sect, the results of which agree substantially with those of Prof. 

 Popeuoe, in Kausas, aud to which we referred with some detail iu Nos. 

 9 aud 10 of the last voluiue. He also exposes the fallacy of the state- 

 ment that weeviled peas can be detected by throwing the seed into 

 water. The note upon the oat weevil is especially interesting, al- 

 though the author states that the insect shows a greater preference for 

 a wild grass {Panicum crus-f/alli) than for oats. He does not anticipate 

 that it will ever become a serious pest. This species and Entomoscelis 

 adonidis are here mentioned for the first time as injuring cultivated 

 crops in this country. The latter is a cii'cumpolar species, common to 

 northern Europe and Asia, and occurs in Montana aud Utah, as well 

 as in the ISTorthwest Territories and Manitoba. It was also destructive 

 during the past season to radishes and cabbages. 



Wheat Insects in Maryland — Prof. Boran has published, as indicated 

 iu our foot-note,* a short illustrated account of the insects noticed as 

 damaging the grain of wheat during his residence at the Maryland 

 Agricultural College. The species treated are the Angoumois Grain- 

 moth ((re^ec/^m cerealeUa), the Red Gvum-heetle {SiJvamis casskv), the 

 Lesser Grain-beetle {8. surlnamensis), and the "Black Weevil" (C^r/oH- 

 dra oryzw), the latter being more conmionly knf>wn as the Eice Weevil. 

 Prof. Doran has experimented with remedies agaiust the Angoumois 

 Grain-moth and finds that naphthaline is an admirable preventive. It 

 acts more slowly than bisulphide of carbon, but its effects are more 

 lasting. Bisulphide of carbon is recommended for the beetles, but in 

 the only test made, the germination of wheat " was apparently affected 

 unfovorably" by the treatment. An interesting observation on the 

 rise in temperature of middlings infested by Silvan vs cassicv is men- 

 tioned, but the details of this curious fact will be given in full in iN'o. 

 3, Vol. II, of the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Wash- 

 ington. 



The American Bot-flies whose Larvae live in the Skin of Man.t — In a recent 

 paper bearing this title Dr. Blanchard has given us a most valuable 

 critical summary of the literature of the subject. He quotes verbatim 

 the i^ertiuent accounts of thirty-one authors, ranging from De La Con- 

 damine, 1749, to Gonnelle, 1889 ; compares carefully all of the larval 

 descriptions, reproducing nearly all figures ever published, and arrives 

 at the conclusion that four distinct species have been found infesting 

 man. 



*BulIetiuNo. 16 Maryland Agricultm-aJ Esijeriment Station. Insects injurious to 

 the Grain of Wheat. By E. W. Doran, Ph. D., 1892. 



t Sur les (Estrides am6ricains dont la larve vit dans la Peau de rHomme. Par le 

 Dr. Raphael Blanchard. Extrait des Annales de la Soci^td Entom. de France. 

 Paris, 1892. 



