158 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, 'o2 



Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



Chrysalis of Melitcsa gabbi. — On April 5, 1901, I found a chrysalis of 

 Melitcea gabbi hung to a cover of a paste board box, which was lying be- 

 side the road on the top of the Casitas Pass, which is 1200 feet above sea 

 level and is about eighteen, miles from Santa Barbara, California. 



The chrysalis is half an inch long and was fastened at the anal extrem- 

 ity and with a girdle around the middle. It was of a brownish color all 

 over, but when I found it you could see the spots of the wings very plainly. 

 The shape of the chrysalis is more like the chrysalis of the genus Thecla 

 or Lycczna than like Melitcsa and strongly resembles the chrysalis of 

 titus, only the anal extremity is pointed more and the other end is rounded 

 more, otherwise it is the same. The chrysalid hatched April 9, 1901. The 

 spots of the wings grew much plainer as the days went by. 



Egg of Euchloe sara variety reakirti. — On April 9, 1901, at Monte- 

 cito, Santa Barbara, California, I watched a Euchloe sara variety reakirti 

 deposit an egg. It was about ten in the morning, when I noticed this 

 butterfly hovering round some of the common mustard ; suddenly it 

 alighted on a leaf and curving abdomen round the leaf deposited an egg 

 pn the under side near the point ; then it flew off to some wild turnip to 

 feed. The egg was shaped like a spindle and was marked with lateral 

 lines with raised vertical edges and of a yellow-white, green color. Upon 

 looking at it April loth the green color was gone and it was slightly 

 brown. On looking at it April nth, at nine o'clock in the morning it was 

 the same as before, but when I went to look for it at half past eleven to 

 take it into the house 1 found the whole field of grain had been cut and 

 the mustard plant, too, much to my sorrow.— Geokgk R. Mi not. 



Fumigation Methods, a Practical Treatise for Farmers, Fruit Growers, 

 Nurserymen, Gardeners, Florists, Millers, Grain Dealers, Transportation 

 Companies. Colleges and Experiment Station Workers, etc. By Willis 

 G. Johnson. » Orange Judd Company, New York. This is a work of 313 

 pages, and is profusely illustrated by '"half-tones" and line engraving cuts. 

 Prof. Johnson has produced a very valuable work on an important eco- 

 nomic subject, and treats it in a thorough manner. Hydrocyanic acid 

 gas and carbon bisulphide are among the most valuable insecticides 

 known, and we feel sure that persons interested in Economic Entomo- 

 logy will find this work invaluable, as its autiior is an authority on the 

 subject. — H. S. 



Thk entomologists of the experiment stations of Montana, Idaho, Wash- 

 ington and Oregon met for conference at Moscow, Idaho, March 14. con- 

 tinuing in session through the following day. The principal insect pests of 

 the section are the .San Jose Scale and the Codling Moth, which were 

 fully discussed. Many other insects were more briefly taken up. The 



