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insecrs ;uc by Mr. Oliver E, Jausoii, iiiid the S[)ocies arc figured in 

 nearly all instances. Many items of interest strike us in glancing 

 tbrougli the pages, and while many of the species seem to be vicarious 

 with our own in the damage which they do, but one (barring scale 

 insects) seems to be identical with any American injurious species. 

 This is the Diamond-back Moth [Plutella crnci/erarum), which damages 

 cabbage in the East Province. The Fluted Scale {Icerya purchani) of 

 course occupies a considerable space, while the Flat Scale [Lecanium 

 heaperidum) is also mentioned. 



Among the vicarious pests may be mentioned the Orange Fly {Cera- 

 titis citriperda), which damages oranges in the same way as does the 

 Morelos Orange Fly {Trt/peta hulem — see Insect Life, August, 18S8, 

 page 45) ; the Orange ButterQ^y {PapiUo dcmolcus), which works upon 

 the f()liag(^ of the Orange in the same way that the Orange Dog {Fapilio 

 crespJtonics) works in Fiorida; the Bean Seed- weevil {Bnichvs subarma- 

 tiis ?), which damages beans just as does the Bean Weevil {Bruchus obso- 

 Ictus) in America; a large Oantharid {Mylabris ocitlata), which injures 

 beans and peas in a similar manner to the damage done by ]\Ieloids in 

 the West; and the Cetoniid {Rhabdotis scmipu)ic(ata), which injures figs 

 and peaches just as does the " Fig Eater " [AUorhina nitida) in our 

 Southern States. 



Professor Forbes' Correction. — We are glad to make room in this n4im- 

 ber lor an article received from Professor Forbes which corrects a state- 

 ment in the article on the Plum Curculio in the Annual Ke[)ort of the 

 Department for 188S. Our information in the Annual was derived from 

 a newspaper report which we supposed reliable. 



A Phase of Buffalo Gnat Injury.— A report by Mr. Marlatt on a trii) made 

 in April, published in the present number, is comparatively interest- 

 ing as indicating an unexpected result of certain oi)eralions by the 

 Army engineers. We have already iniblished Mr. G. A. Frierson's 

 letter concerning this peculiar case (see Insect Life, April, 1880, Vol. 

 I, page 313), and in the light of Mr. Marlatt's observations our opinion 

 there published is confirmed. It is a haril case, and the only remedy 

 can come through Congress in the shape of an item in the river and 

 harbor appropriation bill. 



Bibliography of American Economic Entomology. — The first part of this 

 I'^ng-delayed work is now being i)rintcd,and the second part will prob- 

 ably be in the printer's hands by the close of the year. The preparation 



