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as usual from tlie press of Simpkiu. Marshall. Hamilton. Kent cV Co.. 

 Limited. London, and is on sale at eighteen x)enee. which barely i.-overs 

 the cost of j)iiblication. It comprises ^liss Ormerod's observations on 

 the inimious insects of the season of 1892. a remarkable summer on 

 account of the abundance of many of the common insects. The prin- 

 cipal damage was done by the Leaf-eating 'PeR-^eeYii [Sitones Jineatus) 

 upon Pea. the caterpillars of the Silver- Y Moth [PI us i a gamma) on 

 Clover, the Hop --Strig Maggot" {Cecidomyia sp.) on Hop. the Leaf 

 Maggot on Mangold crox)S. the Corn Aj^his {Sii)]iono2)]iora granaria) 

 upon ATlieat. and the Diamond-back Moth {PJufeUa cruciferarum) 

 upon Turnips, and various root diseases of Cabbage and Tomato, sev- 

 eral of the latter being figured in excellent photo-lithographic plates. 

 A number of comparatively new insect attacks are mentioned. Con- 

 siderable space is devoted to the Apple Srvt^j {So])Jocamj)a testudinea) 

 which was treated in her last report, the Cabbage-stem Weevil (? Bar- 

 idius sp. . the Yellow-legged Clover Weevil ^ Aj) ion if a vq)es>. Elites [ly- 

 rogliji)lnis longior) in Hay. the Currant-shoot and Fruit Moth [Incu)'- 

 raria capiteUa . x]ie Pigmy Mangold Beetle Atonioria linearis), the 

 Mustard Beetle Pha'don hetuJce, the Onion Fly \AntJtomgia ceparum). 

 Orchard Caterpillars [Cheimatohia hrumata). Eed Spider [Tefranyclius 

 til i arum . Strawberry-leaf Beetle ((rrt/e?'?/crt teneUa). and sundry imi^or- 

 tant eel worms receive detailed notice. The usual painstaking and ac- 

 curate personal observations are recorded, and the whole is presented 

 in Miss Ormerod's lucid style. The private publication of sixteen of 

 these valuable reports is an instance of philanthropic work which is not 

 equaled in any other country by any entomological worker. 



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Bulletins 45 and 46 of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. — Prof. F. 

 M. TTebster has just xuiblished an author's edition of his portion of Bul- 

 letins 45 and 46 of the Station to which he is at i^resent attached, and 

 includes accounts of insects affecting the Blackberry and Raspberry and 

 of underground insect desti^oyers of the wheat plant. The first of these 

 articles is a complete resume of our knowledge concerning the insects 

 affecting these two plants and is fully illustrated. Mr. Webster's own 

 observations are inserted here and there, and the compendium as a whole 

 is a valuable one. ITnderthe title of the second paper he gives accounts 

 of wire-worms, white grubs. Southern Corn Eoot-worm {Diahrotica 

 l^-jjunctata). and of the crane-flies, the latter article being extracted with 

 some changes from his report as. agent of tliis Division for 1891. The 

 author's edition is printed on excellent paper, and the pamphlet is a 

 creditable one. 



Some Diseases of Cotton — Bulletin 41 of the Alabama AgTicultural 

 Experiment Station reached us early in April. It bears the title •' Some 



