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M. lO-pundata, M. 12-punctata, M. beckeri, etc., some species of 

 BoMBYLiiDAE, and a species of Trombidium (probably T. parasiticum, 

 Herm.), which hves both on the larvae of the 4th and 5th stage and 

 on the imago. It is recommended that the campaign against D. 

 maroccanus in Transcaucasia should be conducted by means of (1) 

 ■chemical remedies, and (2) burning in combination with iron shields ; 

 the second remedy may be applied everywhere in waterless steppes 

 and serves as a useful addition to the chemical method ; this avoids 

 the use of trenches, the digging of which necessitates a sort of com- 

 pulsory service on the part of the natives. 



UvARov (B. p.). 0praHM3auifl m fltnTejibHOCTb CiaBpononcKaro 

 3HTOIVIonorMHeCHaro Bmpo. [The organisation and work of the 

 Stavropol Entomological Bureau.] pp. 178-183. 



The Stavropol Entomological Bureau was established in 1912, 

 after large outbreaks of locusts since 1909, and its budget consisted in 

 1912 of £675 and in 1913 of £985, of which £910 was assigned by the 

 Department of Agriculture and the remainder was raised from 

 local funds. The chief work of the station consisted in supervising 

 the campaign against locusts, so that both the scientific work of the 

 Bureau and the work of controlling various other pests has been left 

 more or less in abeyance. The necessity for further researches, owing 

 to the local biology of insect pests being unstudied and in many 

 respects different from that in other governments, is urged, and the 

 establishment is suggested of an Entomological branch at the existing 

 Experimental Station of the Municipality of Stavropol. 



I. Besides the above 22 papers, others were read by : — 



(1) A. A. Sopotzko on " The organisation and work of the Entomo- 

 logical Station in Tula." Replying to the debate, the author stated 

 that the work of the Station extended over the government of Tula 

 and, since 1912, over those of Kaluga and Orel, where there are only 

 Entomological Bureaus, and that the work of instruction interferes 

 greatly with that of investigation. 



(2) V. I. Plotnikov advocated the establishment of an 

 Entomological Inquiry Bureau at the Russian Entomological Society, 

 which should assist in the identification of insects, supply books and 

 journals on various aspects of Entomology, and reply to inquiries 

 relating to the work of local Entomologists. During the discussion, 

 I. I. Mamontov informed the Congress that it is proposed to reform 

 the existing Scientific Committee of the Central Board of Land 

 Administration and Agriculture into an Institute of Experimental 

 Agriculture, when it will be possible to allocate the functions advocated 

 by the author, to the existing Bureau of Entomology of the above 

 Committee. 



II. The Section of the Congress on the Entomological supervision 

 of grain cargoes transported by rail adopted a resolution, in which the 

 study of the biology and ecology of pests of grain stores is urged, with 

 special reference to the conditions under which a given grain cargo 

 may be considered infested. The resolution calls the attention of the 



