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held responsible. The remedies proposed are gathering windfalls and 
removing the surface earth under the infested trees. Another inter- 
esting article treats of the occurrence of one of the common mites ( Ty- 
roglyphus longior) in great numbers in hay in stacks and when stored 
in lofts. Considerable attention is given to the use of Paris green 
against leaf-eating orchard caterpillars, and the advisability of mixing 
softsoap with Paris green is considered at some length. The conclu- 
sion reached is that whatever arsenic is set free in the soap solution is 
neutralized by the free alkali of the soap, but the mixture as a whole 
is a tenacious, sticky mass, which it is difficult to properly dissolve in 
water. The bulk of the report is occupied with a consideration of the 
Diamond-back Moth (Plutella cruciferarum) which, as we have already 
stated, occurred in enormous numbers in certain parts of England last 
summer. The article includes a great deal of interesting correspond- 
euce with a number of Miss Ormerod’s intelligent co-workers. Last 
year’s occurrence of this species was a very exceptional one, and accord- 
ing to Miss Ormerod seems to have been due rather to the fact that moths 
were borne in on easterly winds in the spring rather than that they bred 
where first noticed. The remedies are those mentioned by Mr. White- 
head, whose paper we reviewed in the last number of INSECT LIFE. 
Bulletin No. 5 of the New Mexico Station.*—Mr. C. H. Tyler Townsend 
is the author of a brief bulletin just received which treats of the Vine 
Leaf-hopper, the Codling Moth, the Green June-beetle (Allorhina so- 
brina), and Root-borers (Larve of Prionus spp.). He finds that the 
kerosene emulsion is the only practical remedy for the Vine Leaf-hop- 
per, and that it should be applied early in the season and directed 
- against the under sides of the leaves. After the insects have acquired 
wings it is too late to do effective work. The Codling Moth, it seems, 
has just been found for the first time in the Mesilla Valley, although it 
has oceurred abundantly in other portions of New Mexico for some 
time. The Allorhina here mentioned has previously been referred to 
by the author in the current volume of INSECT LIFE (p. 25) as A. nitida. 
A Bulletin on Spraying.—The Department has just published, as ‘“ Far- 
mers’ Bulletin No. 7,” a short consideration of spraying fruits for insect 
pests and fungous diseases, with a special consideration of the subject 
in relation to the public health. This bulletin puts the reasons for 
_ §praying and the best formule in condensed shape for the use of the 
practical fruit-grower. 
“New Mexico College of Agriculture. Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 
No. 5, March, 1892. Notices of importance concerning Fruit Insects. Las Cruces, 
N. Mex., 1892. 
