Department of Agriculture of British Columbia. — In the First Keport of 

 the Department of Agriculture of British Columbia (1891), Mr. James- 

 R. Anderson, Statistician of the Department, includes a summary of 

 the principal insect pests of British Columbia, and some general remarks- 

 ux^on the amount of damage done by destructive insects^ quoted largely 

 from Mr. James Fletcher's evidence before the select standing commit- 

 tee of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, which haS' 

 already been noticed in these pages. The insects mentioned are all 

 such as are common in our Northwestern States, with the exception of 

 the Vancouver Island Oak-looper, Ellopia somniaria. 



Recent Entomological "Work of the Iowa Station. — Bulletins 16, 17, and 

 18 of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station for February, May, 

 and August, 1892, each contain a single entomological article. 



The first of these is by Herbert Osborn and is entitled ^'Licc affect- 

 ing domestic animals." It is in the main an extract from the writer's 

 work on this subject, published as Bulletin No. 7 of this Division. It 

 is illustrated by 14 cuts from the same source and covers pages 330 to 

 353 of Bulletin No. 16. 



The entomological portion of Bulletin No. 17 (pp. 444-453) is devoted 

 to the ^' Effects of spraying on plants and fruit, and notes on insects."^ 

 In the part of this article on spraying the writer quotes largely from 

 Farmers' Bulletin No. 7 of this Department, and in the second part 

 gives some entomological notes from a corresi^ondent. Miss Alda M» 

 Sharp. An interesting part of Miss Sharp's communication refers to 

 a species of bot in the necks of cats, i^robably Dennatohia noxialis. 



The third article (pp. 506-516, Bull. No. 18) is the joint work of Messrs. 

 Herbert Osborn and H. A. Gossard, and is entitled ^^Eeports on inju- 

 rious insects." The following species are treated: The Clay-colored 

 Bill-bug {Splienophorus ochreus), the Little Brown Bill-bug {Sphenopho- 

 rtis parvulus), Strawberry slugs, and the Diamond-back Turnip Moth 

 (Flutella cruciferarum). The Strawberry slug which does the i3rincipal 

 damage in Iowa is Monostegia ignota. Some interesting notes are given 

 on the successful treatment of this insect with London purple, one 

 pound to 200 gallons of water. 



The Horn Fly in Florida.— In Bulletin 17 of the Florida Experimeni Sta- 

 tion, Mr. P. H. Eolfs, the entomologist of the station, gives a summary 

 of the life history of the Horn Fly {HcmiatoUa serrata) and fixes the 

 date of its first appearance in Florida as the spring of 1891 or late in 

 1890. He reproduces the figures of this insect given in our account of 

 it in Insect Life (vol. ii). 



