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Fly. Adalia bipunctata (Zinn.) — The Two-spotted Lady-Bird. 

 Dermestes lardarius Xi?i??. — The Bacon Beetle. Agrilus ruficollis 

 (J^abr.) — The Easpberry Gouty-gall Beetle. Coptocycla aurichalcea 

 {Fahr.) — The Golden Tortoise Beetle. Coptocycla clavata (Fabr.) — The 

 Clubbed Tortoise Beetle. Bruchus scutellaris Fahr.— A Pea Weevil. 

 Hymenorus obscurus (Say) — A Bark Beetle. Meloe angusticoUis Say — 

 The Oil Beetle. Epicauta vittata (Fabr.) — The Striped Blister Beetle. 

 Epicauta cinerea (Forst.) — The Margined Blister Beetle. Epicauta 

 Pennsylvanica [DeGeer) — The Black Blister Beetle. Pomphopoea Sayi 

 LeConte — Say's Blister Beetle. Podisus spinosus [Dallas) — The Spined 

 Soldier Beetle. Prionidus cristatus {Linn.) — The Nine-pronged Wheel- 

 bug. Pulvinaria innumerabilis {Bath.) — The Maple-tree Scale-insect. 

 Aphis brassicee iinn.— The Cabbage Aphis. Gryllotalpa borealis Burm. 

 The Mole Cricket. Melanoplus femur- rubrum {DeGeer) — The Ked- 

 legged Grasshopper. Some Apple Tree Insects. Notices of Akachnid a. 

 Ixodes bovis Biley — The Cattle Tick. Bryobia .^pratensis Garman. 

 Infesting a Dwelling-house. Appendix : (A.) Lists of Publications of 

 THE Entomologist. (B.) Contributions to the Department. Index, 



Snails Slugs. (Country Gentleman, for October 16, 1890, 



Iv, p. 819, c. 2- 8 cm.) 



A non-poisonous remedy is needed for injury by snails to a mushroom 

 bed. Slugs (naked snails), that are so destructive to gardens in England, 

 a*e there killed by sprinkling them with lime water. Nitrate of soda is 

 also used. These would probably not affect the mushrooms injuriously. 

 Salt will kill slugs in the ground. , 



[See C— G., p. 879, for Mr. Falconer's method of trapping with pieces of 

 dry rotten boards.l 



Diseased Austrian Pines. (Country Gentleman, for October 16, 

 1890, Iv, p. 820, c. 2, 3 — 42 cm.) 



Twigs of Austrian and California pines are sent from Matteawan and 

 Moriches, N. Y., for explanation of their unhealthy condition. Scales of 

 Chionaspis pinifolice (Fitch), a few black thrips, and some mites are 

 present, but could not have caused the injury. It is probably owing to 

 some unknown atmospheric or soil condition. Fertilizing to stimulate 

 growth is recommended. A new disease, apparently, of the white pine, 

 known locally as "ring-rot," is referred to. Abundance of the pine 

 Chionaspis in Washington Park, Albany. 



[In the Eighth Beport on the Insects of New York, in MS.] 



A Manual of Injurious Insects. (Country Gentleman, for October 

 16, 1890, Iv, p. 822-3, c. 4-1 — 32 cm.) 



Notice of a new edition of Miss E. A. Ormerod's Manual. Past labors 

 and publications of the author in Economic Entomology : the new fea- 

 tures in this edition : a volume which should be regarded as indispensable 

 to all English agriculturists. Compared with Curtis' Farm Insects. 



