92 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., *I5 



Sprays for Brown-tail Caterpillars (result of spraying young brown- 

 tail caterpillars in the spring with various contact sprays of different 

 strengths). — E. A. McGregor, Batesburg, S. C, Tenuipalpus bioculatus 

 McG., A Serious Pest to Privet Hedges (description of pest's work 

 with notes on life history, habits and methods of control). — E. P. 

 Felt, Albany, N. Y., Fumigation for the Box Leaf Miner (a summary 

 of the effects of various fumigants upon both plant and insect). — 

 V. I. Safro, Louisville, Ky., The Nicotine Sulphate-Bordeaux Combi- 

 nation. — P. J. Parrott and W. J. Schoene, Geneva, N. Y., Insccti- 

 cidal Properties of Various Sulphides and Polysulphidcs (results of 

 experiments with insecticides containing sulphides and polysulphidcs 

 of sodium, potassium, calcium, and barium as regards effectiveness 

 against various injurious insects). — W. M. Scott, Baltimore, Md., A 

 New Contact Insecticide (results of experiments in the use of a dry 

 barium sulphur compound as compared with lime-sulphur solution for 

 the control of the San Jose scale and the oyster-shell scale). — J. W. 

 McCuLLOCH, Manhattan, Kans., Recent Results in the Use of Dust 

 Sprays for Controlling the Corn-Ear Worm. — L. Haseman, Columbia, 

 Mo., The Corn-Ear Worm and Its Control. — George A. Dean, Man- 

 hattan, Kans., Further Use of Poisoned Bran Mash Flavored with 

 Fruit Juice for Controlling Insects (Effectiveness of this bait in con- 

 trolling army worms invading fields and gardens ; also in controlling 

 variegated cutworms, black crickets, and grasshoppers). — E. P. Felt, 

 Albany, N. Y., Grasshopper Control in New York State. — W. C. 

 O'Kane, Durham, N. H., Arsenical Residues on Fruit and Grass (Sum- 

 mary of further experiments to determine the residues on fruit, foliage 

 and grass after spraying with arsenate of lead, and the possible danger 

 of poisoning human beings or livestock). — H. H. P. Severin and H. C. 

 Severin, Marietta, Ohio, Kerosene Traps as a Means of Checking up 

 the Effectiveness of a Poisoned Bait Spray to Control the Mediter- 

 ranean Fruit-Fly (Ceratitis capitata Wied.) with a Record of Bene- 

 ficial Insects Captured in the Kerosene. — L. Haseman, Columbia, Mo,, 

 The Work of the Cotton Worms and Moth in Missouri (Work of the 

 pest on cotton and injury to fruit; also notes on development of the 

 pest and control measures). — H. B. Scammell, Pemberton, N. J., The 

 Cranberry Root Worm (History, distribution, life history and habits, 

 with recommendations for control). — W. M. Scott, Baltimore, Md., 

 Arsenate of Lime as an Insecticide (Report on the use of arsenate of 

 lime as a substitute for arsenate of lead in the control of the codling 

 moth and certain shade tree insects). — H. A. Surface, Harrisburg, Pa., 

 Frauds, Semi-Frauds and Questionables (Brief discussion on the diffi- 

 culties met by an economic zoologist in combating materials of more 

 or less questionable value, recommended as insecticides). — W. W. 



