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  CocKERELL 
  (T. 
  D. 
  A.). 
  A 
  new 
  Cotton 
  Scale 
  from 
  Panama. 
  ~Jl. 
  Econ. 
  

   Entoin., 
  Concord., 
  vii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  Feb. 
  1914, 
  p. 
  148. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  scale-insect, 
  Icerya 
  zeteki, 
  is 
  described 
  from 
  a 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  in 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  Coccidae 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  Panama 
  Canal 
  Zone. 
  

   The 
  plant 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  insect 
  was 
  taken 
  was 
  undetermined. 
  

  

  Felt 
  (E. 
  P.). 
  Acaroletes 
  pseudococci, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  — 
  Jl. 
  Econ. 
  Entom., 
  

   Concord., 
  vii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  Feb. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  148-149. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  midge 
  has 
  been 
  reared 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Quale 
  from 
  Pseudo- 
  

   coccus 
  citri, 
  collected 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  Sicily, 
  and 
  is 
  described 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  

   Acaroletes 
  pseudococci. 
  

  

  King 
  (G. 
  B.). 
  A 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Kermes 
  from 
  Connecticut. 
  — 
  Jl. 
  Econ. 
  

   Entoyn., 
  Concord., 
  vii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  Feb. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  150-151. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Kermes, 
  K. 
  waldeni, 
  is 
  described 
  from 
  specimens 
  

   taken 
  on 
  oak 
  at 
  Portland, 
  Connecticut. 
  ♦ 
  

  

  Fink 
  (D. 
  E.). 
  Ammonia 
  Gas 
  as 
  a 
  Fumigant. 
  — 
  Jl. 
  Econ. 
  Entom., 
  

   Concord., 
  vii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  Feb. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  149-150. 
  

  

  Experiments 
  have 
  been 
  made, 
  and 
  are 
  still 
  being 
  carried 
  on, 
  to 
  

   ascertain 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  ammonia 
  gas 
  as 
  a 
  fumigant 
  for 
  stored 
  grain. 
  

   In 
  one 
  experiment 
  six 
  quart 
  bags 
  containing 
  cow 
  peas 
  and 
  living 
  weevils 
  

   were 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  fumigation 
  box 
  of 
  8f 
  cubic 
  feet 
  capacity 
  ; 
  2 
  oz. 
  of 
  

   concentrated 
  ammonia 
  were 
  used, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  about 
  

   76 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  weevils 
  were 
  killed. 
  When 
  3 
  oz. 
  of 
  ammonia 
  were 
  

   used, 
  other 
  conditions 
  being 
  the 
  same, 
  100 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  weevils 
  

   were 
  killed. 
  Using 
  3 
  oz. 
  of 
  ammonia 
  and 
  50 
  lb. 
  bags 
  of 
  grain 
  75-85 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  weevils 
  were 
  killed. 
  Experiments 
  were 
  tried 
  with 
  a 
  

   100 
  lb. 
  bag, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  ammonia 
  used 
  being 
  increased 
  by 
  1 
  oz. 
  per 
  

   cubic 
  foot, 
  but 
  this 
  failed 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  high 
  mortality. 
  

  

  Chittenden 
  (F. 
  H.). 
  The 
  Colorado 
  Potato 
  Beetle 
  Migrating 
  to 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  Coast. 
  — 
  Jl. 
  Econ. 
  Entom., 
  Concord., 
  vii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  Feb. 
  1914^ 
  

   p. 
  152. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Colorado 
  Potato 
  Beetle 
  (Leptinotarsa 
  decemlineata. 
  

   Say) 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  at 
  Colton, 
  Washington 
  ; 
  earlier 
  writers 
  stated 
  

   that 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  afforded 
  an 
  impassable 
  barrier 
  which 
  would 
  

   prevent 
  these 
  insects 
  from 
  spreading 
  westwards, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  

   that 
  this 
  case 
  of 
  their 
  occurrence 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  agency 
  of 
  

   man. 
  

  

  Peairs 
  (L. 
  M.). 
  On 
  a 
  Food-Habit 
  of 
  Alabmna 
  argillacea- 
  — 
  Jl. 
  Econ. 
  

   Entom., 
  Concord., 
  vii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  Feb. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  152-153. 
  

  

  Moths 
  of 
  Alabama 
  argillacea 
  were 
  reported 
  as 
  damaging 
  peaches 
  in 
  

   the 
  autumns 
  of 
  1911 
  and 
  1912 
  in 
  orchards 
  at 
  Keyser, 
  Mineral 
  County, 
  

   W. 
  Va. 
  The 
  moths 
  punctured 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  ripe 
  fruit 
  and 
  fed 
  on 
  

   the 
  juice 
  ; 
  the 
  injured 
  fruit 
  would 
  be 
  normal 
  in 
  appearance 
  until 
  

   picked, 
  when 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  have 
  soft 
  spots 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  

   diameter 
  surrounding 
  the 
  punctures, 
  rendering 
  it 
  unfit 
  for 
  packing 
  

   and 
  even 
  for 
  local 
  use. 
  Only 
  the 
  late 
  varieties 
  were 
  injured 
  ; 
  in 
  these 
  

   the 
  damage 
  was 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  75 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  