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  the 
  observations 
  were 
  made. 
  The 
  alfalfa 
  looper, 
  Phytometra 
  (Auto- 
  

   grapha) 
  californica, 
  Speyer, 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  the 
  Eastern 
  peach-tree 
  borer, 
  Sanninoidea 
  

   exitiosa, 
  Say, 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  a 
  peach 
  orchard 
  ; 
  the 
  attack 
  is 
  

   slight 
  and 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  first 
  report 
  of 
  an 
  orchard 
  infestation 
  by 
  

   this 
  pest 
  in 
  California. 
  Two 
  limited 
  infestations 
  by 
  the 
  California 
  

   peach-tree 
  borer, 
  S. 
  opalescens, 
  Edw., 
  have 
  been 
  discovered 
  ; 
  Hoplia 
  

   pubescens, 
  Lee. 
  [? 
  H. 
  convexula, 
  Lee. 
  {pubicollis, 
  Lee.)], 
  was 
  feeding 
  

   in 
  large 
  numbers 
  during 
  July 
  on 
  the 
  blossoms 
  of 
  the 
  azalea. 
  Rhodo- 
  

   dendron 
  occidentale, 
  and 
  the 
  yarrow, 
  Achillea 
  millefolium. 
  

  

  Weldon 
  (Gr. 
  P.). 
  Notes 
  from 
  the 
  County 
  Commissioners. 
  — 
  Mthly. 
  Bull. 
  

   Cal. 
  State 
  Commiss. 
  Hortic, 
  Sacramento, 
  iii, 
  no. 
  8, 
  August 
  

   1914, 
  p. 
  339. 
  

  

  A 
  spraying 
  demonstration 
  with 
  atomic 
  sulphur 
  for 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  

   the 
  almond 
  mite, 
  Bryohia 
  pratensis, 
  and 
  red 
  spider, 
  Tetranychus 
  

   bimaculatus, 
  was 
  recently 
  conducted 
  in 
  an 
  orchard 
  where 
  the 
  presence 
  

   of 
  these 
  mites 
  had 
  resulted 
  in 
  considerable 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  crop. 
  Ten 
  

   days 
  later 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  sprayed 
  trees 
  showed 
  that 
  the 
  treat- 
  

   ment 
  had 
  been 
  very 
  effective 
  ; 
  no 
  living 
  brown 
  mites 
  were 
  seen 
  on 
  

   trees, 
  and 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  immature 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  spider. 
  Unsprayed 
  

   trees 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  orchard 
  were 
  severely 
  infested. 
  

  

  Williamson 
  (Gr. 
  A.). 
  Industria 
  del 
  caf§ 
  en 
  Colombia. 
  [The 
  coffee 
  

   industry 
  in 
  Colombia.] 
  — 
  Rev. 
  Economica, 
  Tegucigalpa 
  {Honduras), 
  

   iv, 
  no. 
  4, 
  August 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  242-246, 
  6 
  figs. 
  

  

  The 
  insect 
  enemies 
  of 
  coffee 
  in 
  Colombia 
  are 
  the 
  Longicorn 
  beetle, 
  

   Xylotrechus 
  quadripes,"^ 
  and 
  the 
  Coccids, 
  Pseudococcus 
  adonidum 
  and 
  

   Saissetia 
  hemisphaerica 
  (Lecanium. 
  cojfeae), 
  the 
  determinations 
  not 
  being 
  

   quite 
  certain. 
  The 
  carrier 
  ant 
  also 
  attacks 
  coffee. 
  

  

  — 
  A 
  Surface 
  (H. 
  A.). 
  Some 
  Pennsylvania 
  Birds 
  and 
  their 
  Economic 
  Value. 
  

  

  — 
  Bi- 
  Mthly 
  . 
  Zool. 
  Bull., 
  Penns. 
  Depit. 
  Agric, 
  Harrisburg, 
  iii, 
  nos. 
  5 
  

   and 
  6, 
  September-November 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  153-216, 
  11 
  pis. 
  [Keceived 
  

   9th 
  November 
  1914.] 
  

  

  This 
  bulletin 
  gives 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  investigations 
  by 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Zoology 
  and 
  the 
  U.S. 
  Biological 
  Survey 
  regarding 
  birds 
  of 
  

   economic 
  importance 
  owing 
  to 
  their 
  insectivorous 
  habits. 
  Among 
  

   a 
  large 
  number 
  mentioned 
  are 
  the 
  red-winged 
  blackbird, 
  Agelaius 
  

   phoeniceus, 
  L., 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  food 
  of 
  which 
  consists 
  of 
  insects, 
  and 
  

   the 
  service 
  rendered 
  by 
  this 
  bird 
  by 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  noxious 
  insects 
  

   and 
  weed 
  seeds 
  far 
  outweighs 
  the 
  damage 
  it 
  does 
  by 
  consuming 
  grain. 
  

   The 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  stomachs 
  of 
  228 
  meadow 
  larks, 
  Sturnella 
  

   magna, 
  L., 
  showed 
  that 
  the 
  insect-food 
  constitutes 
  72 
  per 
  cent., 
  includ- 
  

   ing 
  ScARABAEiDAE, 
  Termites, 
  and 
  Pentatomidae. 
  Caterpillars, 
  

   Elateridae, 
  May 
  beetles, 
  and 
  Chrysomelidae 
  (especially 
  Diabrotica 
  

   vittata) 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  83 
  per 
  cent, 
  animal 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  Baltimore 
  

  

  [♦This 
  name 
  is 
  probably 
  incorrect, 
  as 
  this 
  species, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  is 
  known, 
  

   only 
  occurs 
  in 
  India. 
  — 
  Ed.] 
  

  

  