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CocTOflHie xntfioBij m TpaBi. btj AaiaiCKoii Poccin. [The state of 

 grain and grass crops in Asiatic Russia.] — « CM6MpCH0e CejlbCMOe 

 X03flilCTB0.» [Agricultiirc of Siberia], Tomsk, no. 12, July 1914, 

 pp. 3G0-361. [Received 20th January 1915.] 

 This is a report on the state of grain and grass crops in different 

 governments of Asiatic Russia in June 1914. In one district of the 

 province of Turgai, outbreaks of a locust, of Amsoplia avstriaca and 

 certain caterpillars largely destroyed the crops. In the govern- 

 ment of Orenburg, locusts have done great damage in many districts, 

 having frequently destroyed the seedlings as early as May ; they 

 have specially injured wheat, but oats only slightly, and did not touch 

 millet ; they were also injurious to grasses in the steppes. Locusts 

 have also appeared in the government of Tobolsk and in the provinces 

 of Akmolinsk and Semipalatinsk. 



«BtCTHl1K-b PyCCHOM PIpHKnaflHOM 3HTOMonoriii.»— [Messe/j^re/- of 



Russian Applied Entoniology], Kiev, i, no. 1, 1914, 38 pp. 



This is a new Journal published by the Kiev Society of Agriculture, 

 the editors being L. I. Zdroevslcy, V. N. Dobrovliansky (Director of 

 the Entomological branch of the Kiev Station), E. V. Z\yerezomb- 

 Zybovslvy% V. N. Lutchnik, N. L. Pochodnia and E. V. Charleman. 



In a preface, the editors say : — 



" During recent years a great development of Applied Entomology 

 has been observed in Russia. New^ Stations, Bureaux and other 

 organisations for the study and control of insect pests are established 

 yearly. The number of papers dealing with questions appertaining 

 to Applied Entomology has consequently increased immensely and 

 is still growing ; it becomes therefore yearly more difficult to make 

 use of the varied information scattered through numerous publications, 

 many of which are not readily accessible." 



The chief object of the Journal will be to record current entomo- 

 logical literature, and to publish abstracts of all w^orks issued in Russia 

 since January 1914. It is intended to make the bibliography as full 

 as possible by giving short notes of the replies of the Editors of Journals 

 to correspondents. The abstracts published are very varied in their 

 character, but the Editors hope that, in time, a type of abstract will 

 be arrived at which will best meet the wishes of readers. It is also 

 intended to publish information on the current work of entomological 

 organisations and of individual Entomologists. 



No reviews of foreign literature will be published in the Messenger, 

 as these are said to be fully dealt with by the Review of Applied 

 Entomologij. 



The first number, after giving a short report on and the resolutions 

 of the Entomological Conference at Charkov, contains abstracts of 

 65 publications and articles. There are also short notes on the com- 

 position of the Entomological Bureaux at Cherson, Kishinev, Warsaw, 

 Charkov (Zemstvo), Voronezh, Simferopol, Smiela, Salgir, and Tula. 



ViTKOvSKY (N.). CipeHOSbl BparM nnenij. [Dragonflies as enemies 



of bees.]— Reprint from « n4ena.» [The Bee,] Ekaterinoslav, 



1914, no. 10, 4 pp. 



Two cases, in which dragonflies were reported to attack and destroy 



hive-bees are recorded. In one case, such attacks were observed in 



