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much the greater number of cases one only got them at one or 

 the other. 



The weather left nothing to be desired, the first three weeks 

 being cloudlessly fine, and the last week was varied by a most 

 terrific thunderstorm, during which the church-tower in the 

 village was struck by lightning. 



Stonewall Park, Edenbridge, Kent. 



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CURRENT NOTES. 

 By G. W. Kirkaldy. 



(Continued from p. 161.) 



1. H. A. Ballou : " Insects attacking Cotton in the West 

 Indies " (W. I. Bulletin, iv. pp. 268-86, text-figs. 1-4 (1903) ). 



2. T. D. A. CocKERELL : " A Summary of the Coccidse " 

 (' American Naturalist,' xxxvii. pp. 800-6, Nov. 1903, publ. Jan. 

 1904 ?). [Rhynchota] . 



3. F. H. Chittenden : " A Brief Account of the principal 

 Insect Enemies of the Sugar-beet " (Bull. U. S. Dep. Agr. 

 Entom 43, pp. 1-71, text-figs. 1-65 (1903) ). 



4. F. M. Webster : " Some Insects attacking the Stems of 

 growing Wheat, Rye, Barley, and Oats" {op. cit. 42, pp. 1-62, text- 

 figs. 1-15 (1903) ). 



5. E. P. Felt : "Insects affecting Forest-trees" (7th Rep. 

 Forest, Fish, and Game Com., New York, pp. 479-534, pis. 1-16, 

 and 26 text-figs. (1903)). 



6. T. D. A. CocKERELL : " South- Western Geographical 

 Names " (Ent. News, xv. p. 24 (1904) ). 



7. " The Insect World," vol. viii. no. 1 (1904). 



8. J. H. Fabre : " Souvenirs Entomologiques " (8me serie). 

 (Paris) pp. 1-379 (a few text-figs.). [1903 ?J . 



9. E. E. Green: "On the Nesting Habits of Trijpoxylon 

 iiitrudens and Stigmas niger" [Hym.] {Spolia zeylanica, i, pt. 3, 

 [sep. pp. 1-3], text-figs. 1 and 2 (1903) ). 



10. Mrs. Maria E. Fernald : "A Catalogue of the Coccidae 

 of the World " (Hatch. Exper. Sta. Massachusetts Agr. Coll. 

 Bull. 88, pp. 1-360 (1903) ). 



Ballou's (1) report on the insect pests of cotton in the West 

 Indies, although necessarily largely a compilation, will be useful 

 since the revival of cotton-growing in the Islands. Two of the 

 worst mainland pests, viz., Heliothis armiger (cotton-boll worm) 

 and Anthonomus grandis (Mexican cotton-boll weevil), are absent, 

 but the remainder (except the Leafl)lister mite— PhgtojHus sp. — 

 which is apparently distinctive) is the same as or closely related 



