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and September on seed-turnips and on one-year-old turnips. From 

 the middle of April, Meligethes aeneus appeared, and in May did some 

 damage to seed turnips and white cabbage. It was controlled by 

 collecting the beetles with tarred cloth. At Kolding an attack of 

 Psylliodes chrysocephala on seed-turnips was noticed. Carrots in some 

 localities were injured by Psila rosae. Potatoes were attacked by 

 Calocoris norvegicus {bipunctahis), by Eurydema oleraceum and the 

 larva of Hydroecia micacea. Sitones lineatus was present throughout 

 the summer and Hypera [Phylononms) nigrirostris was noticed both 

 in March and June ; damage was also done by Apion ajmcans and 

 Cecidomyia loii. At Tystofte in the early summer clover was severely 

 damaged by Forjicula auricularia. Tylenchus devastatrix, as usual, 

 occurred in many parts of the country and, combined with the drought, 

 largely ruined the clover. Ajjtinothrips rufus occurred in great numbers 

 on several grasses, as well as Trachea secalis and Agrotis pronuha. 

 The larvae of Euxoa {Agroti'^) segetum and possibly other species were 

 exceedingly common and in many places injured the root-crops. The 

 larvae of Pieris brassicae were in some places controlled with arsenical 

 sprays and in some cases the cabbage crop was saved in this way. 

 Against Heterodera scJiachtii, nitrogenous fertihsers were used, in 

 several instances with success. 



The two following abstracts are taken from « BtCTHHKli PycCKOM 

 ripMKJiaflHOil 3HTOlvlOJloriM.» {Messenger of Russian Applied 

 Entomology], Kiev, ii, no. 1. 1015, by permission of the Editors. 



BORODAJEVSKY (P.) HtO flGHb rpflflVmit^ HaWb rOTOBMTT*? [What has 



the morrow in store forus?] — Jl-bconpOMblllJneHHbm BtCTHMHT».» 

 [The Forest-trade Messenger], xvi, no. 16, 1914, pp. 217-218. 



In the privately owned forests in the government of Minsk, the 

 fallen timber is only rarely removed. This leads to the breeding of 

 large numbers of Myelophilus piniperda and M. minor. As a result, 

 favourable conditions are artificially created for the subsequent large 

 outbreaks of such pests as Dendrolimus p)ini, L., and Lymaniria 

 {Ocneria) fnonacha, L. Attention is called to the possibility of out- 

 breaks of these moths in 1914 and 1915 and the necessity for protection 

 of the forests from them. 



Gratchov (A. v.). K"b Bonpocy o GaKTepianbHOMij cnoco6t 6opb6bi 

 ci, capaHHeii. Petjjepai-b flonnaAa A. B. rpaHoea, CAtnaHHaro btj 

 aactflaHJM nerporpaflCHaro MMKpo6iojioniMecKaro06iMecTBa.3l-ro 

 HHBapfl 1914 r. [On the question of tlic bacterial method of 

 controlling locusts. Abstract of a paper read by A. Y. Gratchov 

 at the meeting of the Petrograd Microbiological Society oji the 

 13th February 1914.]— « WypHanij MMKpooionoriM.» [The 

 Journal of Microbiology], 1914, nos. 1-2, p. 175. 



From the experiments of the author in Algeria and in Astrachan 

 and from the work of N. P. Ponomarev in Bokhara, it is clear that 

 various species of locusts are not equally susceptible to Coccobacillus 

 acridiorum, d'Herelle. It is nevertheless possible to adapt the virus 

 by special preparation to suit various species of locusts. The author, 

 contrary to the methods of d'Herelle and of the Pasteur Institute of 



