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branches of spruce, and M. quadrimaculatns in thick stems of spruce. 

 All three beetles, however, occur only in freshly felled timber in bright 

 •sunshine. 



Super da perforata is quite common in aspen {Populus tremula) in 

 the marshy forests of Lithuania, where the adult emerges from the end 

 of May to early July. The author has also noticed this beetle on the 

 borders of the Harz region. 5. similis also occurs there, in Salix 

 •caprea. 



Nutzen der Klebringe an den Obstbaumen. [The Uses of Adhesive 

 Bands on Fruit Trees. ]^ — Schweiz. Zeitschr. Obst- u. Weinhaii, 

 Frauenfeld, xxxi, no. 1, 14th January 1922, pp. 9-10. 



This article emphasises the value of banding in protecting fruit- 

 trees against the winter moth [Cheimatohia bnimata, L.] and the 

 apple-blossom weevil [Anthonomus pomoritm, L.] and gives directions 

 as to the date of application, etc., suited to conditions in Swiss fruit- 

 growing districts. 



Servigo de Inspecgao e Defesa Agricola. [Service of Inspection a;nd 

 Agricultural Defence."! — Bol. Agric, S. Paido, xxi, no. 7-11, 

 July-November 1920, pp. 448-570. 59 figs., 3 plates. [Received 

 February 1922.] 



Among the reports in this section is one by G. Lopes, describing 

 a journey to Montevideo for the purpose of studying methods of 

 distributing Novius cardinalis as a control for Icerya purchasi, which 

 is troublesome in San Paulo Another report, by C. Godoy, describes 

 a visit to Portici, Italy, with the object of stud}nng A^. cardinalis 

 and obtaining supplies of this Coccinellid. An article by F. C. Camargo 

 describes the life-history of /. purchasi in the United States and gives 

 a list of the plants attacked. 



An entomological report for 1919 by C. H. T. Townsend records 

 the three most important pests as Platyedra {Pectinophora) gossypiella, 

 Saund. (pink bollworm), AUa sexdens, L. (leaf-cutting ant) and 

 Icerya purchasi, Mask, (fluted scale). Other pests observed during 

 1919 include a weevil, Gasterocercodes gossypii, infesting cotton. 



Lopes (G.). Uma Praga do Pessegueiro. Como a Prospaltella herlesei 

 terminou com o Diaspis pentagona. [A Pest of the Peach Tree. 

 How P. herlesei exterminated D. pentagonaA — Bol. Agric, 

 S. Paulo, xxi, no. 12, December 1920, pp. 730-740, 12 figs. 

 [Received February 1922.] 



This is an account of the eradication of the mulberry scale, Diaspis 

 pentagona, in the Brazilian State of San Paulo, by means of Prospaltella 

 herlesei. 



Averxa-SaccA (R). Algumas Molestias novas e outras pouco con- 

 hecidas da Batatinha {Solanum tuberosuDi). [Some new and other 

 little known Diseases of the Potato. 1 — Bol. Agric, S. Paulo, 

 xxi, no. 12, December 1920, pp. 741-812, 28 figs. [Received 

 February 1922.1 



The only pest of potatoes mentioned is the mite, Rhizoglyphus 

 echinopus, F. & R., which also infests cassava. When gathering 

 the crop all infested tubers must be burned, or, if the infestation is 

 slight, they may be kept for three or four hours at a temperature of 



