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station of Kaluga have shown that poisoned beet is the best bait for 

 this pest, and that basic slag spread in lines is very effective in pro- 

 tecting the crop [see this Revieiv, Ser. A, ii, p. 263]. Sitones lineatus 

 has been injurious in many places specially in the governments of 

 Tambov and Penza. Clover in Ufa, has largely suffered from Apion sp. 

 Mustard in Astrachan, was attacked by various pests [see this Review, 

 Ser. A, ii, p. 355], and rape in Bessarabia and elsewhere was injured 

 by Athalia spinarurn and Entomoscelis adonidis [see this Revieiv, Ser. 

 A, i, p. 395]. Oats and barley in Bessarabia have suffered considerably 

 from Lema melanopa, owing to the w^et summer. Schizoneura lanigera, 

 which was previously known in the Crimea, Caucasus and in Central 

 Asia, was discovered in the year under report in Bessarabia, having 

 been evidently imported from Rumania. A serious outbreak of 

 Lymantria dispar occurred in the Crimea, and the multiplication of 

 Clysia ambiguella on vines in Bessarabia was favoured by the wet 

 weather in 1911 and 1912. Experiments in the control of Cydia 

 pomonella by means of the parasite Pentarthron {Trichogramma) 

 semhlidis, by Radetzky in Turkestan and Dobrovliansky in Kiev, 

 and the author's own work on the importance of Phalera bucephala 

 for the artificial multiplication of this parasite during winter [see this 

 Review, Ser. A, i, p. 317] are referred to. 



Baume-Pluvinel (G. de la) & Keilin (D.). Sur la destruction 6pide- 

 mique des colonies de Pucerons par un Braconide, Aphidius avenae, 

 Haliday. [An epidemic destruction of aphid colonies by a Braco- 

 nid, Aphiditis avenae, Haliday.] — Bull. Soc. Entom. France, Paris, 

 no. 17, 1914, pp. 464-165. 

 Aphid colonies which appeared on Cirsium and Artemisia about 



the middle of June in Paris, were attacked and almost exterminated 



by a Braconid, Aphidius avenae, Hal. The infested Aphids migrated 



to low-growing plants. 



De Stefani [Perez] (T.). Insetti occasionalmente dannosi alle viti. 



[Insects occasionally injurious to the vine.] — Palermo: Tipografia 

 G. di Giorgi, 1914, 14 pp. 



Oryctes nasicornis var. grypus, Labidostoniis taxicornis, AphropJwra 

 spumaria and Icerya pnrchasi have only lately been noticed injuring 

 the vine in Sicily, so that they may be considered to be occasional pests, 

 many of which are included in the following list of the known insect 

 pests of the vine:- — Coleoptera: Melolontha melolontha, L. ; Phyllo- 

 gnathus silenus, F. ; Anomala aenea, Deg. ; A. vitis, F. ; A. solida, 

 Er. ; A. ausonia, Er., var. sicula, Gnglb. ; Rhizotrogus euphytus, 

 Buq. ; R. ciliaUis, Reiche ; R. tarsalis, Reiche ; Geotrogus (R.) 

 sicelis, Blanch. ; Epicometis hirta, Poda ; Oxythyrea (Leucocelis) 

 funesta, Poda ; Coeliodes inequalis ; Otiorrhynchus ligustici, L. ; 

 0. tristis, Scop, (nigritus, F.) ; 0. sulcatus, F. ; Byctiscus hetulae, L, 

 {Rhynchites hetideti, F.) ; Vesper us xatarii, Muls. ; Purpuricenus 

 Jcoehleri, L., var. aetnensis, Bassi ; Adoxus ohscurus, L. ; Haltica 

 ampelophaga, Guer. Hymenoptera : Macrophya nifipes, L. ; Vespa 

 vulgaris, L. ; V. germanica, F. ; V. orientalis, F. ; V . crahro, L. ; 

 Polistes gallica, L. ; Lasius alienus, Foist. Lepidoptera : Chaero- 

 campa {Deilephila) elpenor, L. ; Procris (Ino) ampelophaga, Bayle ; 



