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Only 3 "2 per cent, of the caterpillars appeared to be infested with 

 parasites ; Apanfeles sp. was not found and only small numbers of 

 Caloso?na were present. There was no evidence of sterility in the 

 females due to the disease which is produced by the fungus Microklossia 

 jyrima. 



KoLossov (J. M.). SHTOMOJlorMMeCKifl saMtTKM. [Entomological 

 Notes.]— «3anMCKM YpanbCKaro 06mecTBa JlwOMTeneii Ectcctbo- 

 3HaHifl.» [Bulletin de la Sociele Ouralieme (TAmis des Sciences 

 Naturelles], Ekaterinburg, 1915, xxxv, nos. 1-3 and 4-5, pp. 16-17. 



According to Fabre, the Curculionidae are especially preyed upon 

 by wasps of the genus Cerceris, which catch them as food for their 

 larvae. In Russia, in the government of Tver, the author found in 

 dry places numbers of nests of Cerceris quadrifasciata, Panz., along 

 the sides of the roads, which contained quantities of Strophosmus 

 capitatus, Deg. {obesus, Marsh.), caught on the neighbouring pines 

 {Finns sylvestris). In this locality S. capitatus is by no means rare 

 and damages the buds, young shoots and even, according to 

 Cholodkovsky, attacks the bark of many trees. 



LucHMENSKY (V. I.). flpaKTMHecKoe OropoflHMMecTBo. [Practical 

 Market-Gardening.] Supplement to the Journal « nnOflOBOflCTBO.» 

 [Fruit-growing], Petrograd, 1915, 64 pp., 13 figs. 



One chapter of this book is devoted to the control of insect pests, 

 including Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (vulgaris), Haltica spp., caterpillars of 

 Mamestra (Barathra) brassicae and Fieris brassicae, cabbage Aphids, 

 Ceuthorrhynchu<i sp. and Chortophila brassicae. As remedies agahist 

 the larvae of the last two pests, burning the roots of the affected 

 plants or digging into the soil near the roots balls of cotton waste 

 moistened with kerosene and carbon bisulphide, are recommended. 



Afanasiev (A. P.). PyccKoe BMHorpaflCTBO bt* 1914 rofly (III-m Bere- 

 Tai^iOHHblM nepiOAlj). [Russian Viticulture i]i 1914. (Tlie 3rd 

 vegetative period)]. — « BtCTHMKlj BMHOfltnifl.» [Herald of Viti- 

 culture], Odessa, 1915, no. 7-8, July- August, pp. 289-320. 



This is a continuation of the series of reviews of the state of 

 viticulture in Russia in 1914 [see this Review, A, iii, pp. 477 and 602], 

 and the information contained therein is based on 98 reports from 

 14 vinegrowing governments and provinces and refers to the last stage, 

 the ripening and harvesting of the grapes. Except for Fhylloxera in 

 Bessarabia and Caucasia, practically no insect pests were noticed in 

 the great majority of the localities under report, only the following 

 being mentioned by some correspondents : Clysia ambiguella, Hb., 

 in some parts of Bessarabia ; Fhylloxera in Cherson ; Folyphylla 

 fullo, L., and Otiorrliynchus sp., in Taurida and Kuban, where spraying 

 with a 3 per cent, solution of barium chloride proved useless ; 

 Polychrosis (Eudemis) botrana and Eriophyes {Fhytoptus) vitis in 

 Astrachan. 



