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KsENjopoLSKY (A. V.) BonbiHCKJe BpeAMienM no AaHHbiivn» 6biBUjeM 

 ripoflOBOJibCTBeHHOti KoMMMciM (1880-1897). [The insect pests of 

 Volhynia during the period of existence of the late Maintenance 

 Commission (1880-1897).]— Pubhshed by the Zemstvo of the 

 govt, of Volhynia, Jiiomir, 1914, 29 pp., 4 maps. 



The information in this book is taken from the minutes of proceed- 

 ings of the late Maintenance Commission from 1880 to 1897, which 

 recorded all kinds of information relating to the local agricultural life 

 and data concerning various pests. Pests of fruit trees mentioned 

 are : — Aporia crataegi, L., Malocosoma neustria, L., Euproctis 

 (Porthesia) chrysorrhoea, L., and Hyponomeuta malinellus, Z. Though 

 common and no less important, Anthonomus pomorum, Jj., Bij discus 

 betulae, L., Scolytus (Eccoptogaster) pruni, Ratz., etc., are not mentioned. 

 Pests of cabbage and turnips : Pieris brassicae, L., Aphis hrassicae, L., 

 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, L., and Phlydaenodcs stidicalis, L. Pests of 

 peas and lentils : Polia (Mamestra) pisi, L., Bruchtis (Laria) pisorum, 

 L., Sitones lineatus, L., and Aphis idmariae, Schrk. Euxoa segehim and 

 Melolontha melolontha are everywhere abundant and do great damage, 

 Anisoplia cyathigera and A. segetwn, Hbst., are very common, 

 A. austriaca, Hbst., being only found sporadically. Bothynoderes 

 {Cleonus) pmidiventris, Germ., is not so important as in the neighbour- 

 ing government of Kiev. Mayetiola {Cecidomyia) destrudor, Say, is 

 seldom found and it is thought that the references to this pest in the 

 documents of the Commission are probably erroneous. The more 

 important locusts are Locusta viigratoria, L., and Calliptamus 

 (Caloptenus) italicus, L. A record by the Commission of a swarm 

 of locusts which travelled from north to south cannot apply to 

 L. migratoria, which usually flies in the opposite direction, but probably 

 refers to Lihellula quadrimaculata, L. Four maps are appended 

 showing the distribution of various pests in the government. 



Sacharov (N.). BpeAHbixij HactKOMbixi* UapeBCuaro CaAOBOACTBa 

 M BOSMOWHblfl Mtpbl 6opb6bl CTj HMMM. [The injurious insects of 

 the district of Tzarev (govt, of Astrachan) and the possible 

 methods of fighting them.] — Published by the Entomological 

 Station of the Astrachan Society of Market-Gardening and 

 Agriculture, Astrachan, N. D. (1914?), 10 pp. 



In this paper, read at a conference of the Zemstvo of Tzarev, it is 

 pointed out that the district may be divided into two parts, each 

 having somewhat different pests. One area surrounds the to\\Ti of 

 Tzarev and the principal insect pests there are Hyponomeuta 

 malinellus, Zell., Cydia pomonella, L., Rhynchites auratus. Scop., 

 Aphis pomi, de Geer, Euprodis chrysorrhoea, L., Lymantria dispar, L., 

 Malacosoma neustria, L., Aporia crataegi, L., Zeuzera pyrina, L., 

 Cossus cossus, L., Bydiscus betulae, L., {Rhynchites betuleti, F.), 

 Scolytus rugulosus, Ratz., Scolytus pruni, Ratz., Epicometis hirta, 

 Poda, and Tingis jyyri, GeoiTr. In the other part of the district the 

 most important pests in addition to those already mentioned are : — 

 Anthonomus pomorum, L., and Hyponomeuta malinellus, Zell., Eucosma 

 (Tmetocera) ocellana, F., about seven species of Tortricidae, Biston 

 hirtarius, CI., Rhynchites aequatus, L., R. pauxillus, Germ., and many 



