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escaped from cultivation and grown most luxuriantly in the vicinity 
of large bodies of water. Itis well known that it is usually upon wild 
plants that the insect first makes its appearance in new localities. 
There is evidence also that its dissemination may be effected by what 
Dr. Howard, who has made:a special study of the distribution of this 
and other imported insect pests, has termed a “ commercial jump,” 
either by commerce in propagating roots, among which the insect may 
be present either as hibernating beetles or as pups, or by the acci- 
dental carriage of the beetles on railroad trains or boats. 
Only by some such artificial) means of distribution has it in later 
years found its way to northwestern New York, in four counties be- 
tween Rome and Buffalo, and to Ohio, where it now occupies a similar | 
territory of four counties between Cleveland and the Pennsylvania 
State line. During the past summer Dr. Howard traced its course 
along the Hudson River above Albany. Inquiry instituted by Mr. F. 
M. Webster concerning the Ohio occurrence disclosed the fact that the 
plants in one locality were brought from New York. Its presence in 
eastern Massachusetts in like manner may be due to direct shipments 
of roots from infested localities to Boston and vicinity. 
It is noticeable that its inland spread, except in the neighborhood of 
water, has been extremely limited. It is present now in what is known 
as the Upper Austral life zone, although in certain points in New Eng- 
land it has located in what is considered the Transition zone. Its 
course up the Hudson River lies within a rather narrow strip of 
Upper Austral, and its location in the vicinity of Mechanicsville, about 
twenty miles north of Albany, marks its present most northern location. 
In all probability it is destined in time to overspread the entire Upper 
Austral zone and to make its way to some extent into neighboring 
areas in which it may find conditions for its continuance. 
Notes.—In Bulletin 67, from the Kentucky Experiment Station, 
Prof. H. Garman discusses the San José Scale. 
The Colorado Potato Beetle in Mississippi is the title of Bulletin 
41 of the Experiment Station of that State. It was prepared by Mr. 
H. E. Weed, who shows that this pest is gradually approaching the 
Gulf Coast. 
Mr. M. V. Slingerland treats of “ The Army Worm in oe York” 
in Bulletin 133 of the Cornell University Experiment Statio 
W. M. Schéyen publishes (Entomol, Tedskrift, 1896, pp. in -112) 
a short bibliography of Norsk Entomology for 1894-5. 
Mr. Nathan Banks has described a number of new Neuroptera from 
North America (Trans. American SEO Society, XXIV, 21). 
