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as usual from the yuess of Simpkiu, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent& Co., 

 Limited, London, and is on sale at eighteen pence, Avliich barely covers 

 the cost of publication. It comprises Miss Ormerod's observations <ni 

 the injurious insects of the season of 1892, a remarkable summer on 

 account of the abundance of many of the common insects. The prin 

 cipal damage was done by the Leaf-eating Pea-weevil {Sitone.s lineatus) 

 upon Pea, the caterpillars of the 8ilver-Y Moth {riusia gamma) on 

 Clover, the Hop "Strig Maggot" {Cecidomi/ia sp.) on Hop, the Leai' 

 Maggot on Mangold crojis, the Corn Aphis {Siphonopliora granaria) 

 upon Wheat, and the Diamond-back Moth {PluteUa cruciferarum) 

 u])(ni Turnips, and various root diseases of Cabbage and Tomato, sev 

 era! of the latter being figured in excellent photo-lithographic i)lates. 

 A number of comparatively new insect attacks are mentioned. Con- 

 siderable space is devoted to the Ai)ple ^ixvfVix {Hoplocampa testudinea) 

 which Avas treated in her last report, the Cabbage-stem Weevil (? Bar- 

 iflius sp.), the Yellow-legged Clover Weevil {A2)ion^f}avij)('s), Mites {Ty- 

 roglyplmH longior) in Hay, the Currant-shoot and Fruit Moth {Incur- 

 varia ca^jitella), the Pigmy Mangold Beetle {Atomaria lin/'aris), the 

 Mustard Beetle {Vha'don heUdw), the Onion Fly {Anthomyia ceparum), 

 Orchard Caterpillars {Cheimatohia hrumata). Red Spider {Tefranyehus 

 tiUartim), Strawberry-leaf Beetle [Galeruea frncUa)^ and sundry impor- 

 tant eel worms receive detailed notice. Tlie usual painstaking and ac- 

 curate personal observations are recorded, and the whole is j)resented 

 in Miss Ormerod's lucid style. The private publication of sixteen of 

 these valuable rei)orts is an instance of philanthropic work which is not 

 equaled in any other country by any entomological worker. 



Bulletins 45 and 46 of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. — Prof. F. 

 M. Webster has just published an author's edition of his portion of Bul- 

 letins 45 and 46 of the Station to which lie is at present attached, and 

 includes accounts of insects affecting the Blackberry and Raspberry and 

 of underground insect destroyers of the wheat i)lant. The first of these 

 articles is a complete resume of our knowledge concerning the insects 

 affecting these two i)lants and is fully illustrated. Mr. \A>bster's own 

 observations are inserted here and there, and the compendium as a whole 

 is a valuable one. Under the title of the second paper he gives accounts 

 of wire worms, white grubs, Southern Corn Root-worm [Diahrotica 

 ]3-2)nnctata), and of the crane-flies, the latter ai'ticle being extracted with 

 some changes from his report as agent of this Division for 1891. The 

 author's edition is printed on excellent paper, and the pamphlet is a 

 creditable one. 



Some Diseases of Cotton — Bulletin 41 of the Alabama Agricultural 

 Experiment Station reached us early in April. It bears the title '^ Some 



