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intervals from 30th June to 16th September, the surrounding soil being 

 inoculated with diseased material, showed external symptoms of 

 disease at the end of November. 



PiCARD (F.). Contribution a I'Etude des Parasites de Pieris brassicae, 

 li.—Bull. Biol, de la France et de la Belgiqne, Paris, Ivi, pt. 1, 

 15th April 1922, pp. 54-130. 



This paper is divided into three parts, the first dealing with the 

 parasites and hyperparasites of the larvae of Pieris brassicae, L., 

 comprising Apanteles glomeratus, L., with its parasites Tetrastichiis 

 rapo, Wlk., Dibrachys boucheanus, Ratz., Eutelus mediterraneiis, 

 Mayr, Habrocytiis sp., and Hemiteles sp. ; Anilastus ebeninus, Grav., 

 and its parasite Angitia sp. ? ; and Compsilura concinnata, Meig. 



The second part is devoted to the parasites of the pupal stage, 

 Pteromalns puparum, L., Dibrachys sp., and Pimpla instigator, F. ; 

 and the third considers the relations between parasite and host, 

 and among the parasites themselves, hyperparasitism, nutrition, 

 reproduction, adaptation, etc. 



Leefmans (S.). Bijdrage tot het Vraagstuk der Blad-roUers van de 



Thee. [A Contribution to the Question of the Leaf-rollers of 

 Tea.] — Meded. Proefst. Thee, Biiitenzorg, no. 77, 1921, 83 pp., 

 20 plates. (With a Summary in English.) 



This paper has already been noticed from another source [R.A.E., 

 A, X, 281]. 



Keshkovsky (F. v.). PeayjibiaTbi OnbiToe-b no BoaatjibieaHiK) 

 KyKypysbi Ha 3epH0. (Ma-b Omeia PIoneBOACTBeHHaro OiAtjia 



3a 1914 rOfllj.) [Experiments with the Cultivation of Maize. 

 (From the Report of the Agricultural Department for 1914.)] — 



PocTOBO-HaxMHeeaHCKafl Ha flony paMOHHan CejibCKO-XoafliicT- 



BeHHan OnbllHan CiaHUin [Rostov- Nakhitchevan on the Don Div. 

 Agric. Expt. Sta.], Rostov-on-Don, 1918, pp. 1-40, 4 figs. 

 [Received 8th May 1922.] 



In the course of experiments on the cultivation of maize it was 

 found that all varieties tested were equally attacked by Pyrausta 

 nubilalis, Hb. {Botys silacealis), and the degree of infestation did not 

 vary in either closely or thinly sown rows. 



Review of Agricultural Operations in India, 192^21.— Calcutta, 



1922, pp. 35-38. [Received 8th May 1922.] 



Most of the work dealing with insect pests and useful insects here 

 recorded has already been noticed [R.A.E., A. x, 150-160, etc.]. 



PiLLAi (N. K.). Entomology. — Rept. Dept. Agric. & Fisheries, 

 Travancore, 1920-21, Trivandnmi, 1922, p. 3. [Received 8th 

 May 1922.] 



Spodoptera mauritia (rice swarming caterpillar) and Leptocorisa 

 ■varicornis (rice bug) did considerable damage to the rice crop, but 

 were checked by the remedies previously used [R.A.E., A, ix, 319]. 

 The most important coconut pest was Nephantis serinopa (coconut 

 palm leaf-roller) ; 65,000 coconut palms were treated by cutting off 



