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Mentions the common silkworm diseases, grasserie, muscnrdine y 
flacherie, and p6brine , aad describes at length the symptoms, na¬ 
ture, and treatment of the last two. 
Saunders, W.—On some of Nature’s Methods of subduing Inju¬ 
rious Insects. (Trans. Am. Hort. Soc., 1885, v. 3, p. 178.) 
Mention of fungous disease of Clisiocampa sylvatica and Agrotis 
fennica. 
Saunders, W. —Annual Address of the President of the Ento¬ 
mological Society of Ontario. (Can. Ent., Dec., 1885, v. 17, 
p. 237.) 
Remarks on the general subject of insect diseases, with notes of 
recent work done. 
Woodworth, C. W.—Silkworm Notes. Silkworm Diseases. (Ill. 
Crop Prospects, Crop Rep. No. 125, p. 25.) 
Description of jaundice of silkworm as occurring in experiment at 
University of Illinois. 
Zabriskie, J. L.—A Caterpillar Fungus from New Zealand, and 
some related Species of the United States. (Journ. N. Y. 
Micr. Soc., April, 1885, v. 1, p. 89.) 
Cordyceps on ca f erpillars, white grubs, and a Lecanium. 
1886. 
Arthur, J. C.—A New Larval Entomophthora. (Botan. Gaz., Jan.,. 
1886, v. 11, p. 14.) 
Describes and figures E' ntomophtliora phytonomi on Phytonomus 
punctatus. 
Arthur, J. C.—Disease of Clover-leaf Weevil, Entomophthora phy¬ 
tonomi , Arthur. (Fourth Ann. Rep. N. Y. Agr. Exper. Sta¬ 
tion, for 1885, p. 258.) 
Illustrated account of an epidemic disease, with description aud 
figures of the Entomophthora concerned. No restiug spores found. 
Forbes, S. A.—The Chinch-bug in Illinois. (Prairie Farmer, Sep¬ 
tember 25, and Oct. 2, 1886, v. —, p. —.) 
Two forms of epidemic or contagious disease now known to attack 
the chinch-bug with immense effect, one observed, though not crit¬ 
ically studied, by Dr. Shinier, in 1865, and the other discovered by 
Forbes, in 1882, the former apparently largely dependent upon wet 
weather, the latter seemingly not. 
Butler, A. W.—The Periodical Cicada in Southern Indiana. (U. 
S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Bull. 12, p. 24.) 
Mentions a fungous disease of the cicada (probably due to 
Massopora cicadina), giving the result of Dr. E. G. Grahn’s mi¬ 
croscopical examination of diseased specimens. This gentleman 
criticises Dr. Riley for quoting without comment (Bull. 8, Div. 
