Agric. Gaz. N.S.W., Sydney, xxvii, 

 no. 6, June 1916, pp. 425-430, 2 plates. 



The following species are described : — Eriococcus agonis, Fuller, on 

 Agonis flexuosa (native peppermint) ; E. apiomorjihae, Fuller, from 

 galls of Apiomorjjha maliformis on eucalyptus ; E. angulatus, sp. n., 

 on Araucaria excelsa ; E. araucariae, Mask., on A. excelsa ; E. bur- 

 sariae, sp. n., on Bursaria spinosa (blackthorn) ; E. buxi, Fonsc, on 

 Trachymone billardieri ; E. confusus, Mask., on Eucalyjytus viminalis ; 

 E. coriaceus, Mask., on Eucalyptus globulus and other species ; and 

 E. crofti, sp. n., on Eucalyptus piperita. 



