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  Hewitt 
  (C. 
  G.). 
  Note 
  on 
  Occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  Felted 
  Beech 
  Coccus 
  

   {Cryptococcus 
  fagi, 
  (Baerens) 
  Dougl.) 
  in 
  Nova 
  Scotia. 
  — 
  Canadian 
  

   Entmnologist^ 
  London, 
  Ontario, 
  xlvi, 
  no. 
  1, 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  15-16. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hewitt, 
  after 
  reading 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  W. 
  Braucher's 
  article 
  on 
  Crypto- 
  

   coccus 
  fagi, 
  notes 
  that 
  in 
  August 
  1911 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  felted 
  beech 
  

   Coccid, 
  C.fagi, 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Justice 
  Meagher 
  of 
  Bedford, 
  

   N.S. 
  Investigation 
  then 
  showed 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  present 
  on 
  both 
  ornamental 
  

   and 
  forest 
  beeches 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Halifax, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  

   existed 
  for 
  years, 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  Power, 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Public 
  Gardens, 
  

   Halifax, 
  having 
  known 
  it 
  for 
  twenty 
  years. 
  Efforts 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  its 
  spread. 
  Theobald 
  has 
  found 
  the 
  Woburn 
  Wash 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Spencer 
  Pickering 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  most 
  successful 
  remedy. 
  This 
  is 
  made 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  — 
  Soft 
  soap, 
  J 
  lb. 
  ; 
  kerosene, 
  5 
  pints 
  ; 
  caustic 
  soda, 
  2J 
  lb. 
  ; 
  

   water, 
  9J 
  gals. 
  The 
  soap 
  is 
  dissolved 
  in 
  hot 
  watier, 
  then 
  the 
  oil 
  mixed 
  

   in, 
  then 
  the 
  soda, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  brought 
  up 
  to 
  ten 
  s^allons 
  with 
  water. 
  

   An 
  effective 
  summer 
  wash 
  is 
  made 
  by 
  boiling 
  together 
  8 
  lb. 
  soft 
  soap 
  

   and 
  5 
  gals, 
  of 
  kerosene. 
  On 
  cooling 
  this 
  becomes 
  a 
  jelly, 
  and 
  for 
  use 
  

   10 
  lb. 
  of 
  the 
  jelly 
  is 
  added 
  to 
  30 
  gallons 
  of 
  water. 
  The 
  best 
  results 
  

   have 
  been 
  obtained 
  by 
  scraping 
  off 
  the 
  Coccids 
  and 
  scrubbing 
  with 
  

   the 
  kerosene 
  wash. 
  

  

  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Branch, 
  Ottawa 
  Field 
  Naturalists' 
  Club. 
  — 
  

  

  Ottawa 
  Naturalist, 
  Ottawa, 
  xxvii, 
  no. 
  10, 
  30th 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  

   pp. 
  135-139. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Branch 
  held 
  on 
  8th 
  Jan. 
  1914 
  

   some 
  oak 
  twigs 
  were 
  shown 
  from 
  Meach 
  Lake, 
  Que., 
  from 
  which 
  had 
  

   been 
  reared 
  the 
  Cerambycid, 
  Elaphidion 
  parallelum. 
  The 
  larva 
  tunnels 
  

   the 
  twigs 
  for 
  several 
  inches 
  and 
  pupates 
  in 
  them, 
  finally 
  emerging 
  

   through 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  a 
  broken 
  twig. 
  This 
  beetle 
  is 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  Oak 
  

   Twig 
  Pruner, 
  Elaphidion 
  villosum, 
  which 
  was 
  injurious 
  to 
  oaks 
  in 
  the 
  

   St. 
  Lawrence 
  Island 
  Parks 
  in 
  1912 
  and 
  1913. 
  The 
  habit 
  of 
  the 
  

   latter 
  species 
  is 
  to 
  girdle 
  the 
  twigs, 
  causing 
  them 
  to 
  drop. 
  

  

  Another 
  subject 
  discussed 
  was 
  the 
  habits 
  and 
  life-histories 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  species 
  of 
  June 
  Beetles 
  (Lachnosterna) 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  is 
  often 
  quite 
  local, 
  owing 
  to 
  each 
  having 
  

   preferences 
  in 
  matters 
  of 
  soil 
  and 
  moisture 
  in 
  their 
  breeding 
  places. 
  

   When 
  hibernating 
  some 
  species 
  remain 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  foot 
  

   below 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  soil, 
  while 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  at 
  depths 
  

   varying 
  from 
  47-91 
  inches. 
  Mention 
  was 
  also 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  remarkable 
  

   manner 
  in 
  which 
  skunks 
  seek 
  out 
  the 
  larvae 
  for 
  food, 
  thereby 
  doing 
  

   much 
  good. 
  

  

  Grove 
  (A. 
  J.). 
  Some 
  experiments 
  with 
  Maize 
  stored 
  in 
  bins. 
  — 
  Agric. 
  

   Jl. 
  of 
  India, 
  Calcutta, 
  ix, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  92-98. 
  

  

  In 
  October 
  1912 
  some 
  experiments 
  were 
  started 
  to 
  test 
  methods 
  

   for 
  protecting 
  stored 
  maize, 
  kept 
  for 
  feeding 
  cattle, 
  from 
  the 
  attack 
  

   of 
  insects. 
  The 
  grain 
  to 
  be 
  treated 
  was 
  kept 
  in 
  large 
  cylindrical 
  bins. 
  

   One 
  bin 
  contained 
  maize 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  fumigated 
  with 
  carbon 
  

   bisulphide 
  ; 
  a 
  second, 
  maize 
  that 
  was 
  unfumigated, 
  but 
  in 
  which 
  

   naphthalene 
  was 
  suspended 
  in 
  muslin 
  bags 
  ; 
  in 
  a 
  third 
  the 
  maize 
  was 
  

   fumigated 
  and 
  naphthalene 
  was 
  also 
  used. 
  A 
  fourth 
  containing 
  

  

  