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able Outbreak of Culex pipiens Linn. (Species appearing in West 
River, New Haven, Conn., where fish had been killed.) C. Gorpon 
Hewitt, Ottawa, Canada, Further Observations on the Breeding 
Habits of the House Fly and its control. A. W. Morritt, Phoenix, 
Ariz. Experiments with House Fly Baits and Poisons. (Tests 
of the various fly trap baits and poisons used for house 
flies to determine their relative attractiveness and effectiveness.) A. H. 
JENNINGS, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C., The Entomologi- 
cal Aspects of the Pellagra Investigation of the Thompson, McFadden 
Commission. (Section K, A. A. A. S.) H. F. Perxins, University of 
Vermont, The Fly, Oestrus Ovis, Parasitic in Man. (Amer. Soc. Zool.) 
BENEFICIAL INSECTS.—Leonarp Haseman, Columbia, Mo., 
Beekeeping and Apiary Inspection in Missouri, (A brief report 
of the work of the State Apiary Inspector and the work which 
the Department of Entomology has undertaken.) The reading of 
papers was followed by a discussion of Apiary Inspection in 
the United States. Subject: The Relation of the Inspection of 
Apiaries to other Factors for the Education of the Beekeeper. J. W. 
McCortocu, Manhattan, Kans., Notes on the Life History, Distribu- 
tion and Efficiency of the Egg Parasite of the Chinch Bug. (This 
paper dealt with the length of the life cycle, number of broods, 
habits, distribution in Kansas, and percentage of parasitism at various 
times during the summer.) H.E. Hopcxtss and P. J. Parrott, Geneva, 
N. Y., The Parasites of the San Jose Scale in New York, Species and 
Distribution. Otto H. Swezty, Honolulu, Hawaii, Notes on Parasites 
in the Hawaiian Islands. Wutt1am Moore, University of Minnesota. 
—A comparison of the enemies of Toxoptera graminium in South 
Africa and the United States.* 
ORTHOPTERA—P. J. Parrott, New York Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station. Studies on the Snowy Tree-cricket, Oecanthus niveus, 
with references to apple bark diseases.* E. L. WorsHam, State 
Entomologist of Georgia. Some notes regarding the natural history 
of the mole cricket.* 
PLATYPTERA, NEUROPTERA, ODONATA.—J. S. Houser, 
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Comventzia hageni Banks, life- 
history notes and variations in wing venation.* J. T. Luioyp, Cor- 
nell University, The structure of the hind intestine of Corydalis.* 
See also Coleoptera. 
HEMIPTERA, THYSANOPTERA.—HeErpert Osszorn, Ohio State 
University, Studies on the geographical distribution of leaf-hoppers, 
especially of Maine.* The box elder bug in Ohio. R. W. Letsy, 
Cornell University, Notes on the external anatomy of some Penta- 
tomidae.* R. D. WuirmarsH, Wooster, Ohio, The Life History of 
the Green Soldier Bug, Nezara hilaris. Atvan Peterson, University 
of Illinois, Notes on the head structures of Thysanoptera.* 
