112 



Referate. 



Froggatt, Glays H. Note on Salt-water Mosquito. Culex vigilax, Skuse. Op. cit^ 

 p. 132. 



Musgrave, A. A Rare Dragonfly. Brief note (together with a short description) 

 of the capture at Maroubra, near Sydney, during the month of February 

 of the d of Austrothemis niyrescens, Martin. 

 This is the first record of the capture of this Speeles in the vicinity of 



Sydney for a period of 60 years. It appears to be somewhat common in 



W. Australia. Op. cit., p. 133. 



Brölemann, H. W. The Myriapoda in the Australian Museum. Part I.-Chilopoda. 

 Ree. Aust. Mus., vol. IX., No. 1, April 26, p. 37, figs 1—34. 

 Allst of Speeles with critlcal notes, synonomy. newgenera and new Speeles. 

 The new genera are : Geomerinus, type C. curtipes, Haase ; and Schizorhautia, type 

 S. rainbowi, BrÖlem. 



Ashton, Howard. Notes on Australian Cicacidae. Op. cit., p. 76, pl. VII. 



Contains descriptions of a new genus and Speeles and critlcal notes. The 

 new genus is Larrakeeya, and the type, L. pallida, Howard. 



Ashton, Howard. Description of a New Cicada. Op. cit., p. 106 A, flg. 41. 

 The new Speeles is Tamasa rainbowi, from the Dorrlgo, N. S. Wales. 



Cameron,P. Ona Collectlon of Parasltlc Hymenoptera (chiefly bred), made 

 by Mr. Froggatt, F. L. S., in New South Wales, with Descriptions of 

 New Genera and Speeles. Part. II. 

 Thlspaper deals with the Chalcididae. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vol. XXXVI,. 



part4,May 16, 1912, p. 636. 



Turner, RowlandE. A Revision of the Australian Speeles of the Genus Cerceris. 



Contains Key to the Speeles, and description of a new form, for which the 

 name Cerceris frogyatü is proposed. Op. cit. p. 664. 



Froggatt, W. W. Weevlls in Corn, Wheat, and other Stored Graln. Agrlc. Gaz. 

 N. S. Wales, vol. XXIII., May, 1912, p. 395. 

 Contains suggestions how to combat the pests. 



Tryon, Henry. Plant Pathology and Entomology. Queensland Agric. Journal,, 

 vol. XXVIII., part 5, May, 1912, p. 360. 

 Deals with two inseet pests (Dacus, Tephritis) tryoni, Frogg., and a leaf- 

 eating weevll {Coptorhynchus sp.) and gives Instructions for their suppression. 



Frogatt, W. W. Wooly Aphis or American Blight. Agric. Gaz. N. S. Wales,, 

 vol. XXIII, June, 1912, p. 520. 

 Populär paper dealing with life-hlstory, geographica! ränge und destructive 

 habits of the Speeles, Sckizoneura lanigera, Hausman; also treatment of infecled trees. 

 Hardy, A. D. The Stinging of Gryllotalpa coarctata by Diamma bicolor. Vict. Nat., 

 Vol. XXVIII., June, 1911, p. 33. 

 An important biological contribution. [This publlcation only came to hand 

 a few days ago; June, 1912. — W. J. R.] 



Macdonald, L. The Olive. Journ. Agric. Vict., Vol. X., part 7, July, 1912, p. 404^ 

 figs. 19 and 20. 



Paper dealing with inseet pests of the olive in Australia, and suggestions 

 for combating them. The three worst Speeles attacking the olive in Australia i& 

 the Olive Scale, the Red Scale, and the weevll Otiorhynchus cribicollis (flg. 20). 



French, C, Junr., and Beuhne. Bee Moths. Op. cit., p. 411, with plate. 



Short paper dealing with the depredations of Gallena mellonellaj Linn., and 

 Achroeca grisella, Fab., with notes on preventlon and remedies. 

 Cole, C. P. Propagation of Fruit-Trees. Op. cit., p. 425, with two text figs. 



Deals principally with life-history and ravages of the Black Peach Aphis,. 

 Myzus cerasi, Fab., Green Peach Aphis, Myziis sp. ; Orange Aphis, Siphonophora (?> 

 sp., Wooly Aphis, Sckizoneura lanigera, Hausman; and Red Spider, Bryobia sp., with 

 suggestions for combating the pests. 



French, C, Junr. A New Pest to Malze. Op. cit., p. 450, with two figs. in text. 



The inseet found attacking this cerial in Gippsland, Victoria, the Harlequin 

 Fruit Bug, Dindymus versicolor. Preventive and remedial measures are suggested. 



(Schluss folgt.) 



