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HAECOtTRT (G.). Injuries caused by insects in Alberta. — Agric. Gaz. 

 Canada, Ottawa, i, no. 10, October 1914, p. 815. 



Cutworms, especially Euxoa ochrogaster, have caused severe loss 

 this year. Other pests are the cabbage root maggot, Chortophila 

 brassicae, and the onion root maggot, Hylemyia antiqua. The former 

 has been successfully controlled by placing tar-paper disks around the 

 roots of the plant, and the latter has not done much damage where 

 sawdust soaked in coal-oil was spread over the ground between the 

 rows, and hoed in. 



EASTHAif (J. W.). Beneficial insects in British Columbia. — Agric. 

 Gaz. Canada, Ottawa, i, no. 10, October 1914, p. 818. 



In June 1913, the army worm, CirpMs {HeUophila) unipuncta 

 did considerable damage in the vicinity of Grand Forks, B.C. Most 

 of the larvae, however, were parasitised by a Braconid, with the result 

 that very few moths emerged and the second brood was of little 

 consequence. 



Ii: June 1914, the Alfalfa Plusia, Phytonietra (Plusia) californica, 

 was very abundant in various parts of Okanagan, injuring lucerne 

 and garden truck. In orchards where lucerne was growing, the larvae 

 also attacked the apple trees and did considerable injury to both 

 foliage and fruit. The pest, however, was checked before the pro- 

 duction of a second brood, in the upper Okanagan chiefly by a Tachinid 

 parasite and a bacterial disease, and elsewhere by a Braconid. 



Brittain (W. H.). Provincial entomological legislation : Nova Scotia. 

 — Agric. Gaz. Canada, Ottawa, i, no. 10, October 1914, p. 819. 



By regulations passed under the " Injurious Insect, Pest and Disease 

 Act, 1911," the following pests are designated and declared to be 

 subject to the Act : — 



The San Jos6 Scale, Aspidiotus perniciosus ; the Brown-tail Moth, 

 Euprootis chrysorrhoea ; the Gipsy Moth, Lyrtiantria (Porthetria) 

 dispar ; the Woolly Aphis, Schizoneura lanigera ; the Black Knot, 

 PlowrigUia morbosa ; the Aphis Canker, Nectria ditissima ; the 

 Apple Maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella. 



Caesar (L.). Provincial entomological legislation: Ontario. — Agric. 

 Gaz. Canada, Ottawa, i, no. 10, October 1914, pp. 820-821. 



The legislation in regard to insect pests in Ontario is contained in 

 the Act known as the " Fruit Pest Act " and the regulations pertaining 

 thereto. The insects and diseases included in the Act are those which 

 require co-operative action for their thorough control, viz. : — San 

 Jose Scale, Black Knot, Peach Yellows, Little Peach and Pear Blight. 

 The general enforcement of the provisions of the Act and regulations 

 is entrusted to the Provincial Entomologist assisted by the Provincial 

 Inspector. No person shall sell or dispose of, or offer for sale, any plant 

 taken or sent out from a nursery unless the same has been previously 



