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 of the Italian fauna specially injurious to cultivated plants, figs ; Contri- 

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 Kaltenbach with a note on the position of the genus in the family Aphidae, 

 figs.; Contributions to the study of the forms and of the biology of the 

 Phlceothrips of the olive {P. olece (Costa) Targioni) and on some soap- 

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 Fifth annual report of the Entomologist of the State Experiment Station 

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