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appeared nearly a month earlier than is usual, which may have been 

 due to the exceptionally hot summer. A similar early emergence of 

 the second generation of E. segelum is usual in the government of Kiev. 

 No second generation of F. exciamationis was observed. The females 

 of this species largely outnumbered the males, the reverse being the 

 case with E. segetum. 



KsENJopoLSKY (A. V.). OSsopi* BpeflMiejieM Bojibmn h 0T4eTi> o 

 fltflTe/ibHOCTH BonbiHCKaro 3HTOMOJiorMMecKaro Biopo sa 1914 

 rOfllj. [A review of the pests in Volhynia and report on the 

 work of the Volhynia Entomological Bureau for 1914.] Published 

 by the Zemstvo of the govt, of Volhynia, Jitomir, 1915, 53 pp. 

 In this report the various pests of Agriculture in Volhynia are 

 dealt with. They include : — Lepidoptera : Pyrausta {Bofijs) nubilalis, 

 Hb. ; Tortrix viridana, L.; Cydui (Gra2}holitha)funehrana, Tr.; Simaethis 

 pariana, L., on apples; Homoeosoma nebulella, Hb., which attacked 

 sunflowers ; Rhyacionia (Retinia) resinella, L., which did great damage 

 to conifers; Gracillaria syringella,¥., and Malacosoma neustria, L., 

 against which spraying with lead arsenate was very effective. 

 Coleoptera : Anisoplia deserticola, Fisch., Psylliodes attenuata, Koch, 

 and Phyllotreta cruciferae, Goeze. Hymenoptera : Athalia spinarum, 

 F., Pteronus rihesii, L. {Nematus ventricosus, CI.), on gooseberries, 

 Eriocampoides (Eriocampa) annulipes, Kl., Hoplocampa testudinea, KL, 

 on paradise apples, H. fulvicornis, KL, on plums, Lophyrus pini, L., 

 Diptera : Chortophila {Anthomyia) funesta, Kiihn, damaging field 

 crops, C bmssicae, Bouche, and Hylemyia antiqua, Mg. Rhynchota : 

 Psylla pyricola, Forst., Psylla mcdi, Forst., Chermes strobilobius, Kalt., 

 and C. viridis, Ratz., on firs, Eidecanium pyri, Schr., and Lepidosaphes 

 ulmi, L., {Mytilaspis pomorum, Bouche), on pears, Phorodon Jmnmli, 

 Schr., Siphonophora pisi, Kalt., Hyalopterus arundinis, F., {primi, F.), 

 RhopalosipJmm ribis, Buckt., on plums (these Aphids being attacked 

 by Cantharis fusca, L., and C. obscura, L.), Myzus cerasi, F., Aphis pomi, 

 De Geer, Aphis sorbi, Kalt., Ajjhis brassicae, L., and Siphonophora 

 rosae, L. 



A separate list of insects attacking hops is given, including : — 

 Vanessa io, L., Pyrausta nubilalis, Hb., Melolontha melolontha, L., 

 Otiorrhynchus ligustici, L., Agriotes segetis, Bjer., Haltica olemcea, L., 

 Phyllotreta nemo'rum, L., Chaetocnema concinna, Chevr., Psylliodes 

 attenuata, Koch, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, L., Phorodon humuli, Schr., 

 Tetranychus telarius, L., and the fungus Capnodium salicinum, Mont. 



A general report of the work of the Bureau is appended. The 

 budget for 1915 amounted to £380, of which half is provided by the 

 Department of Agriculture and the other half by the Zemstvo. 



JaCHEVSKY (G.). nmOMHMKM M (jipyKTOBbie Canbl B-b OKHMHCKOWb 

 MMtHJM Khush a. E. FarapMHa. [Nurseries and orchards in the 

 Okna estate (govt, of Cherson) of Prince A. E. Gagarin.] — 

 «BtcTHMK-b CaflOBOACTBa, rinoflOBOACTBa M OroponHMMecTBa.» 



[Messenger of Gardening, Fmit-growing & Market-gardening, 



(organ of the Russian Imperial Horticultural Society)], Petrograd, 



no. 4, 1915, pp. 295-308. 



The following insects are recorded : — Lethrus sp., Lymantria 



(Ocneria) dispar, Malacosoma {Gastropacha) neustria, Euproctis 



