Manual of Injurious Insects

Abstract

THE author of this book, who is professor of economic entomology at Cornell University, remarks in his introduction: “It is hoped that the book may be useful to the teacher and to the student of economic entomology; and that it may serve as a reference book to any one interested in the activities, injuries and control of the more common injurious insects of the United States.” It should fulfil all these hopes to a greater or lesser degree, since it is accurate, clearly and concisely written, well illustrated, and has sufficient references to guide its readers to sources of fuller information. The various pests are dealt with under the plants which they affect, while there are also chapters on pests of live-stock and of the household, but forest insects are, for some reason, omitted.

Manual of Injurious Insects.

By Prof. Glenn W. Herrick. Pp. xxi + 489. (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1925.) 4.50 dollars.