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first, to prepare a galvanized-iron receptacle of convenient size, with an 
apartment for ice and another for the insects, so that the temperature 
could constantly and certainly be keptatalowpoint. This weconceived to 
be a much better plan than to rely upon the refrigerators of vessels and 
trains. We also urged that a duplicate lot be kept at a normal tem- 
perature, active and constantly at work and breeding throughout the 
journey. This method required that they should be carried in such a 
way that they could be examined from day to day, and that a good sup- 
ply of food in the shape of living Icerya should be taken if possible on 
living plantsin pots. Weadvised Mr. Louw to call upon Mr. Alexander 
Craw, the chief quarantine officer, on his way to Los Angeles, and we 
anticipate the most profitable results from his mission to this country. 
In addition to Mr. Louw’s effort Mr. Koebele has, in accordance with 
instructions, carried very large numbers of Vedalia in the egg and 
larva state from New Zealand to Australia, with the intention of ship- 
ping them from there to Cape Town. He found on his arrival at Syd- 
ney that no steamer would sail within a reasonable time, but he is wait- 
ing an opportunity to start his sending over. While he is in Australia 
we have every hope that the shipment can be made. 
A Monograph of the Insects and other Animals injuring Tobacco.*—Prof. 
Ad. Targioni Tozzetti has just published an elaborate work on the subject 
of the animals and insects of growing tobacco and of the dried product, 
under the auspices of the Royal Excise Department, and with the 
assistance of the Government agencies for the manufacture and culti- 
vation of tobacco. He has gone over the entire ground of tobacco ene- 
mies in all countries, devoting 270 of his 300 pages of text to the sub- 
ject of insects proper, six pages to vertebrates, seven to snails, ten to 
arachnids, and one to earthworms. In all, 144 species of insects are 
treated, nearly all of them being delineated by means of very fair wood 
cuts, and their work being shown by several full-page plates. The in- 
sects are considered in their systematic order, and the matter of reme- 
dies is discussed under each insect. Where several species of a given 
group occur upon tobacco, synoptical tables to enable their separation 
are published. The work is prefaced by a bibliography and concludes 
withaveryfullindex. Thetobacco insect, of which there is the most com- 
plaint in this country, viz, the Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma serricorne), 
is treated at some length. The author concludes that on account of the 
special abundance of this insect in tobacco brought from this country to 
Europe its origin may be accorded to America. As a remedy for this 
pest he recommends a thorough use of chloroform, bisulphide of carbon, 
and hydrocyanic acid gas in disinfecting warehouses and manufactories, 
and he also advises, where possible, the submersion of the tobacco in 
*Animali ed Insetti del Tabacco in Erba e del Tabacco Secco. By Ad. Targioni 
Tozzetti. Firenze-Roma, 1891. 
