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\'oGT ( — ). Schadlinge unseres Obst- und Gartenbaues und deren 

 Bekampfung. [Pests of Orchards and Gardens and their Control. ■ 

 — Internat. Ent. Zeitschr., Guben, xv, no. 13, 17th September 

 1921, pp. 98-102. 



A brief account is given of the remedial measures to be employed 

 against the more important pests of fruit trees and vegetables in 

 German}'. Those dealt with are : AntJwnomits pomoriim,\.., Nygmia 

 pliaeorrhoea , Don. {Euproctis chrysorrhoea, L.), Malacosoma nettstria, 

 L., Cheimatobia brumata, L., Cydia [Carpocapsa) pomonella, L., 

 Hyponomeuta ( Y ponomeuia) malineUiis, Z., H. padellus, L., Eriosoma 

 [Schizoneiira) lanigcnini, Hausm., CeittJwryhynchns sulcicollis, Germ., 

 Phyllotreta neiiwriim, L., Haltica oleracea, L., Pieris brassicae, L., 

 P. rapae, L., Polia {Mamestra) oleracea, L., P. (M.) persicariae, L., 

 Barathra {M.) brassicae, L., Euxoa (Agrotis) segetum, L., Melolontha 

 melolontha, L., {vulgaris, F.), Crioceris asparagi, L., C. duodecim- 

 punctata, L., and Platyparea poeciloptcra, Schr. 



Amendment to the Regulations under the Destructive Insect and Pest 

 Act. Amendment no. 15 (No. 3 of 1^2'^).— -Canada Dcpt. Agnc, 

 Ottaoja, 1 p. ^IS. 



The Amendment No. 12 to this Act, dealing with the European 

 corn borer [Pyransta nitbilalis], passed on 12th May 1921 [R.A.E., 

 A, ix, 413\ is rescinded by an Order-in-Council dated 21st ]\Iarch 1922. 

 In substitution therefor it is enacted that all maize and broom maize 

 (including all parts of the plants), all sorghums, Sudan grass, cut 

 flowers or entire plants of Chrysanthetniiin, Aster, Cosmos, Zinnia, 

 hollyhock, and cut flowers or entire plants of Gladiolus and Dahlia 

 except the bulbs thereof without stems, oat and rye straw as such or 

 when used for packing, celery, green beans in the pod, beets with tops, 

 spinach and rhubarb, are prohibited entry into Canada from certain 

 districts enumerated in the States of Massachusetts, Michigan, New 

 Hampshire, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, unless thev are accom- 

 panied by a certificate of inspection issued by the U.S. Department 

 of Agriculture stating that the shipment is free from infestation bv P. 

 nitbilalis. This prohibition does not apply to the plants enumerated 

 when they have been manufactured or processed in such a manner 

 as to eliminate all risk of carriage of P. nitbilalis, nor to cleaned shelled 

 maize, nor to cleaned seed of broom maize. 



Amendment to the Regulations under the Destructive Insect and Pest 

 Act. Amendment no. 17 (No. 5 of 1922). — Canada Dept. Agric, 

 Ottai^a, 1 p. MS. 



An Amendment to this Act, dealing with the alfalfa weevil [Hyper a 

 variabilis], passed on 14th April 1920 [R.A.E., A, viii, 416], has 

 been rescinded by an Order-in-Council dated 21st March 1922. The 

 importation into Canada is now prohibited of alfalfa (lucerne) hay, 

 whether for feeding, packing or other purposes, originating in certain 

 areas enumerated of the States of Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, 

 Utah and Wyoming. This prohibition does not extend to shipments 

 of lucerne transported on a through bill of lading. All shipments 

 consigned to the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and 

 British Columbia shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by the 

 consignor stating the county and state in which the lucerne was grown. 



