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inoslav and to attack barlej' by preference; on the nth June Vitkowskij 

 observed a new injury caused by the insect: it attacks the growing bud, 

 upward growth is checked, the plant swells abnormally and bev.omes a 

 monstrosity, the height of these monstrosities does not exceed 6 inches while 

 the neighbouring plants attain 2 ft. 3 14 inches and more and have already 

 eared ; the mcnster stalk attains 9 to 12 centimeters in diameter ; (5) Ce- 

 cidomyia destructor Say wfis observed at Perm, Ufa, Riazan, Tula and Eka- 

 terinoslav ; at Orel it injured the spring wheat and rye; was reported on 

 some farms in Podolia and in the Crimea ; (6) Lasioptera cerealis Ivind, found 

 at Orel and Riazan ; in the latter government it was accompanied by 

 Oscinella frit I,- 



V) Hemiptera. — (i) Aelia acuminata L- and Eurygaster niaura L., 

 occurring very widelj^ at Riazan ; the last named species was observed on 

 rye ears ; the insect was found beneath stacks (40-56 individuals found 

 beneath two stacks in the district of Mikhailovsk); the migration of the insect 

 to the forests began in the middle of July, and the number there had increas- 

 ed from the middle of August ; (2) Aelia acuminata and E . integripea Put. 

 were found on cultivated plants at Stavropol; (3) Eurygaster sp. was record- 

 ed among injurious insects at Orenburg ; (4) Trygonotylus ruficornis Geof. 

 was observed at Riazan and Stavropol ; (5) Adelphocoris lineolatus Goeze, 

 at Kiev, was seen by VasiliEV to feed on the nectar of the flowers and juices 

 of the floral buds of the mallow ; at Ekaterinoslav it devoured lucerne, and 

 at Kherson it was found on the same plant ; at Kuban it was found on beet 

 sow'ings ; it is mentioned among injurious insects at Stavropol ; (6) Macrosi- 

 /)AMWgra«anfl Kirby, at Riazan, where it was found en the leaves of rye, 

 wheat and oats (the aphid sucked the juice from the leaf and the base of 

 the ear) ; on the glumes of oats, the insect produced white spots and caused 

 reduction of the grain ; the attacks were in the proportion of 20 to 25%; 

 at Ekaterinoslav the aphid was found on the leaves and ears of barley ; 

 (7) PentapJiis trivialis Pass, was observed in large quantities on the roots of 

 barley at I\katerinoslav ; it was also reported in the Crimea ; (8) Toxop- 

 tera graminum Rond. ; at Ekaterinoslav, severely attacked barley and oats ; 

 (9) Tetraneura rubra Lich.; was observed at Ekaterinoslav and in the govern- 

 ment of Tchernomorsk ; (10) Brachycolus noxius Mordw. ; presence recor- 

 ded in the Crimea ; damage not so extensive as might have been expected 

 at the beginning of spring, which is to be put down to the strength and uni- 

 formity of growth of the grain crops. 



VI) Orthoptera. — (i) Pachyiylus migratorius L. ; at Orel a small 

 number were found, and also at Riazan ; at Kharkov, on the 9th July 



at 10 p. m., the flight of a considerable swarm of these insects was ob- 

 served ; at Ekaterinoslav the insect was noted on maize (with P. donicus 

 If.) ; at Astrakhan locust control was organised in a locality where they co- 

 vered 102 14 acres, the cost was about £ 30 ; the same control was under- 

 taken at Stavropol, Ekaterinodar, Baku and Elisavetpol; (2) CaUiptamus 

 italicus L. caused injury at Sarato\ and Astrakhan ; (3) Locusts (species 

 not identified) : at Orenburg locu.st control was organised from 15th May 



