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Other pests of agriculture in this province are briefly referred to, 

 including Cydia pomonella, Hojjlocampa brevis, Hyponometita 

 malinellus, CaUiptamus {Caloptenus) italicus, various Noctuids, 

 Rhinoctonus anipelinus, Oscinis frit, and Elaterid larvae, which 

 frequently play havoc with the crops. The appointment of a special 

 Entomologist for this province is urged. 



S. P. riopMa ,,}Ky4K0MTj" nmeHMUbi bi> aivi5apax-b y TyaeMLieBij. 



[The damage to wheat in native stores by a beetle {CaJandra 

 granaria).] — « TypKBCTaHCKOe CenbCKOe X03flilCTB0.» [Agriculture 

 of Turkestati], Tashkent, no. 10, October 1914, pp. 951-953. 



Great damage is reported to stored wheat in Turkestan by Calandra 

 granaria, and remedial measures are rarely taken by the natives or 

 by the Russians against it. The construction of damp and ill-venti- 

 lated storehouses, which are not whitewashed even with lime, favours 

 the multiplication of this weevil. 



Perez (C). Regime mycophage de Thea vigintiduopunctata, L., 

 (Coccinellidae). [The fungus diet of Tliea viginiiduopimctata, L.] 

 —Bull. Soc. Entom. France, Paris, no. 14, 22nd July 1914, 

 pp. 415^16. [Pubd. 30th November 1914.] 



Dense colonies of Aphids noticed at the top of oak plants in a garden 

 were constantly visited by ants, but were left untouched by both 

 adults and larvae of Thea vigintidtiopunctata, L., observed lower down 

 on the same plants. These Coccinellids were feeding on a growth of 

 oak Oidium which thickly covered many of the leaves. This obser- 

 vation, which was continued over five consecutive days, confirms 

 Weise's statement that this species feeds on fungus parasites of hops 

 and on Astragalus glycyphyllus (Liquorice vetch). 



Brethes (J.). Une nouvelle esp§ce d'Ulidinae [Dipt.] du Tucuman. 

 [A new species of Ulidinae (Dipt.) from Tucuman.] — Bull. Soc. 

 Evitom. France, Paris, no. 2, 1914, pp. 87-88, 1 fig. 



A description of the Dipteron, Euxesta chavannei, sp. n., is given. 

 M. Jean Chavanne, who collected the insect, states that it causes the 

 decomposition of the young shoots of the sugar-cane and prepares the 

 way for the disease known as " polvillo " caused by Bacillus saccJiari, 

 Speg. It is allied to E. acuta, Hend., and E. argentina, Brethes. 



Lyle (G. T.). Contributions to our Knowledge of the British Braco- 

 nidae. No. 2. — Macrocentridae, with description of Two New 

 Species. — The Entomologist, London, xlvii, nos. 617 and 618, 

 October and November 1914, pp. 257-262, 287-290, 1 plate. 



The following new species are described : — Macrocentrus equalis, 

 sp. n., Zele infurnator, sp. n., Z. geminator, nom. nov. (for Z. chlorop- 

 thalmus). M. nitidus, Wesm., is recorded for the first time as British. 

 Other species recorded are : M. abdoniinalis, ¥., bred from Tortrix 

 viridana, L., and M. marginator, Nees, bred from larvae of various 

 Aegeriidae (Sesiidae), and the cocoons of which have been found 

 in burrows of the gooseberry clearwing, Aegeria tipuliformis, L., in 

 Sussex and Dorset. 



