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species of Tomicus which bores in the Makai tree (Shorea assamica), a 

 bamboo borer, the Leather Beetle {Dermestes vulpinus), which is men- 

 tioned as damaging silk-worm cocoons, further notes on insecticides, 

 short notes on miscellaneous insect pests, and extracts from corre- 

 spondence. 



Among the short notes on miscellaneous insects we may mention 

 as of especial interest the damage done by Heliofhis armigera to the 

 poppy crop in Patna and Arrah, the occurrence of a bag worm upon 

 tea bushes, the damage done to the castor-oil plant by the larva of a 

 noctuid moth known as Achcea melicerte, the damage done to jute 

 crops by caterpillars, the Spilarctia suffusa, the injury by Tinea lucidella 

 to the horns of hollow horned rumiuauts, damage to the leaf covering 

 of opium balls by Lasioderma testaceum, a species which also injures 

 manilla and Indian cheroots. Many other insect notes of considerable 

 interest occur and many of them are accompanied by both their Indian 

 names and particulars of the plants which they infest. The paper is 

 illustrated by four very good plates reproduced by a photo-etching 

 process. 



The Lesser Migratory Locust.— Since the destructive year 1883, this in- 

 sect has not done much damage in the interesting region of southern 

 New Hampshire, which we wrote up at some length in the Annual Ee- 

 port of this Department for that year, but the present season has 

 brought another outbreak, and in July we sent Mr. Marlatt, of this 

 Division, into the field to look into the condition of affairs, to advise 

 with the farmers concerning remedies, and to collect facts relating to 

 the years intervening between the present date and 1883. We publish 

 in this number his report of his short investigation, and this account 

 will bring the history of locust damage in that locality down to the 

 present time. 



New Injury by the Leather Beetle.-Mr. F. M. Jones, of Wilmington, 

 has called our attention to the damage done by this insect in many of 

 the large establishments of that city to goat-skins used in the prepara- 

 tion of morocco leather. Mr. Jones has prepared a short article at our 

 request, which we publish in this number. 



The Official Association of Economic Entomologists. — We print under 

 the head of general notes the constitution of this new organization, to- 

 gether with the lists of officers and charter members. The next meet- 

 ing will soon be held, and we would urge all economic entomologists 

 to read the constitution carefully, and, if they feel themselves in sym- 

 pathy with the Association, to send their credentials and names to the 

 secretary, Prof. J. B. Smith, at New Brunswick, N. J. That this a^sso- 





