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The writer thinks that Goastrue would do excellent service as green 

 manure, especially for very light sandy soils, for which it would perhaps be 

 better even than lupin. It only remains to ascertain whether turning in 

 would suffice to destroy it. Goastrue is plentifully provided with root tubers. 



To control this weed, it must be mown at least three times a year, cr 

 turned in and a mixture of grass consisting principally of Dadylis glomerala 

 and Lolium italicum >own on top. It would also be as well, for some time, 

 to roll the grass-land thoroughly. In those parts where the plant special- 

 ly abounds, clearing of the grass-land and conversion into arable land is ad- 

 visable. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS AND OTHER IvO\VER ANIMALS. 



822 - The Entomological Society of Moscow, Russia. — i. boldirev v. f. History of the 



Foimdation of the Entomological Society of Moscow, in IlrsaroCmi fl MocHoecKaio Sumo- 

 ji().i()!ii'i('<-i,(Uo Ooii^ecmea (Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Moscow), Vol. I, 

 pp. 9-13, Moscow, 1915. — II. KUL.^GIN N. M. Programme of Work of the Entomological 

 Societ3' of Moscow, Ibid., pp. 1-8. 



The Entomological Society of Moscow, the third of its kind in Russia, 

 was founded in 1913. It owes its formation to the combination of three As- 

 sociations of Entomologists of Moscow which had until then existed sepa- 

 rately. 



After referring to the importance of insects to agriculture, the writer 

 adds that the Society has two methods of achieving its object, one is that 

 of enricliing science Vi}' means of original research, the other the spread of 

 scientific knowledge and training of y^oung scientists. 



As regards its practical aims the new Society has alread} made 

 its first contribution by instituting a short course (from the j6th Feb- 

 ruary to the loth March 1915) for the training of a technical staff in 

 the control of locusts and field voles. The number of persons attending the 

 lectures was about 150. Most of the hearers consisted of male and female ■ 

 students of the Higher Schools of Moscow. 



The said Society has its own organ: « nsB-bcriH INfocKOBrKaro Hutomo- 

 .:ioiniHecKaro OoniecTBo » (Bulletin of the Entomological vSociety of Moscow), 

 the first volume of which appeared in 1915. In addition to original work, 

 annual reviews of the literature relating to entomology are to occupy a 

 large space in this publication. 



823 - Insects Pests of Plants Cultivated in European Russia, in 1914 (i).— kul.\gin n. 



in Il.wihciniu M()ciii)iir/,a^i) •)HVi().\i<i.i()iH'(e<-iuui) Ounn'i-iniui (Bulletin of the Moscow 

 Entomological Society) Vol. I, pp. 136-161. Moscow, 1915. 

 The above contains a summary of the facts scattered throughout Rus- 

 sian literature regarding the insect pests of cultivated plants reported in 



(i) See the article by the same writer: " The principal Insect Pests of Plants cultivated 

 in European Russia during the last twenty years ", in K-vccindniiho T.luHHaiO ynpdiiicHt}/ 

 3c.U.7e//ciiiiK)iiciiniii II •h'M.irthh.iiii 110 /leiitipjiKi.urHini/ fhwi.wdlh.tin. (Year Book of 

 the Department of Agriculture). IVth Year, pp. 385-638, Petrograd, 1913 ; and the article 

 by I'ORTcmNSKij I. A., Ibid., Vllth year, pp. 348-360, Petrograd, 1914. (Ed.) 



