251 



infestation. Where search for infestation by the tobacco moth 

 [Setomorpha inargalaestriata] is also required, only the lower bales, 

 i.e., those most exposed to damp, need be opened. Any matting under 

 the bales, or cover over them, must be carefully examined, the latter 

 before the bales themselves are inspected. Infested tobacco must 

 be fumigated with carbon bisvilphide without delay. A daily search 

 is necessary and usually a rapid increase in the number of beetles 

 emerging from the bales will be noticed. Such collection prevents 

 beetles that have emerged from tobacco subsequently removed for 

 fumigation from flying to the fermenting shed and other non-disinfected 

 places. 



It is important that the tobacco of two different harvests should 

 not be kept together in a given fermenting shed. Bales should only 

 be opened in a chamber arranged for disinfection and capable of being 

 properly closed. If this is not possible, opening must be done at least 

 f mile from dwellings. All baled tobacco must be inspected as 

 described above. 



In previous communications [see this Review, Ser. A, v, p. 417, 

 583 ; vi, p. 231] it was stated that caraway seed {Carum carui) was 

 infested by L. serricorne ; this has been found to be incorrect and 

 wherever Carum carui was mentioned, Cuminum cyminimi (cummin) 

 should be read. 



DEN Doop (J. E. A.). Een en ander over de "Groene Capside." 



[Notes on the " Green Capsid," Gallobelicus nicolianae, Konings- 

 berger.] — Meded. Deli Proef station, Medan, 2nd Series, no. 3, 

 1919, pp. 19-20. 



This preliminary note is issued as a result of the study in 1918 of 

 the life-history of Gallobelicus nicotianae, which occurs in British India, 

 Ceylon, Java and Sumatra. On the east coast of Sumatra it is found 

 wherever tobacco is grown, but is more abundant in high situations. 

 The female oviposits in the leaves, and the entire life-cycle from 

 the egg to the death of the adult lasts 25-30 days. The greatest 

 injury occurs at the time that the plants have about ten leaves. 

 Up to the present no useful method of checking this pest has been 

 found, sprays that kill the Capsid also injuring the plant. 



Brethes (J.), La Babosita de los Perales : Caliroa {Eriocampoides) 

 limacina, Retz. [The Pear Slug, Eriocampoides liniacina]. — 

 Anales Soc. Rural Argentina, Buenos Aires, liii, no. 1, January 

 1919, pp. 15-17, 2 figs. 



Pear trees in Argentina are considerably damaged by this sawfly, 

 which also attacks cherry, plum, rose, Crataegus and other allied 

 plants. The larval stage lasts about three weeks, during .which four 

 moults occur. The damage is done by the larvae in Argentina during 

 December and January, pupation taking place in the ground and the 

 adults beginning to appear in October.* Spraying with 4 lb. lead arsen- 

 ate to 40 gallons of water kills upwards of 90 per cent, of the larvae. 

 Dusting with sulphur has also been found an effective remedy. 



(C566) b2 



