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The following abstracts are translated from « BtCTHMK"b PycCKOR 

 ripMKnanHOM SHTOMOnoriM » [Messenger of Russian ApjMed 

 Entomology], Kiev, i, no. 5, 1915, by permission of the Editors. 



PenCxEROt (J.). BpOH30BHa M CMHJM CBtlT.. [Epicometis and blue 

 colours.] — «CapaTOBCKiM CaflOBOfl"b.» [The Horticulturist of 

 Saratov], vii, 1914, no, 5, pp. 171-172. 



Beetles of the genus Epicometis are found more frequently on rose- 

 coloured hyacinths than on others, and never on blue ones. It is 

 therefore thought that attempts to trap them on rose-coloured paper 

 covered with an adhesive may be of some value. [See this Revieiv, 

 Ser. A, ii, pp. 44 and 374.] 



Dreier (N.). KyKypysHbiM wioTbineH-b m 6opb6a c-b HMM-b. [Pyrausta 

 nubiMis and the fight against it.]— « KoHCTaHTMHOrpaflCKJfl C.-X. 

 M3B'feCTifl.» [The Konstantinograd Agricull tiral Bulletins, i, 1914, 

 no. 6, pp. 5-8.] 



Pyrausta nuhilalis {Boiys silacealis) is yearly spreading more and 

 more in the district of Konstantinograd, Poltava, side by side with 

 the increase in the area under maize. The same is also the case in the 

 neighbouring government of Ekaterinoslav. The maize damaged by 

 the caterpillars in 1908 amounted to 20 per cent, and gradually 

 increased in the following years, standing at over 90 per cent, since 

 1912. The remedies recommended are the destruction of maize stems 

 in xVpril by burning or using them as food for cattle, and spraying with 

 Paris green or other insecticide during the hatching of the caterpillars. 



Lavrenko (A. N.). Sesifl mjim cieHnnHHiiuaocMHOBafl m wtpw 6opb6bi 



Cb Heii. [TrochiHum apifor)He and measures against it.] — 

 « XosflMCTBO Ha flOHy.» [Husbandry on the Don], xi, 1914, no. 25, 

 pp. 483-484.] 



Aspen and poplar trees have greatly suffered in the province of the 

 Don and in the adjoining governments from the attacks of TrochiHum 

 apiforme. Smearing the trunks with lime or clay and cow dung or 

 the collection of the pupae and moths are recommended as remedies. 



PoMERANTZEv (D. V.). CenbCKoxo3flMCTBeHHoe sHaMeHie rpana bi 

 BenMKO-AHaAonbCKOM-b m MapiynonbCKOivj-b ntcHMMCCTBaxij Ena- 

 TepMHOCnaBCKOM ryeepHJM. [The agricultural importance of rooks 

 in the Veliko-Anadol and Mariupol Forestries of the govt, of 

 Ekaterinoslav.]- « Maiepianbi H-bno3HaHiK) pyccKaro oxoTHMMbnro 

 Atna.» M3A. Aen. 3eMnefl. [Materials towards a knowledge of 

 Russian hunting], Dept. of Agriculture, Petrograd, vi, 1914, 58 pp. 



In order to investigate the agricultural importance of rooks 12 

 stomachs of this bird of all ages and at all seasons of the year wer© 

 dissected. Insect pests and their larvae occurred in the stomachs to 

 the extent of 55 per cent, to 76 per cent. Among the insect pests found 

 were :— Coleoptera : Silpha atrata, S. obscura, AgriotessTp., Ludius sp., 

 Epicojnetis (Tropinota) hirta, Poda, Pentodon idiota, Hbst., Amphi- 

 mallus {Rhizotrogus) solstitialis, L., Rhizotrogus aestivus, 01. 



