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to, it should be applied in dry weather. A very satisfactory wash 

 for A. malifoliae is : 1 to 1| cwt. of lime slowly slaked and run through 

 coarse sacking into 100 gals, water in which 5 lb. of salt have been 

 dissolved. For killing Aphids in the spring the greatest success has 

 been obtained with a heavy spray consisting of 10 lb. of soft soap 

 to 100 gal. of soft water ; if the leaves are well open 8 oz. of nicotine 

 should be added to every 100 gals, of wash, or in place of this 40 oz. 

 of Pyridine may be used. Ants play a great part in spreading A. mali- 

 foliae over a plantation. Natural enemies of these Aphids are not of 

 very much use as a means of control ; they include parasitic Chalcids 

 and predaceous insects such as Coccinellid, Chrysopid, Syrphid and 

 Cecidomyid larvae. The latter are most abundant in North Britain. 

 Many fungous diseases also attack these Aphids. 



PiCARD (F.). Sur un Ichneumonide {Sycophrurus hesperophanis, n. g. 



et sp.) Parasite de VHesperophanes griseus F. dans les Branches de 



Figuier. — Bull. Soc. Eniom. France, Paris, 1919, no. 3, 12th 



February 1919, pp. 77-80. 



Sycophrurus hesperophanis, gen. et sp. n., is described. This 



Ichneumonid emerges at Montpellier in June, occasionally in May, 



from branches of fig-trees attacked by Hesperojjhanes griseus. This 



Longicorn beetle is also parasitised by a Braconid, Iphiaulax Jiavatory 



F., and by Xylonomus propinquus, Tsch., which had previously been 



recorded only from Austria, but is now known to be common in 



Herault. 



Baerlioz (J.). Description d'une Espece nouvelle d'Eumolpide (Col. 

 Chrysomel.) nuisible aux Cacaoyers de I'lle San Thom6. [Descrip- 

 tion of a new Species of Eumolpid injurious to Cacao-trees in the 

 Isle of San Thome.] — Bull. Soc. Entom. France, Paris^ 1919, no. 

 4, 26th February 1919, pp. 88-89. 



Lymidus variicolor, sp. n., is described from San Thome in the 

 Gulf of Guinea, where it feeds on the foliage of cacao-trees, the cultiva- 

 tion of which is one of the principal industries in the Island. The 

 economic importance of this beetle has not been investigated ; allied 

 species, such as Syagrus costatipennis, Jac, have been reported on 

 cacao from Nossi-Be (Madagascar). 



Reports on the State of the Crops in each Province of Spain on the 20th 

 March 1919. — Bol. Agric. Tecnica y Economica, Madrid, xi, no. 

 123, March 1919, pp. 260-276. 

 As a result of the winter campaign against locusts, it Is reported 



that in the province of Madrid, out of some 7j square miles invaded, 



approximately 5| have been cleared. 



Bezzi (M.). Una nuova Specie brasiliana del Genere Anastrepha (Dipt.). 

 [A new Brazilian Species of Anastrepha.] — Separate, dated 20th 

 March 1919, from Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Scuola Sup. 

 Agric, Portici, xiii, 14 pp., 1 fig. 

 A new Brazilian fruit-fly, Anastrepha bistrigata, is described and a 

 key is given to this and the following species, which are briefly dis- 

 cussed : A. daciformis, Bezzi, A. grandis, Macq., A. serpentina, Wied., 



