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FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST 
Official Organ of The Florida Entomological Society, Gainesville, 
Florida. 
He WATSON: 2 wee eae er kin Editor 
WAEMON NE WELT 278 8 «oem ee gn Sree are Associate Editor 
ASE EL VBEYER er. ek oa 85 ees ade ae ine Business Manager 
Issued once every three months. Free to all members of the 
Society. 
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vance; 35 cents per copy. 
THE SCALE INSECTS OF FLORIDA 
The last number of the Quarterly Bulletin of the State Plant 
Board of Florida (Vol. VII, No. 4) consists chiefly of an il- 
lustrated catalog of the scale insects of Florida by Geo. B. Mer- 
rill and Jeff Chaffin. This is a very valuable reference work 
which should be in the hands of everyone interested in the in- 
sects of Florida. 
NATURAL CONTROL OF ANTS 
A fruit grower in attendance at the Farmers’ and Fruit Grow- 
ers’ Short Course reported a novel method of controlling ants 
nesting about the bases of young citrus trees where the use of 
solutions of sodium cyanide or carbon disulphide would be 
unsafe. He collects a number of ant-lion larvae (“‘doodle-bugs’’) 
and liberates them about the bases of the infested trees. The 
larvae at once “dig in” and construct their deadly funnels. The 
result 1s a prompt and satisfactory clean up of the ants. 
A PROMISING NEW BAIT 
It has been found that a flavoring of nitrobenzine added to 
the poisoned bran bait (25 pounds of bran thoroly mixed with 
a pound of paris green) is very attractive to a variety and large 
range of insects. It was first tried by U. S. D. A. workers as a 
bait for web-worms (Crambidae). The Experiment Station 
found it quite attractive to the celery leaf-tyer at Sanford. The 
Official Record of the U. S. D. A. for July 18, 1923, reports its 
successful use against tobacco wireworms at Clarksville, Tenn. 
If it is attractive to such diverse insects as wireworms and 
caterpillars it is quite possible that it will be found of value 
against a large number of insects. It is at least worthy of a 
trial against almost any biting insect. 
