insects are by Mr. Oliver E. Janson, and the species are figured in 

 nearly all instances. Many items of interest strike us in glancing 

 through the pages, and while many of the species seem to be vicarious 

 with our owu in the damage which they do, but one (barring scale 

 insects) seems to be identical with an}* American injurious species. 

 This is the Diamond-back Moth (Plutella cruci/erarum), which damages 

 cabbage in the East Province. The Fluted Scale (Icerya purchasi) of 

 course occupies a considerable space, while the Flat Scale (Lecanium 

 hesperidum) is also mentioned. 



Among the vicarious pests may be mentioned the Orange Fly (Cera- 

 Utis citriperda), which damages oranges in the same way as does the 

 Morelos Orange Fly (Trypeta ludens — see Insect Life, August, 1888, 

 page 45) ; the Orange Butterfly (Papilio demolens), which works upon 

 the foliage of the Orange in the same way that the Orange Dog (Papilio 

 cresphontes) works in Florida; the Bean Seed-weevil (Bruchus suharma- 

 tus?.), which damages beans just as does the Bean Weevil (Bruchus obso- 

 letus) in America; a large Oantharid (Mylabris oculata), which injures 

 beans and peas in a similar manner to the damage done by Meloids iu 

 the West; and the Cetoniid (Rhabdotis semipunctata), which injures figs 

 and peaches just as does the -- Fig Eater " (AUorhina nitida) in our 

 Southern States. 



Professor Forbes' Correction. — We are glad to make room in this num- 

 ber for an article received from Professor Forbes which corrects a state- 

 ment in the article on the Plum Curculio in the Annual Report of the 

 Department for 1888. Our information in the Annual was derived from 

 a newspaper report which we supposed reliable. 



A Phase of Buffalo Gnat injury.— A report by Mr. Marlatt on a trip made 

 in April, published in the present number, is comparatively interest- 

 ing as indicating an unexpected result of certain operations by the 

 Army engineers. We have already published Mr. G. A. Frierson's 

 letter concerning this peculiar case (see Insect Life, April, 1880, Vol. 

 I, page 313), and in the light of Mr. Marlatt's observations our opinion 

 there published is confirmed. It is a hard case, and the only remedy 

 can come through Congress in the shape of an item in the river and 

 harbor appropriation bill. 



Bibliography of American Economic Entomology. — The first part of this 



long-delayed work is now being printed, and the second part will prob- 



be in the printer's hands by the close of the year. The preparatioo 



