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destruction of young galls and of infested shoots is only practicable 

 on a small scale. The stem-mothers, which are easily detected on the 

 ends of fir branches in spring, may be destroyed with a rough brush, 

 preferably moistened with turpentine or kerosene emulsion. Spraying 

 with a mixture of four parts of tobacco-extract and two or three parts 

 of gi-een soap (prepared by dissolving 5 lb. of soap in about 3 gallons 

 of water) and adding 10 parts of water, may be tried. Another spray 

 consists of 31b. of green soap dissolved in about 2 gallons of water ; 

 this is boiled and f pint of li(juid paraffin is added, and stirred ; before 

 use it is dissolved in about 5i gallons of water. Fumigating with 

 hydrocyanic acid, as used in America against Aspidiolus perniciofius, 

 is also recommended. A key to the subgenera of Chernies and another 

 to the European species, and seven coloured plates are included in 

 this elaborate and valuable work. 



Ossipov (K.). SuMHflfl nflAeHMua btj Beccapa6iii bt. 1914 r. m wtpbi 

 6opb6bl Cb Heii. [Chei»i(it(>(yin hrumata, L., in Bessarabia in 1914: 

 and its control.] — « flJIOAOBOACTBO.)) [Fruit-Growing], Petrograd, 

 no. 5, May 1915, pp. 321-327. 



Cheimatobia hrumata, L., did gi'eat damage in orchards in Bessarabia 

 in 1914. Good results were obtained in one village, where spraying 

 operations were started in the spring, the insecticide used being Paris 

 green in the following combination : 12 oz. of green, 12 oz. of quick 

 lime, and 5 lb. of green soap in about 55 gallons of water. This remedy 

 also gave good results in the other districts except where its effect 

 was interfered with by rain. In the majority of orchards no remedies 

 were applied and they were totally defoliated and produced no crop. 

 The local Entomological Station recommends applying tanglefoot 

 bands in autumn. 



A. F. Ktj npeACTOflmeiviy 3HTOMonorMHecKOMy coBtmaHiio bt. 

 TM(j)JlMC"b. [On the coming Entomological Conference in Tifhs.] 

 — « 3eMJiefl"bJlb4eCKafl raaeTa.w [Agricultural Gazette], Petrograd, 

 no. 21, 5th June 1915, pp. 599-600. 



The objects of the Conference in Tiflis, which was to take place on 

 r2th June, included the question of the establishment of Entomological 

 Organisations in Transcaucasia. According to a report prepared by 



B. P. Uvarov, the formation of three Bureaus was proposed : — One 

 at Baku, to serve the governments of Elisavetpol and Baku and the 

 province of Daghestan : one at Tiflis for the government of Tiflis, 

 Erivan, the province of Kars and the district of Zakatali ; and the third 

 at Kutais, for the government of the same name and the province of 

 Batum. It is estimated that the expenses of the Bureau in Tiflis 

 will amount to about ^i3,000 per annum. 



RosTovTZEv (A.). HimyHflCKan cocHOBan poma, KaKT> nawmTHMKij 



npMponbl. [The Pitzunda pine forest (govt, of Kutais) as a 

 monument of Nature.] — « JltCHOM >KypHam».» [Forestry 

 Journal], Petrograd, xlv, no. 1-2, 1915, pp. 45-104, 4 figs., 1 map. 



The Pitzunda \'irgin pine woods are situated on the Cape of the same 

 name in the district of Suchum, government of Kutais, the total area 

 being about 445 acres covered with Pinus jnthyasa, Strang. A great 



