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and Oedipoda coerulescens ; he has also witnessed an attack by the 

 spider on Scarabaeus sacer. The young spiders winter in the cocoons 

 in which the eggs are enclosed, emerging in the next spring. Although 

 the poison of the spider takes effect both on cattle and men, they 

 attack the latter only when disturbed. A camel is stated to have 

 died after having been bitten. 



BoGOYAVLENSKAYA (M. G.). K"b CionoriM Haltica oleracea, L. [On 

 the biology of Haltica oleracea, L.] — OmeTTj fltnieJlbHOCTM 

 IVIiiKO-3HTOMonorM4ecKOH OnbiTHOH CTaHi;iM BcepocciMCKaro 

 OfimecTBa CaxapoaaBOflMMKOBi* 3a 1914 roflii. [Report on the 

 work of the Entomological Branch of the Myco-Entomological 

 Station of the All-Russian Society of Sugar-Refiners in 1914], 

 Kiev, 1915, pp. 51-74, 22 figs. 



Haltica oleracea, L. was frequently found on vines near Smiela and 

 was first mistaken for Haltica cmipelophaga, Guer. According to many 

 authors, this insect is not a pest of cabbage or of any other cruciferous 

 plants and the author's observations confirm this. In the laboratory 

 the beetles refused to feed on cabbage, beet, or wheat, though they 

 were frequently taken in the open on these plants. They however 

 attacked vine leaves when offered them and this was also observed 

 in the open. Experimentally they could only be induced to feed on 

 Rmnex confertus, Polygonum aviculare [knot-grass], Oenothera biennis 

 [evening primrose], Epilobium angustifolium [willow herb] and Vitis 

 vinifera. The larvae feed on the same plants as the adults. The 

 various stages of H. oleracea are described. The enemies of 

 H. oleracea mentioned, include Zicrona coerulea, L., and two species 

 of Tachinids, not identified, one being a parasite of the adults and the 

 other of the larvae. A bibliography of 18 works, of which 7 are in 

 Russian, is appended. 



PozNiAKOv (D. G.). BMHorpaAapcTBo bt. XepcoHCKOM-b ytsAt 

 B"b 1914 r. [Viticulture in the district of Cherson in 1914.] — 

 « B'tCTHMK'b BMHOAtJlifl.» [Messager Vinicole], Odessa, 1915, 

 no. 3-4, pp. 87-91. 



Very small numbers of larvae of Clysia (Cochylis) ambiguella and of 

 Eriophyes (Phytoptus) vitis were found in some localities, the latter 

 being practically harmless. Epicometis (Tropinota) hirta did some 

 damage during the unfolding of buds, and termites were found on the 

 decaying roots of very old vinestocks in one vineyard. No new 

 infestions of Phylloxera were recorded and this pest has disappeared 

 from the vineyards of two villages. 



S. P. ripeflCTOfliMaH 6opb6a ci. kpobahom inen. [The coming 

 measures against Eriosoma lanigerum.] — « TypKeciaHCKOe Cejlb- 

 CKoe X03flHCTB0.» [Agriculture of Turkestan], Tashkent, no. 3, 

 March 1915, pp. 313-315. 



Eriosoma lanigerum has not yet been discovered in the provinces 

 of Samarkand, Ferghana, Transcaspia and Semirietchensk, but a few 

 years ago it was noticed round Tashkent and in some other places in 



