181* 



D I PLOBAC I LLU S MELOLONTHAE P aillot 



Insects concerned: The cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha ; 

 the gypsy moth, Porthetria ( Lymantria ) dispar ; Vanessa 

 urticae. 



Diplobacillus melolonthae was isolated "by Paillot (1917) 

 from the larvae of the cockchafers. 



*Paillot, A. 1917 Microbes nouveaux, parasites du Hanne- 

 ton. Action pathogene sur chenilles de Vanessa urticae , 

 Lymantria dispar et sur Vers a soie. C. R. Soc. biol. , 

 Paris, 80, 56. 



Paillot, A. 1933 L' infection chez les insectes. 535 PP- 

 Imprimerie de Trevoux, Paris. (See p. 299. ) 



DlPLOBACILLUS pieris Paillot 



Insect concerned: The cabbage white "butterfly, Pieris 

 brassicae . 



Paillot (1919) isolated Diplobacillus pieris from the 

 larvae of diseased white cabbage "butterflies. From the 

 same source, he isolated 8 other bacteria. (See Bacillus 

 pieris fluorescens . ) He considered these "bacteria to "be 

 secondary invaders, the parasite, Apantelles glomeratus , 

 "being the predisposing factor in the "bacterial infection 

 of the white cabbage butterfly. 



* Paillot, A. 1919 Compt. rend. Acad. Sci. , 168, h"{6. 



DANYSZ BAC I LLUS 



Insect concerned: The bee moth, Galleria mellonella . 



Huff (19^0) refers to the work of Zernoff in which he 

 used heated Danys z bacilli to produce an immunity in the 

 bee moth. 



This organism is the same as Salmonella enteritidis . 



Huff, Clay G. 19^0 Immunity in Invertebrates. Physio. 

 Rev., 20, 68-88. (See p. 73-) 



