24 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



In part ii. (April, 1908) the principal entomological contribution 

 is that by M. Mackenzie and H. Maxwell-Lefroy, entitled "The Sugar- 

 cane Borers of Behar." These borers are the larvae of moths that 

 attack the sugar-cane. Two species, Scirpophaga axiriflua and S. 

 vionostigma, injure the shoots. Four others — Gkilo simplex, C. auri- 

 cilia, Nonagria uniformis, and Anerastria ahutcUa — are described as 

 " side-borers." Tlie larva of Polyocha saccharella destroys the roots, 

 and seems to be capable of causing moi"e permanent mischief than 

 either of the other "borers." All the moths, together with ova, larva3, 

 and pupae, are well figured in colour on plate xx., and the methods of 

 larval attack are shown on plates xxi. and xxii. 



Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Vol. ii., Nos. 1. 

 2, 6. Calcutta and London : Thacker & Spink and W. Thacker 

 & Co. 



No. 1 (April, 1908, pp. 1-13). "The Eice Bug {Leptocorisa vari- 

 cornis, Fabr.)." By H. Maxwell-Lefroy, M.A. The perfect insect and 

 various stages from the egg are depicted in colour on plate i. 



No. 2 (April, 1908, pp. 14-46). " Eemarks on Indian Scale Insects 

 (Coccidae)." Part iii. By E. E. Green, F.E.S. Plates ii.-iv. 



No. 6 (August, 1908, pp. 95-110). "The Cotton Leaf-roller 

 {Sylepta derogata, Fabr.)." By H. Maxwell-Lefroy, M.A. The moth 

 and its early stages are shown on plate ix., which is well executed 

 in colour. 



United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology : — 



Bulletin No. 64, pt. iv. : " An Injurious North American Species of 

 Apion, with Notes of Related Forms." By F. H. Chittenden. 

 Pt. V. : " Insects Injurious to the Loco "Weeds." By F. H. 

 Chittenden, Sc.D. 



Bu.lletin No. 68, pt. vi. : " Grape Root-worm Investigations in 

 1907." By Fred Johnson. Pt. vii. : " Demonstration Spraying 

 for the Codhn Moth." 



Bulletin No. 75. pt. iii. : " Bee Diseases in Massachusetts." By 

 Burton N. Gates. 



Technical Series, No. 15 : " A Revision of the Ixodoidea, or Ticks, 

 of the United States." By Nathan Banks (June, 1908). No. 16, 

 pt. i. : " The National Collection of Coccidae." By C. L. Mar- 

 latt, M.S. (April, 1908). Pt. ii. : "New Species of Diaspine 

 Scale Insects." By C. L. Marlatt, M.S. (August, 1908). No. 12, 

 pt. vi. : "A Record of Results from Roarings and Dissections of 

 Tachinidae." By C. H. T. Townsend (September, 1908). 



Beport of the Entomological Department of the New Jersey Agri- 

 cultural College Experimental Station, New Brunswick, N. J. 

 By John B. Smith, Sc.D. For the year 1907. Trenton : 

 MacCrellish Quigley. 1908. 



Obituary. — We are very grieved to announce the death of Mr. J. A. 

 Clark. A further notice will appear in the February number. 



