April,'22j BORODIN: RUSSIAN ENTOMOLOGY 175 



All Stations of Plant Protection are united iinder the Central "Divi- 

 sion for Plant Protection" at the People's Commissariat of Agriculttire, 

 so-called "Ozra, Narkomzem," which is in charge of A. P. Adrianov, 

 (formerly Chief of the Entomological Bureau of Kaluga). 



Preparation of Specialists in Applied Entomology 



Two or three special courses were organized at the Universities and 

 Agricultural Colleges of Petrograd and Moscow for training specialists 

 in Applied Entomology. Definite information has been received in 

 regard to such courses at the Petrovsko-Razumovskoye Agricultural 

 Academy (near Moscow) and also at Petrograd. 



The course of Entomology is being taught in three sections: 



1. Forest Entomology 



2. Orchard and Garden Entomology 



3. Field Entomology 



The lectures in these courses are given by Prof. V. F. Boldyrev, 

 specialist in Biology of Orthoptera, who is assisted by Mr. A. P. 

 Andrianov.^ 



Applied Entomology presents perhaps the best example of what self- 

 denying workers can accomplish along the lines of organization in spite 

 of unfavorable living circunstances. 



Publications 



We have only a small list of Entomological publications issued during 

 the recent years, but we know that a number of books, reports and a 

 great many popular booklets (pamphlets) of the type of farmers' bulle- 

 tins in this country have been published to answer the demand of prac- 

 tical needs, which the author of this report has at his disposal. ^ 



New Methods of Insect Control 



New methods of combating injurious insects presents the application 

 of asphyxiating gases, which were left after the War. These are being 

 used for the destruction of the Asiatic Locust {Locusta migratoria) 

 in the deltas of large rivers, such as Volga, covered by thick vegetation 

 consisting of an impassable growth of cane {Scirpus lacustris) and 

 inaccessable for the ordinary spraying operations by means of a horse 

 power pump or knapsack sprayer. In such places gases were used with 

 great success. The same substances were used also for the destruction 



'The Medical and Veterinary Entomology is concentrated in Colleges and Univer 

 sities. 



^Reference of the most important editions issued during the last few years in Russia 

 is printed in the "Review of Applied Entomology," in London. 



