65 



Hope (G. D.). The cultivation of tea in Trans-Caucasian Russia.— 

 Qtrly. Jl. Scient. Dept. Ind. Tea Assoc, Calcutta, 1914, part 3, 

 pp. 77-92. 



The caterpillar of Agrotis ypsilon (suffusa), a cutworm, damages 

 the stems of young tea plants in Trans-Caucasian Russia. A mole- 

 cricket attacks the seedlings, and boring caterpillars do considerable 

 damage. 



Andrews (E. A.). A new caterpillar pest of tedi.— Qtrly. Jl. Scient. 

 Dept. Ind. Tea Assoc, Calcutta, 1914, part 3, pp. 113-114. 



Delias aglaia, L., is a very common butterjfly in the tea districts, 

 but its larva has not previously been recorded as attacking tea, and 

 in the case now reported from Assam the injury was slight. 



A pest of stored tea dust— Qtrly. Jl. Scient. Dept. Ind. Tea Assoc, 

 Calcutta, 1914, part 3, p. 114. 



On opening an airtight sample tin of tea, the tea-dust it contained 

 was found to be infested with minute white insects which burrowed 

 on being disturbed. They belong to the family Psocldae, sub-family 

 Atropinae, and seemed to be feeding on the tea, but are probably of 

 little importance. 



Proclamation declaring Xylehorus fornicatus to be a pest in Ceylon. — 



Ceylon Government Gazette, 23rd October 1914. 



By proclamation of the Governor dated 16th October 1914, Xylehorus 

 fornicatus, Eich., the Shot-hole Borer of tea, is declared to be an insect 

 pest within the meaning of " The Insect Pest and Quarantine Ordi- 

 nance No. 5, of 1901." 



The presence, or supposed presence of the pest must be notified in 

 writing to the Director of Agriculture, who shall have right of entry in 

 person or by agents to verify or otherwise. A register of infested 

 estates and gardens is to be kept by the Department. If the pest be 

 found, the estate or gardens shall be placed in quarantine. No plants 

 or parts of plants, other than leaf for manufacture or tea seed, shall be 

 removed from a quarantined garden or estate, except under permit, 

 nor shall any such plants be shipped or offered for shipment, or carriage 

 by any common carrier, unless the nature of the contents of the bale, 

 case, or package be clearly marked thereon with the estate or garden 

 where same was grown and the name and address of the shipper, 

 owner and consignee. 



ScHOYEN (W. M.). Skadeinsekter i fr^-og plantsenger. [Injurious 

 insects in seed-beds and nurseries.] — Tidskrift for Skogbruk, 

 Christiania, 1914, pp. 448-459, 9 figs. 



This is a short treatise on insects attacking the seed beds and 

 nurseries of forest trees in Sweden. Harpalus ruficornis, F., attacks 

 the young plants and the seeds and other Carabidae, not identified, 

 on one occasion devoured several thousands of pine seeds. Elaterid 



