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way. Laphygma flavimaculata, Harv. (beet army-worm) attacks the 

 leaves, the young larvae feeding beneath a protecting web on the 

 upper leaf-surface. 



Snapp (I.) & Stafford (E. W.). The Common Cricket, Gryllus 

 assimilis, as a Cotton Seed Pest. — Jl. Econ. Entoni., Concord, N.H., 

 xi, no. 6, December 1918, pp. 480-481. 



Early in September, cotton seed in newly opened bolls in Mississipi 

 was found to be damaged by Gryllus assimilis, F., var. luduosus, Serv. 

 (large black ground cricket), which cut away the seed hull and ate 

 the contents. The unusually dry season and consequent scarcity of 

 vegetation that forms the regular food of these insects may have 

 driven them to attack the cotton. It was estimated that 10 per 

 cent, or more of the seed was destroyed by this pest. 



HowABD (L. 0.). Gracilaria zaclirysa, Meyr., attacks Apple Foliage in 

 North-western India. — Jl. Econ. Entom., Concord, N.H., xi, no. 6. 

 December 1918, p. 482. 



The author communicates information received from the Imperial 

 Entomologist at Pusa, India, to the effect that Gracilaria mchrysa, 

 Meyr., has been observed in the larval stage attacking apple leaves in 

 North-west India and has also been recorded on apples in Assam. 

 Probably this moth occurs in all the apple-growing districts along the 

 Himalayan region, where the winter is severe. In view of the recent 

 introduction of this pest into the United States of America on azaleas 

 from Japan this information is important in case the pest should 

 become acclimatised and turn its attention to apples in that country. 



Locust Extermination. — Philippine Agric. Review, Manila, xi, no. 2, 

 second quarter 1918, p. 65. [Received 7th January 1919.] 



The Philiijpine islands are now free from locust invasions and 

 have been so for a period of several months. On 28th July 1917 the 

 Archipelago was declared free of locusts, and except for a few scattered 

 swarms that were promptly destroyed upon their appearance, the 

 country has been free ever since. No locust swarms since 22nd 

 September 1917 have been reported anywhere in the Archipelago, a 

 condition that has not occurred before during modern times. 



DE JoANNis (J.). Sur la Presence en France de GraphoUtha leplastri- 

 ana, Curtis, Microl§pidopt6re dont la Chenille est nuisible au Chou 

 cultiv6. [The Occurrence in France of the Microlepidopteron, 

 GraphoUtha lepilastriana, the Caterpillars of which injure the 

 cidtivated Cabbage.] — Bull. Soc. Entom. France, Paris, 1918, 

 no. 17, 13th November 1918, pp. 234-237. 



The occurrence 6i Cydia {Laspeyresia) leplastriana is recorded on 

 cabbages from the agricultural region of Niort, where its depredations 

 may result in much loss. It has rarely been reported from France, 

 though its presence in Austria and England is well established. In 

 the latter country it occurs near Dover on Brassica oleracea (sea 



