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THE EUROPEAN WHITE GRUB. 



We do not know which to wonder at the most, the industry of the 

 woman or the numbers in which the White Grub (larva of the Euro- 

 pean Melolontha vulgaris) must have occurred in the soil, in the state- 

 ment made by M. Keiset and quoted in "La Nature 11 for the 18th of 

 May, where it is stated that in a field of about one hectare (2.471 acres) 

 a single woman collected 759 pounds (314 kilograms) of these White 

 Grubs or Cock Chafer larvae in 15 days. The actual number of grubs 

 was estimated at 180,000. 



A WHEAT PEST IN CYPRUS. 



Mr. A. E. Shipley, of Cambridge, England, has just published a pre- 

 liminary report on the species of Tineina which injures wheat crops in 

 Cyprus (Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 No. 30, June, 1889, pages 133-135). This insect is (Ecopkora tempera- 

 telldj a species which occurs at Beyrout and Libya, and is widely distrib- 

 uted throughout Palestiue. The damage is done by the larva in min- 

 ing the leaves and stems of the wheat. Many thousands of bushels of 

 grain are lost through its work. The information which Mr. Shipley 

 has received has so far been very fragmentary. 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



June 27, 18S9. — Mr. G. \V. J. Angell, of New York City, was elected a corresponding 

 member of the society. 



Dr. Marx read a note giving the record of the numbers (216,000,000) of May beetles 

 collected and destroyed in Tuchel, Pomerauia. Mr. W. H. Ash mead read a descrip- 

 tive paper entitled "An Anomalous Chalcid," in which he erected a new genus and 

 species {Hoplocrepis albiclavis), for a Chalcid collected by the late Dr. E. S. Turner, 

 at Fort George, Fla. The paper was discussed by Messrs. Howard and Schwarz. 



Mr. L. O. Howard called the attention of the society to some enlarged figures of tho 

 mouth parts of Periplancta orientalis in Miall and Denny's work on the Cockroach, in 

 which no indication is given of a digitus proceeding from near the tip of the ladnia 

 corresponding to the one occurring in P. americana described by him at a recent meet- 

 ing of the society. Mr. Howard then briefly reviewed Miss Ormerod's recent book on 

 South African Insects, and concluded his contributions by reading Hy. Edwards's 

 paper, prepared for Insect Life and published in the present number, on Noises 

 made by Lepidoptera. This very interesting paper called forth a considerable discus- 

 sion by various members relative to the noises of Lepidoptera and other insects. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz presented a paper entitled Myrmecophilons Insects and a cata- 

 logue of Myrmecophilous Coleoptera, exhibiting specimens of the Coleoptera treated. 

 The paper was a very valuable contribution to our knowledge of the insect parasites 

 ami messmates of ants, aud was discussed by Dr. Marx, Mr. Ashniead, and others. 



C. L. MARLATT, 

 Acting Recording Secretary, 



