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FoRTi (C.)- Relazione sul concorso antidiaspico indetto dalla Associa- 

 zione Italiana Confezionatori Seme-Bachi di Milano. [Report on 

 the competition of controls for Aulacaspis •pentagona instituted 

 by the Associazione Italiana Confezionatori Seme-Bachi of Milan.] 

 Bezana-Brianza (Italy) : Tip. Cart. C. Lissoni & Figh, 1914, 20 pp. 



The severe damage to mulberries owing to the attacks of Aulacaspis 

 pentagona induced the Associazione Italiana Confezionatori Seme- 

 Bachi of Milan to institute a competition for suitable controls. The 

 first prize was awarded to Prof. Berlese in regard to parasitic control 

 hy ProspaUellaberlesei, and a special award was made to Signor G. B. 

 Arabrosoli for an efficient insecticide composed of heavy tar-oil and 

 Diesel motor-oil in equal parts, emulsified in soapy water. 



Mori (G.). La Cassida vittafa ed i suoi imenotteri parassiti. [Cas- 

 sida vittata and its hymenopterous parasites.] Vicenza {Italy) : 

 Arti grafiche vicentine, 1914, 27 pp., 8 figs., 3 pis. 



In the control of Cassida vittata, first reported on sugar-beet in the 

 Province of Pesaro in 1902, though it had apparently existed there for 

 many years previously, insectifuges and insecticides have been found 

 useless. Three endophagous parasites have been discovered and 

 their value as controls is being tested. These Hymenoptera have 

 not yet been identified, but apparently belong to the genera 

 Tetrastichus, Chalcis, and Habrocytus, and rough figures of them are 

 given. 



Jarvis (E.). Godara cmnalis, ^ cabbage moth, attacking turnips in 

 Queensland. — Queensland Agnc. Jl., Brisbane, i, pt. 6, 1914, 

 pp. 427-429, 1 pi. 



The Pyralid, Crocidolomia binotalis, Zell., (Godara coynalis) one of 

 the least known cabbage moths, has been observed skeletonizing 

 turnip leaves. This species is sometimes found in association w4th the 

 cabbage webworm, Hellula undalis, a notorious pest, which besides 

 attacking cabbages is destructive to turnips and other cultivated 

 Crucifers. As destruction of the first brood w^U materially decrease 

 the injury by succeeding generations of moths, prompt measures at 

 the beginning of the season are of the utmost importance. Among 

 the heart leaves of large cabbages the larvae are little harmed by 

 arsenical sprays, which should, however, be efiective if applied to 

 young plants or to turnip foliage. This pest is not known to attack 

 cabbage seed-beds, but should it do so, Bordeaux mixture sprayed 

 upon the seedlings in the bed and when planted out, should act as a 

 deterrent. Refuse of cabbages and weeds, especially if of Cruciferous 

 plants, should be burnt, and cultivation between the plants while 

 the pest is the pupal stage, would doubtless destroy many of them. 



KoLosov (J. M.). Maiepiajibi hi, nosHaHiH) 3HT0M0(j)ayHbi Ypa/ia. 



[Materials for the study of the Entomology of the Ural region 

 (I. Hemiptera-Heteroptera).]~«3ani1CKM YpaJlbCKaro 06meCTBa 

 Jll06MTeJieil ECTeCTB03HaHifl.» [Bulletifi de la SociSte Ouralienne 

 des Atnis des Sciences Naturelles], Ekaterinburg, 1914, xxxiv, 

 no. 6, pp. 81-102. 



The insect fauna of the Ural region is by no means well known and 

 the material available for its study is small ; the species noted are 



