427 



GisROME (J.). Au Sujet de la Bruche des Haricots provenant du 

 Perou. — //. Soc. Nat. Hovtic. France, Paris, xxiii, May 1922, 

 pp. 200-201. 



Referring to two samples of beans {Phaseolus vulgaris) gathered 

 from plants obtained from seed from Peru, it is pointed out that while 

 in one all the beans were infested by Briichus obtectus, Say, the beans 

 of the other were intact, the unopened pods having been placed in a 

 sample bag at the time of gathering. Later varieties, also from 

 Peru and grown at the same time, remained unattacked. 



SupiNO (F.). Notizie sopra due Insetti daimosi all'Agricoltura. [Notes 

 on two Insects injurious to Agriculture.] — Natitra, Milan, xii, 

 January-March 1921, pp. 31-33. 



During recent years the beetles, Epicometis {Tropinota) hirta, Poda, 

 and Oxythyrea funesta, Poda, have done some damage to rye near 

 Milan, about 20 per cent, of the crop being lost. They are known pests 

 of the grape-vine, wheat, etc., but the damage done is ver\^ inter- 

 mittent, and for a long period the}' have not attracted any notice. 

 Early in April the}' appear on the flowers of colza, then on Ranunculus, 

 and later on dandelion. About mid- April they migrate to rye, which 

 they leave a month later. At the end of May or early in June the 

 larvae can be found in the ground. It is remarkable that wheat 

 adjoining rye was not infested. The collection of the adults is advised. 



Leefmans (S.). De Klappertor en de Palmsnuitkever. [The Coconut 

 Beetle.] — Tevsmannia, Batavia, xxxii, no. 11-12, 1921, pp. 

 477^94^ 4 plates. [Received 20th June 1922.] 



This information on Oryctes rhinoceros, L., and Rhynchophorus 

 ferrugineus, Oliv., is taken from two recent publications already 

 noticed [R.A.E., A, ix, 45, 297]. 



VAN Hall (C. J. J.). De Gezondheidstoestand van onze Cultuur- 

 gewassen in de Jaren 1920 en 1921. [The Health of our Cultivated 

 Plants in 1920 and 1921.] — Teysmannia, Batavia, xxxiii, no. 1-2, 

 1922, pp. 15-23. 



Mites did little injury to cassava, and kedele [Glycine soja] suffered 

 little from the pod-borer, Etiella [zinckenella], and the stem-borer, 

 Agroniyza sojae. Potatoes suffered much in 1920 from infestation 

 by Epilachna, but this Coccinellid was unimportant in 1921 . Coconuts 

 were injured by Brachartona [catoxantha]. The coffee-berry borer, 

 Stephanoderes hampei, increased to such an extent as to become one 

 of the most dangerous coffee pests. Tea would probably have been 

 almost uninjured had not the crisis in tea prices compelled a reduction 

 in remedial measures against Helopeltis and other pests. 



Other reviews of the insect pests in 1920 and 1921 have been noticed 

 elsewhere [R.A.E., A, ix, 507; x, 375]. 



VAN Stetten (D. J. G.). De Podops-Vldidig in de Rijst. [The Infesta- 

 tion of Rice by Podops.] — Teysmannia, Batavia, xxxiii, no. 1-2, 

 1922, pp. 47-50. 



A bug, Podops [vermiculata], which is of no importance as a pest of 

 rice in Java, where it occurs only sporadically, causes severe injury 



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