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  Insect 
  Notes. 
  — 
  Mthly, 
  Bull. 
  State 
  Commiss., 
  Hortic, 
  SacrameiUo, 
  Cal., 
  

   iii, 
  no. 
  5, 
  May 
  1914, 
  p. 
  220. 
  

  

  E. 
  0. 
  Essig 
  reports 
  Thricholepis 
  inornata, 
  Horn, 
  a 
  small 
  weevil, 
  

   as 
  damaging 
  the 
  foliage 
  of 
  almond 
  trees, 
  and 
  Amara 
  stupida, 
  Lee, 
  

   a 
  Carabid 
  beetle, 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  injuring 
  strawberry 
  vines. 
  Larvae 
  

   and 
  adults 
  of 
  a 
  Longicorn 
  beetle, 
  Xyloirechus 
  nauticus, 
  Mann., 
  have 
  

   been 
  taken 
  from 
  walnut 
  trees, 
  and 
  Gastroidea 
  caesia, 
  Rog., 
  the 
  small 
  

   green 
  dock 
  beetle, 
  has 
  been 
  collected 
  on 
  grape 
  vines. 
  The 
  author 
  

   has 
  bred 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  lesser 
  shot-hole 
  borer 
  {Xyleborus 
  xylographus, 
  

   Say) 
  from 
  a 
  dying 
  prune 
  tree, 
  and 
  pear 
  tree 
  foUage 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  damaged 
  by 
  a 
  Eumolpid 
  beetle, 
  Glyptoscelis 
  pubescens, 
  F., 
  and 
  

   by 
  a 
  new 
  weevil 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Ajnnesia. 
  

  

  L. 
  Childs 
  reports 
  that 
  the 
  Capsid 
  bugs, 
  Irhesia 
  brachycerus, 
  

   Uhler, 
  and 
  I. 
  sericans, 
  Stal, 
  have 
  been 
  feeding, 
  during 
  April, 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers 
  in 
  grain 
  fields 
  where 
  they 
  often 
  do 
  considerable 
  damage. 
  

   They 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  Amsinckia 
  intermedia, 
  dock, 
  mallow 
  

   and 
  wild 
  mustard. 
  Magdalis 
  gracilis, 
  Lee, 
  has 
  been 
  numerous 
  on 
  

   the 
  almond 
  and 
  other 
  deciduous 
  fruit 
  trees 
  this 
  spring. 
  Parasites 
  

   were 
  observed 
  to 
  be 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  broods 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  

   oak 
  moth 
  [Phryganidia 
  californica) 
  last 
  year, 
  ,which 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  

   temporary 
  relief 
  from 
  this 
  destructive 
  pest, 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  

   not 
  nearly 
  so 
  numerous 
  as 
  in 
  former 
  years. 
  Pemphigus 
  fraxini- 
  

   dipetalae, 
  Essig, 
  was 
  noted 
  causing 
  considerable 
  damage 
  to 
  ash 
  trees 
  

   and 
  also 
  to 
  Aesculus 
  californicus, 
  the 
  leaves 
  being 
  curled 
  and 
  mal- 
  

   formed. 
  

  

  Demandt 
  (E.). 
  Samoanische 
  Kakaokultur. 
  [Cacao 
  culture 
  in 
  Samoa.] 
  

   — 
  Beihefte 
  zum 
  Tropenpflanzer, 
  Berlin, 
  xv, 
  no. 
  2-3, 
  April 
  1914, 
  

   26 
  figs., 
  pp. 
  135-307., 
  24 
  plans. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  volume 
  the 
  author, 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  Apia, 
  has 
  compiled 
  a 
  practical 
  

   guide 
  to 
  cacao 
  planting 
  in 
  Samoa. 
  Cacao 
  exports 
  have 
  risen 
  from 
  

   1^ 
  tons 
  in 
  1900 
  to 
  934 
  tons 
  in 
  1913, 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  year 
  only 
  5,600 
  

   acres 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  up. 
  Each 
  tree 
  costs 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  J 
  shilhngs 
  until 
  

   it 
  begins 
  to 
  bear, 
  when 
  a 
  revenue 
  of 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  shilhngs 
  is 
  yielded 
  in 
  the 
  

   first 
  years 
  of 
  bearing. 
  In 
  these 
  islands 
  cacao 
  is 
  comparatively 
  httle 
  

   attacked 
  by 
  diseases 
  and 
  insects. 
  The 
  latter 
  include 
  a 
  Longicorn 
  

   beetle 
  {Monohammus 
  rusticator, 
  F.), 
  a 
  Rutehd 
  beetle 
  (Adoretus 
  vestitus, 
  

   Boh.), 
  Calotermes 
  (Neotermes) 
  sarasini, 
  Holmgr., 
  and 
  Pseudococciis 
  

   citri, 
  Risso. 
  The 
  usual 
  remedies 
  are 
  briefly 
  mentioned 
  in 
  each 
  case. 
  

  

  PuRVES 
  (J. 
  M.). 
  Nyasaland 
  Forestry 
  Division. 
  — 
  Ann. 
  Rept. 
  Bej)t. 
  Agric, 
  

   Nyasaland 
  Protectorate, 
  for 
  year 
  ending 
  31st 
  March, 
  1914, 
  Zatnba, 
  

   30th 
  April 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  1-44. 
  

  

  Reporting 
  on 
  the 
  Forestry 
  Division 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  author 
  states 
  

   that 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  white 
  ants 
  have 
  rendered 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  

   quicker-growing 
  trees 
  such 
  as 
  Eucalyptus 
  largely 
  unprofitable. 
  On 
  

   ground 
  infested 
  by 
  white 
  ants 
  good 
  results 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  at 
  

   Zomba 
  with 
  Eucalyptus 
  by 
  planting 
  the 
  trees 
  4 
  by 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  by 
  4 
  feet 
  

   apart, 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  distance, 
  viz., 
  8 
  by 
  8 
  feet 
  apart, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   allow 
  for 
  thinning 
  by 
  the 
  termites. 
  

  

  