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Amendment to the Regulations under the Destructive Insect and 

 Pest Act. Amendment no. 12 (No. 2 of 1Q21).— Canada Dept. 

 Agric, Ottawa, MS. [Received 2Sth June 1921.] 

 The Amendment No. 10 to this Act, deahng with the European 

 corn borer [Pyrausta nuhilalis], passed on 24th May 1920 [R.A.E., 

 A, viii, 416], is rescinded by an Order-in -Council dated 12th May 1921. 

 In substitution therefor it is enacted that maize and broom maize, 

 inckiding all parts of the stalk, cut flowers or entire plants of 

 chrysanthemums, aster, Cosmos, Zinnia, hollyhock and cut flowers or 

 entire plants of Gladiolus and Dahlia, except the bulbs thereof without 

 stems, and oat and rye straw as such or when used for packing, through- 

 out the entire year, also celery, green beans in the pod, beet with tops, 

 spinach and rhubarb, from 1st June to 31st December, are prohibited 

 entry into Canada from certain districts enumerated in the States 

 of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Pennsylvania, unless 

 they are accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued by the 

 U.S. Department of Agriculture stating that the shipment is free from 

 infestation by P. nuhilalis. The prohibition does not apply to the 

 articles enumerated when they have been manufactured or processed 

 in such a manner as to eliminate risk of carriage of P. nubilalis, nor 

 to cleaned shelled maize, nor to cleaned seed of broom maize. 



Work connected with Insect and Fungus Pests and their Control.— 



Rept. Agric. Dept., St. Vincent, 1st April-Slst December 1919, 

 Barbados, 1921, pp. 13-14. [Received 29th June 1921.] 



The work connected with cotton-stainers [Dysdercus] included the 

 destruction and pruning of silk-cotton trees {Eriodcndronanfractuosnm) 

 and John Bull trees {Tliespcsia populnca). During May stainers were 

 found in the northern part of the island feeding on seeds of Sterculia 

 caribaea (Mountain John Bull), and observations apparently confirm 

 the conclusions arrived at in a previous report with regard to the 

 role played by this tree [R. A.E., A, viii, 206]. " Late in the year cotton 

 in the southern part of the island was severely attacked by Alabama 

 argilacea. Nezara viridula was generally distributed, but was con- 

 trolled by egg-parasites. Pests of minor importance occurring on 

 cotton were scale-insects, Eriophyes gossypii (leaf blister mite), cotton 

 aphis [Aphis gossypii \ and the bronze beetle [Colaspis fastidiosa]. 



Pests of other crops are: Euscepes {Cryptorrhvnchus) batatac and 

 Tetranychus glover i on potatoes ; Asp idiot us destructor and a white 

 fly [Aleurodicus] on coconuts ; Laphygma frugipcrda (corn ear worm) 

 and Heliothis obsoleta (bollworm) on'maizc", and a bug, Corythuca sp., 

 on castor-oil plants. 



The shield-scale fungus {Ccphalosporium lecanii) was common in 

 some localities on scale-insects attacking mango trees. 



Plant Legislation.— 2?d?/)/. Agric. Dept., St. Vincent, 1st April-Slst 

 December 1919, Barbados, 1921, pp. 14-15. [Received 29th 

 June 1921.] 



The importation of banana plants, suckers, cuttings or any parts 

 thereof, as well as earth and packing, from Central and South America, 

 Trinidad and Grenada, and coconuts from these places, as well as from 

 Cuba, Jamaica and Tobago, is prohibited. A proclamation has also 

 been issued prohibiting the importation of citrus plants and parts 

 thereof from any country other than Dominica, Montserrat and 

 St. Lucia. 



