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imicli iiioic tliiui (•(»in])ensate for tin- <lisa<lvantaf;e Tiunitioned. For 

 instance, the lionioloj;ies onee accepted, liow inncli better it would be 

 to call the sclerite named terebra by Prof. Sniitli, at once plainly, the 

 maMtlihtdttr (/((lea, especially since the use of the word terebra alone is 

 confusiui;- antl necessitates the use of the same qualifying- adjective. 

 With the parts of the labium there is naturally less reason for uni- 

 formity of nimienclature fnmi the fa<-t that the halves of this organ are 

 so frequently consolidated. Yet even here the nomenclature should 

 convey the homologi<- idea. Just as we say "maxillary ])alims" and 

 "labial paljius" why should we not say "maxillary galea" and "labial 

 galea" instead of "galea'' and "i)araglossa"! 



Bulletins on Spraying with Insecticides and Fungicides.— Following the 

 lead of Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and other experiment 

 stations and the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the Michigan and 

 Pennsylvania stations have fallen into line and issued each a bulletin 

 on spraying against insects and fungous diseases. 



The Michigan station publishes, under the title " Insecticides and 

 Fungicides,"* a bulletin of 2(5 pages by Mr. L. R. Taft, horticulturist of 

 the station, devoted principally, however, to fungicides. The combined 

 use of fungicides and insecticides is reported as satisfactory under the 

 ])roper conditions. 



The Pennsylvania station Imlletin t is by Mr. George C. Butz and 

 bears the title "Information on Spraying Fruits." 



These bulletins are of the jtractical order, furnishing directions for 

 the preparation and application of the principal chemicals used against 

 insects and plant diseases, without entering, to any extent, into the 

 details of experiments. 



Insects which burrow in the Stems of Wheat.t— Under this caption OUr 

 agent, Mr. F.M.Webster, summarizes the history and developinentof, and 

 remedies for, the Joint Worm, the Wheat Straw worm, the Wheat-stem 

 Saw riy, the Grain Bill-bug, the Stalk Borer, the Wheat-stem Maggot, 

 and the Companion Wheat-fly. All the articles are well illustrated, and 

 the bulletin as a whole is well cah^ulated to interest grain growers. 



• Insecticides and Fungicides. By L. R. Taft, Michigan Agricultiiral Experiment 

 Station, Agricultural College. Horticultural Department, Bulletin 83. April, 1892. 

 [pp. 26, figs. 11.] 



t Information on Spraying Fruits. By George C. Butz. Pennsylvania State Col- 

 lege Agricultural Exi)eriment Station, Bulletin No. 19. April, 1892. [pp. 13, figs. 6.] 



t Bulletin of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Second Series. Vol. V, 

 No. 4. April, 1892. 



