﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  349 
  

  

  Thousand-Legged 
  Worms 
  Infesting 
  Greenhouses. 
  (Gardening, 
  for 
  May 
  

   I, 
  1896, 
  iv, 
  pp. 
  251, 
  252, 
  cols. 
  2, 
  3, 
  1 
  — 
  47 
  cm.) 
  

  

  Thousand-legged 
  worms 
  are 
  reported 
  as 
  abounding 
  in 
  greenhouses 
  

   at 
  Kansas 
  City, 
  Mo., 
  and 
  not 
  controlable 
  by 
  ordinary 
  applications. 
  

   From 
  examples 
  sent, 
  the 
  Myriapod 
  is 
  briefly 
  described 
  and 
  identified 
  

   as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  flattened 
  millepeds 
  near 
  to 
  Polydcsvius 
  complanatiis 
  of 
  

   Europe, 
  which 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  recognized 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  Polydes7nus 
  

   Canadensis 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  species 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  injurious 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Fitch 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  Myriapods 
  feed 
  only 
  on 
  decaying 
  

   vegetable 
  matter. 
  Soot 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  drive 
  them 
  away. 
  Kerosene 
  or 
  a 
  

   strong 
  kerosene 
  emulsion 
  will 
  kill 
  them 
  ; 
  pyrcthrum 
  and 
  hellebore 
  

   might 
  be 
  tried. 
  Baiting 
  with 
  chips, 
  slices 
  of 
  carrots, 
  etc., 
  recom- 
  

   mended. 
  Removal 
  of 
  the 
  manure 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  may- 
  

   have 
  bred 
  is 
  advised. 
  

  

  [Extended 
  in 
  pp. 
  300-303 
  of 
  this 
  Report 
  (xii).] 
  

  

  A 
  Handbook 
  of 
  British 
  Lepidoptera. 
  By 
  Edward 
  Meyrick. 
  (The 
  

   Nation, 
  Ixii, 
  May 
  14, 
  1896, 
  p. 
  385, 
  cols. 
  2, 
  3 
  — 
  -^-i^ 
  cm.) 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  work, 
  its 
  comprehensiveness, 
  completeness, 
  

   and 
  general 
  excellence 
  is 
  commended. 
  It 
  contains 
  descriptive 
  text 
  of 
  

   2061 
  species. 
  Analytical 
  keys 
  for 
  the 
  determination 
  of 
  the 
  higher 
  

   groups 
  so 
  complete 
  have 
  rarely 
  if 
  ever 
  been 
  given 
  Its 
  new 
  system 
  of 
  

   classification 
  is 
  noticed, 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  author's 
  study 
  for 
  years, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Lepidoptera 
  of 
  the 
  World. 
  The 
  system 
  is 
  so 
  revolutionary 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  

   almost 
  startHng, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  presented 
  as 
  a 
  natural 
  one, 
  as 
  based 
  on 
  re- 
  

   semblances 
  resulting 
  from 
  traced 
  community 
  of 
  descent. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  

   accordance 
  with 
  the 
  views 
  advanced 
  in 
  Darwin's 
  " 
  Origin 
  of 
  Species," 
  

   and 
  has 
  apparently 
  been 
  so 
  carefully 
  elaborated 
  that 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  

   it 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  generally 
  accepted 
  by 
  American 
  Systematists. 
  From 
  

   the 
  intimate 
  relationship 
  of 
  the 
  Lepidoptera 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain 
  and 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States, 
  the 
  volume 
  will 
  be 
  almost 
  indispensable 
  to 
  American 
  

   Students 
  of 
  Lepidopterology. 
  

  

  Elm-Leaf 
  Beetle. 
  (Country 
  Gentleman, 
  for 
  May 
  14, 
  1896, 
  Ixi, 
  p. 
  386, 
  

   c. 
  3 
  — 
  6 
  cm.) 
  

  

  Examples 
  sent 
  with 
  inquiry 
  from 
  Gaylordsville, 
  Conn., 
  taken 
  on 
  an 
  

   attic 
  window, 
  are 
  identified 
  as 
  Galerucella 
  xanthomelcsna, 
  now 
  G. 
  

   luteola. 
  They 
  had 
  doubtless 
  just 
  wakened 
  from 
  their 
  winter^s 
  sleep 
  in 
  

   the 
  attic 
  and 
  when 
  found 
  were 
  seeking 
  to 
  escape 
  to 
  the 
  elm 
  for 
  feed- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  subsequent 
  oviposition. 
  

  

  The 
  Harlequin 
  Cabbage 
  Bug. 
  (Gardening, 
  for 
  May 
  15, 
  1896, 
  iv, 
  p. 
  266, 
  

   cols. 
  2, 
  3 
  — 
  26 
  cm.) 
  

  

  Insects 
  destructive 
  to 
  cabbage 
  and 
  cauliflower 
  in 
  Tracy 
  City, 
  Tenn., 
  

   are 
  the 
  harlequin 
  cabbage 
  bug, 
  Murgantia 
  histrionica. 
  Its 
  northward 
  

   spread 
  from 
  Mexico 
  is 
  noticed, 
  also 
  its 
  habits, 
  and 
  method 
  of 
  destroy- 
  

   ing 
  it 
  by 
  drawing 
  the 
  early 
  insects 
  to 
  mustard, 
  cabbage 
  stumps 
  and 
  

   sprouts 
  for 
  convenient 
  killing, 
  and 
  by 
  crushing 
  the 
  eggs. 
  

  

  