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pests : Y, Organized insect societies, auts, bees, and wasps : VI, Galls 

 and gall insects ; saw-flies; caprification ; parasitism : V 1 1, Some inter- 

 esting insects of various orders : YIII, Insects vs. flowers ; entomophiious 

 and entomophagous plants. 



Spraying for Plum Curculio in Ohio. — IVIr. J. S. Hine, in tlie Journal of 

 the Columbus Horticultural Society for September, 1891, records the 

 results of spraying with Bordeaux mixture for different fungous diseases 

 €f fruits and of Paris green and London purple for the Curculio. He 

 found that where plum trees were first treated with the Bordeaux mix- 

 ture the foliage was not damaged by subsequent spraying with Paris- 

 green in the proportion 3 ounces to 50 gallons of water. Mr. Hine ad- 

 vises, however, the addition of 3 pounds of lime to the above amount. 



Testimony concerning the Value of Entomological Work. — A most inter- 

 esting pami)hlet entitled "Examination of Mr. James Fletcher, Ento- 

 mologist and Botanist to the Dominion Experimental Farms, before the 

 Select Standing Committee r»n Agriculture aiid Colonization," July 4, 

 1891, has just reached us. It is a parliamentary document and its title 

 well indicates its contents. Mr. Fletcher's testimony was particularly 

 strong and places the value of entomological work upon a very high 

 footing. He spoke very highly of the work done in this direction by 

 the Government of the United States and said that he expected before 

 long to be able to devote the whole of his time to Entomology. 



Entomological News.— This interesting periodical, the inception of 

 ■which we announced some two years ago, is now beginning its third 

 volume. It is peculiarly well adapted to the use of amateur entomolo- 

 gists and contains each month an article upon elementary entomology. 

 Its summaries of current entomological literature are very valuable to 

 the working entomologist. With each number of late there has been 

 published a full-page phototype of some striking insect. 



