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lent in Europe... .’ The exact location of the diseased tree 
and the woodland in which it was found is not given. 
On -:page 121, under the caption Disease of the White Oak 
(Quercus alba L.), it is stated that “all over Staten Island the 
white oaks of large size were found to be dying out.. This was 
not due to the severe winter preceding .. . the trouble has been 
going on for several years. ‘There was no patch of forest in which 
the dying and dead trees could not be seen on every hand. Rhizo- 
morphs (possibly of Armillaria mellea (Vahl) Quélet) were 
found under the bark of many, but not all trees. It seemed as 
if the larger trees were the ones that were affected. In some in- 
stances traces of a boring beetle were seen.” 
kX. teal. 
THe NortH AMERICAN SPECIES OF PARASITIC —TW0-WINGED 
FLies BELONGING TO THE GENUS PHOROCERA AND ALLIED 
GENERA. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 63: 1-go. 1924. 
In this paper by J. M. Aldrich and Ray T. Webber, treating 
some of the Tachinid flies that parasitize caterpillars, etc., there 1s 
described as new Zenillia angustivitta, type and only locality Staten 
Island, N. Y. Our entomologist Wm. T. Davis is in the same 
paper credited with the capture at West Hills, Long Island, of 
another species. The size of the flies referred to in these notes is 
less than half an inch but they are of economic importance as well 
as scientific interest because they help to check the spread of in- 
jurious insects. 
(Co We IL 
Tue Logster FisHery in New York Bay, by S. A. Callisen, in 
Zoological Society Bulletin 25°: 144-7. Nov. 1922. 
This is a well written article describing the methods, profits, etc., 
of the industry in which it is said that about 63 boats are in use, 
of which three hail from Princes Bay. The speed with which 
the boats travel is noteworthy and indicates more romance than 
might be associated with an ordinary avocation: “ When travell- 
