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OSlu'ie BblBOflbl oSTj ypowa'b XJl"fe60B"b BTj 1914 rofly. [General summary 

 of the grain harvest in 1914.]— « MSBtciifl FnaB. YnpaB. 3. M 3.» 



[Bulletin of the Central Board of Land Administration and Agricul- 

 ture], Petrograd, no. 40, 18th October 1914, pp. 957-963. [Received 

 30th April 1915.] 

 In European Russia the damage to field crops by various insect pests 

 was not great during the past season. The Hessian fly {Mayetiola 

 destructor) was reported as rather more numerous from Voronezh, 

 Ekaterinoslav, Podolia, Saratov and on the Vistula, damaging mostly 

 wheat and barley. The wheat chafer {Anisoplia austriaca) occurred in 

 Kursk, Taurida, Ekaterinoslav and in the province of Don, but no 

 great damage was suffered from it ; single reports from the governments 

 of Saratov, Samara, Tcheringov and Perm referred to the saw-fly, 

 while thrips have damaged rye in the governments of Tula and Samara. 

 Peas have suffered from aphids, Haltica and from a species of weevil. 

 Oria muscidosa was observed in some locahties of the province of the 

 Don and of Ekaterinoslav and Acridiidae in some districts of the 

 government of Orenburg. Cabbage has been greatly injured by 

 caterpillars and Haltica, while fruit trees were frequently attacked by 

 Cydia fomenella, Hyponomeuta malinellus and H. variabilis. The 

 chief pests of the governments of Western Siberia and Central Asia 

 were Acridiidae, but they were noticed only over a hmited area. 



OwMflaewiblM ypowaw xnonna BTj 1915 rOAy. [The expected harvest of 



cotton in 1914.]— « MaBtciifl fJiaB. YnpaB. 3. M 3.» [Bulletin 



of the Central Board of Land Administration and Agriculture'], 



Petrograd, no. 41, 25th October 1914, pp. 990-991. [Received 



30th April 1915.] 



In the Traucaspian province cotton has scarcely suffered from insect 



pests except in the district of Merv, where some damage was experienced 



during the early period of growth. In Samarkand aphids and cutworms 



injured cotton in the early part of the season, while later red spider 



appeared, but no serious damage was done. From the province of 



Syr Daria, thrips and red spider were reported. 



Mamontov (I. I.). BM6niorpa(|)MHecKiM yKaaaiejib coMMHeHiii m cia- 

 TBM 6ont3Hflx-b vi noBpewflehiflXT* KyjibiypHbixij pacieHiM sa 

 1911 rOfllj. [Bibliographical Index of works and articles on 

 diseases of and injuries to cultivated plants for 1911], Petrograd, 

 1914, 48 pp. [Received 12th May 1915.] 

 This index contains 601 titles of works and articles in Russian relating 



to diseases and pests of plants, accompanied in some cases by a short 



summary of the contents. 



Serbinov (I. L.). Ktj Bonpocy o rnaBHtMiuMXTj 6ont3HflXTb m Bpefln- 

 lejiflXTj AcTpaxaHCKaro m KaHbiiunHCKaro Kpan. [On the question 

 of the chief diseases and pests (of plants) in the govt, of Astrachan 

 and district of Kamyshin (govt, of Saratov).] — « BoJI'feSHH 

 paCTeHm.» [Diseases of Plants], Petrograd, viii, no. 6, 1914, 

 pp. 155-174. [Received 7th May 1915.] 

 This is a report on the author's journey in 1912 in Astrachan and 



in the Kamyshin district of Saratov. In the latter district observati^ 



