Shorter Articles and Reviews of Recent 
Important Literature 
INJURIOUS AND BENEFICIAL INSECTS OF 
CALIFORNIA 
EK. O. ESSIG 
Month. Bul. State Com. Hort. Vol. II, Nos. 1 and 2. 
This is certainly one of the most useful bulletins for the 
farmer and for all others interested in insects and their con- 
trol in California. It considers the different orders of insects 
which are found in the state and discusses them clearly. This 
is aided by an unusually large number of good cuts, many of 
them being the work of the author while in college and later. 
In the back of the bulletin the composition of the different 
insecticides is given, as well as the various methods for their 
application. Here are also found all the state horticultural 
and quarantine orders relating to insects. There is also a host 
index of injurious insects described or cited. Mr. Essig surely 
is to be congratulated for this good and useful work. 
George Ash. 
A GIANT COCCID FROM GUATEMALA 
WILLIAM MORTON WHEELER 
Psyche, Feb., 1913. 
This was found on the branches of an Erythrina tree. From 
a distance the tree looked as if it were covered with galls the 
size of cherries. The specimens were 11-20 mm. in length, 
10-15 mm. in width, and 9-14 mm. in height. The body was 
smooth, and elliptical in shape. They were pale brownish yellow 
in color and covered with minute dots. They were only found 
on this one tree. 
Gertrude Bacon. 
