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been found on Sorbus aria (white beam), S. aucuparia (European 

 mountain ash), S. torminalis (wild service tree), AmelancMer vulgaris 

 (service berry), and Cotoneaster vulgaris. The chief natural enemy 

 is another mite, Seius pomi, Parr. 



QuAiNTANCE (A. L.). The Oyster-shell Scale and the Scurfy Scale. — 



U.S. Dept. Agric, Washington, B.C., Farmers' Bull. no. 723, 

 26th April 1916, 14 pp., 3 figs. [Keceived 21st July 1916.] 



This bulletin deals with the bionomics and control of Lepidosaphes 

 ulmi, L. (oyster-shell scale) and Chionaspis furfura, Fitch (scurfy scale) 

 which, with the exception of Aspidiohis perniciosus, Comst. (San Jose 

 scale), are more frequently the subject of enquiry by American fruit- 

 growers than all other species of scale-insects combined. Lists of 119 

 food-plants of L. ulmi and 37 of C. furfura are given. Formulae for 

 preparing kerosene emulsion, fish-oil soap wash, hme-sulphur and hme- 

 sulphur concentrates are appended. 



Regulations Governing the Export Shipment from the Philippine Islands 

 of all Plants and the Materials used in the Packing thereof. — 



Philippine Agric. Rev., Manila, is, no. 2, 1916, pp. 57-59. 

 [Received 25th July 1916.] 



These regulations amend those of a previous order of the Bureau of 

 Agriculture. The terms provide for the inspection and necessary 

 treatment of nursery stock, trees, shrubs, seeds, etc., but not of fruit 

 or vegetables intended for food, before shipment from the Islands. 



ScHULTZE (W.). A Catalogue of Philippine Coleoptera. — Philippine Jl. 

 Sci., Manila, xi, Sec. D, nos. 1 and 2, January and March 1916, 

 pp. 1-194. [Received 25th July 1916.] 



In addition to containing a record of species of Coleoptera occurring 

 in the Philippine Islands, a list is given of 119 species of economic 

 importance, with the food-plant in each case. 



De Long (D. M.). The Leaf hoppers or Jassoidea of Tennessee. — 

 Tennessee State Bd. Entom., Knoxville, Bull. no. 17, June 1916, 

 112 pp., 4 figs , 2 plates. 



An account is given of representatives of the families, Jassidae, 

 Tettigoniellidae, Bythoscopidae and Typhlocybidae occurring 

 in Tennessee. The species of economic importance include : — 

 Empoasca mali and E. Jlavescens on apple ; Typhlocyba comes and 

 T. obliqua on grapevines ; Homalodisca triquetra, Aidacizes irrorata, 

 Oncometopia undata and 0. lateralis on cotton ; Draecidacephala 

 reticulata, D. mollipes, Deltocephalus spp., Athysanus exitiosus, Agallia 

 constricta and A. sanguinolenta on cereals and grasses. 



GiRAULT (A. A.). Descriptions of and Observations on some Chalcidoid 

 Hymeno^i^v a.— Canadian Entomologist, London, Ont., xlviii, no. 7, 

 July 1916, pp. 242-246. 



The following species, chiefly from North America, are described : — 

 Eupelmus marylandicus, sp. n. ; E. speciosus, sp. n. ; E. cyaniceps, 

 Ashm., var. utahensis, var. n. ; E. cyaniceps, Ashm., var. amicus, 



