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difficult pest to deal with, and tubers attacked should at once be 

 burned or buried at a depth of at least 2 feet. The growing plants 

 are also liable to attack, the insect ovipositing on the leaves and the 

 newly hatched larvae burrowing down the stem till the tuber is reached. 

 No treatment can be apphed at this stage and the only effective 

 measure is of a preventive character such as is now imposed by an 

 Order which prohibits the buying, selling or sowing of infested potatoes. 



Sevan (W.). Annual Report, Director of A'griculture, Cyprus, for 

 the Year 1917-18.— Nicosia, 1918, 21 pp. 



The chief pests dealt with on pages 11-13 of this report, during 

 1917-1918 were :- Ceratilis capitata (Mediterranean fruit-fly), which 

 became much less numerous owing to the collection and burying of 

 infested fruits. The campaign against Zygaena ampelojjJiaga (vine 

 sirividhi), which was begun in 1916, was renewed more effectively, 

 vineyards belonging to 330 owners being sprayed under supervision, 

 though a small amount of re-infestation occurred owing to late hatching. 

 The moth is said to have been present for sonie 20 years and the loss of 

 income due to it must have been considerable. Apple trees in certain 

 villages were found to be suffering from ermine moth [Hyponomeuta] 

 and tl)e owners were induced to spray them. The campaign against 

 Cecidomyia ceratoniae infesting carob trees, involving the removal 

 of stunted fi-uits and first flowers, has been very successful. A new 

 insect infesting carob trees has also been discovered, and is being 

 investigated. Cydia {Carpocajjsa) pomonella (codhng moth) was dealt 

 with by the daily collection and destruction of fallen infested fruits, 

 especially apples, pears, quince and walnuts. The hay band system 

 was found impracticable in most cases. The almond trees of one 

 district were found to be badly attacked by Eurytoma amygdali. 

 Spraying was carried out on melon plants for Aphids, on oUve trees 

 suffering from PUoeotrihas scamhaeoides {Scolytiis oleae), and on 

 pomegranates attacked by mites, 8,000 of the latter trees being saved 

 by this means, assisted by the weather and by parasites of the mites. 

 Scythns [Oecophom) temperatella (sirividhi of wheat) an old-standing 

 and troublesome pest was found to be on the increase. 



Burt (B. C). Report on the Cawnpore Agricultural Station in the 

 United Provinces, for the Year ending 30th June ldl6.~Allahabad, 

 1916, 41 pp. [Received 16th December 1918.] 



In the entomological notes on pages 35-41 of this report it is stated 

 that during the cotton-growing season open cotton flowers were 

 attacked chiefly by Pectinojyhora (Gekchia) gossypiella, which appeared 

 at the beginning of August, while Earias fahia predominated in the 

 buds, appearing in July and boring in the terminal shoots and in the 

 young bolls until September and again in the late bolls. The damage 

 done by P. gossypielki is better estimated from the numbers found 

 in flowers than from the bolls, as flowers attacked generally fail to set. 

 It also attacks the seed in otherwise healthy kapas [seed-cotton] in 

 October (when Earias is still mostly present in late immature bolls) 

 and is found in large numbers hibernating in unginned kapas throughout 

 the cold weather. 



Bhindi [Hibiscus esculentus] was attacked by Earias to a much 

 greater extent than cotton, practically all the caterpillars reared from 



