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Sawamura, S. 1906 Note on "bacteria pathogenic to silk- 

 worm. Tokyo Imp. Univ. Coll. Agr. Bull. , 7, 105 . 



White , G-. F. I906 The bacteria of the apiary with special 

 reference to bee diseases. U. S. Dept. Agri. , Bur. 

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



Bacillus neurotomae Paillot 



(See Bacterium neurotomae ) 



Insect concerned: Neurotoma nemoralis . 



This "bacillus was isolated from diseased Neurotoma 

 nemoralis by Paillot (192U). It was not found to be of 

 any practical importance in checking their numbers in 

 nature. 



*Paillot, A. 192^ Sur deux Bacteries parasites des larves 

 de Neurotoma nemoralis . Compt. rend, hebdom. acad. 3ci. , 

 178, 2^6-2^9. 



Sac 1 llu s noctu arum White 

 (See Bacillus sphingidis White) 



Insects concerned: Feltia annexa ; Feltia due ens ; Poro- 

 sagrotis orthogonia ; Prodenia ornithogallis ; Euxoa spp. 

 (Noctuidae); Euxoa ochrogaster . 



The 5th edition of Bergey's Manual (page 605) states: 

 "An organism causing cutworm septicemia with characters 

 identical with Bacillus sphingidis is Bacillus noctuarum 

 White. " In the original reference to the organism White 

 (1925) remarks on the similarities of these two bacteria: 

 "The bacillus closely resembles B. sphingidis as regards 

 its reaction to environment and the methods and results 

 of inoculation. " In all -probability these two organisms 

 are enough alike in their characteristics to be considered 

 the same species. 



Bacillus noctuarum has also been known by the names 

 Escherichia noctuarii (Bergey's Manual, 3rd ed. , 1930, 

 p. 327) and Proteus noctuarum (Bergey's Manual, Uth ed. , 



193^ P- 363). 



This bacillus causes a septicemia in the insect species 

 listed above. King and Atkinson (1928) found a distinct 

 similarity between the regular cutworm septicemia caused 

 by Bacillus noctuarum and a septicemia in the red-backed 

 cutworm, Euxoa ochrogaster . 



