540 



Germ., was found less frequently, while R. haccJius, L., and 

 R. giganteus, Kryn., appeared only singly. Epicometis hirta, Poda, 

 appeared in the middle of the month and attacked wild plants. 

 Lethrus apterus, Laxm., injured raspberries and strawberries in 

 Kupiansk in the middle of the month ; Melolontha hipjjocastani, ¥., 

 was on the wing in large numbers at the end of the month, and 

 Aporia crataegi, L., and Eriophyes ribis, Nal., which infested buds of 

 black currants, were also reported. Field crops were attacked in tte 

 district of Izium by caterpillars of Oria musculosa, Hb., while those of 

 Pyrausta nubilalis, Hb. [Botys silacealis, Hb.), were found in maize 

 stubbles in the same district and in Kupiansk. 



MenKifl MSBtCTin. [Short notes], p. 20. 



An outbreak of Bibio marci, L., occurred in one locality of the district 

 of Valk at the end of April and later on these insects were noticed over 

 the whole of the government. In another locahty of the same district, 

 ash trees were injured by Hylesimts fraxini ; many of the beetles were 

 killed by a fungus. 



KuKBATov (N.). fltflienbHocTb (DepraHCKOM ArpoHOMMMecKoii Opra- 



HMSai^in B"b 1913 rOAy. [The work of the Ferghana Agronomical 

 Authority in 1913.] — « TypKecTaHCKoe CenbCKoe Xo3flMCTBO.» 



[Agriculture of Turkestan], Tashkent, nos. 3, 4 & 5, March, April 

 and May 1915, pp. 225-243, 323-340 and 421-440. 



No organised campaign against insect pests exists over the whole 

 area of the province, this branch of the work being concentrated in 

 the region of Skobelev. Trap belts were successfully applied in 

 orchards, as well as spraying with Paris green against Cydia pomonella 

 and other pests and with quassia against aphids. Some 4,000 trees 

 were sprayed, the amount assigned by the Department of Agriculture 

 for these purposes being £12j. 



Serbinov (I. L.). BaKiepianbHbm 6ont3HM TOiiaTOBT*. [Bacterial 

 diseases of tomatoes.] — «CaflOBOA"b-» [The Horticulturist'], 

 Rostov-on-Don, no. 5, May, 1915, pp. 343-349. 



The author describes two bacterial diseases of tomatoes, " brown 

 rot " caused by Bacillus solanacearum, Smith, and another by Phyto- 

 bacter lycopersicum, (jJroen. Both of these are said to be carried by 

 insects. 



Orzhelsky (K.). rio noBOfly 6opb6bi ctj aOjiohhom MefljiHimeM OKypM- 

 BaHieWb Ta6a4HbllVI"b flblMOMlj. [On the control of Psylla mali by 

 fumigation with tobacco-smoke.] — « flporpecCMBHOe CaAOBOflCTBO 

 M OropOAHMHeCTBO.» [Progressive Horticulture & Market- 

 Gardening], Petrograd, no. 20, 30th May 1915, pp. 604-606. 



The author refers to his previous article on this subject [see this 

 Revietv, Ser. A, ii, p. 615] and reports that in the orchards where the 

 fumigation was applied, no imagines of Psylla mcdi were observed 

 during the whole autumn and only a very few eggs were found there 

 in February of the following year. Owing to the rise in price of tobacco 

 dust, he recommends fruit-growers to grow their own tobacco. 



