k6 



(Wipfelkrankheir) of the nun moth. '' Later experiments 

 have proven the disease is due to a virus. Eckstein 

 (189*0 considered Bacillus B and Bacterium monachae of 

 von Tubeuf (1892a & "b) to he the same. 



Eckstein, K. 189^ Untersuchungen jlher die in Raupen 

 vorkommenden Bakterien. Z. Forst- u. Jagdwesen, 26 , 

 3-20, 228-2^1, 285-298, ^13-^2^. 



*Hofmann, 0. I89I Die Schlaffsucht (Flacherie) der Nonne 

 ( Liparis monacha ) Nehst einem Anhang. Ins ektento" tend e 

 Pilze mit "besonderlr Berucksichtigung der Nonne, 31 PP- 

 P. Weher, Frankfurt a. M. 



v. Tubeuf , C. 1892a. Die Krankheiten der Nonne ( Liparis 

 monacha ) . Forstl. Naturwissensch. Z. , 1, 3^ _ ^7, and 



62-79. 

 v. Tubeuf, C. 1892b Weitere Beobachtungen ilber die 

 Krankheiten der Nonne. Forstl, Naturwissensch. Z. , 1, 

 277-279- 



Bac I LLUS B White 



Insect concerned: The honey bee, Apis mellifera a 



White (1906) found that there occurred very constantly 

 in the pollen and intestines of adult honey tees a species 

 of "bacteria he referred to as " Bacillus B. " He gives a 

 full description of the organism. 



*White, G. F. 1906 The "bacteria of the apiary with spe- 

 cial reference to "bee diseases. U. S. Dept. Agr. , Bur, 

 Entomol. , Tech. Bull. No. Ik, 50 pp. 



Bac 1 llus barb itistes statelov 



Insect concerned: Isophya ( Barbitistes ) amplipennis . 



This "bacillus was isolated from the above tettigonid. 

 An outbreak of an infectious disease due to this organism 

 occurred for the first time in Bulgaria in the spring of 

 1930. Statelov (1932) has described its cultural charac- 

 teristics. 



*Statelov, N. 1932 Ein pathogenischer Bazillus auf den 

 Larven der Barbitistes amplipennis . Mitt. bulg. ent. 

 G-es. , 7, 56-61. 



