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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



[Vol. 8 



problems. The Rocky Mountain Locust really started the com- 

 prehensive entomological work of the present day and as a conse- 

 quence was an important factor leading up to the organization of 

 this Association. Furthermore, this insect is a characteristic American 

 species with close allies so widely distributed throughout the world, 

 that the casual observer in almost any country would associate the 

 illustration of this species with familiar, injurious insects, even though 

 he were unable to decipher the lettering on the seal. 



Reviews 



Some South Indian Insects and Other Animals of Importance, con- 

 sidered especially from an economic point of view, by T. Bainbridge 

 Fletcher. Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 

 Madras, India. 4to, p. i-xxi, 1-565, figs. 440, plates 50. 1914. 



This large and rather weighty volume has an introduction of 74 pages dealing with 

 the structure, classification and ecology of insects. The chapter on the control of 

 insect pests is thoroughly modern and of interest to entomologists of America largely 

 because of the emphasis laid upon hand collecting, a method particularly adapted to 

 regions where there is an abundance of cheap labor. Here are also found excellent 

 directions for the destruction of termites. The table of equivalent weights and 

 measures is a valuable feature, especially where a double or treble system exists. 



Chapters 12-23 deal with the principal crop pests, the groupings being somewhat 

 unfamiliar to American eyes, namely, Caterpillar Pests of Crops, Grasshoppers, 

 Crickets and Termites, to mention a few. There is a brief chapter on Household 

 Insects, the paragraph dealing with wasps and bees having a distinctly local color. 

 The disease-carrying insects naturally receive considerable attention and in the 

 chapter one finds a list of Anopheles with the malaria and filaria carriers indicated 

 and a tabulation of the principal diseases of India known to be carried by insects. 

 The chapter on some other animals briefly discusses native mice, rats, fruit-eating 

 bats, birds and snakes, to mention a few of the more important. This portion of 

 the work ends with a list of the principal crops and their enemies. 



The remainder of the volume, pages 264-547, consists of very brief accounts sum- 

 marizing the biological data and arranged on a systematic basis. The numerous 

 excellent text illustrations and the large series of colored plates, the latter mostly 

 reproduced from Indian Insect Life, Fasaler Poka and The Agricultural Journal of 

 India add greatly to the value of the work, a compilation which must prove of much 

 service to workers in similar faunal regions. 



