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Those dealt with include: Frit fly [(9saw^//a/n/, L.], Hessian fly 

 [Mayetiola destructor, Say], the cutworm [Euxoa segetum, Schiff.] 

 infesting winter crops, Loxostege sticticalis, L., and locusts. 



Garman (H.). a Destructive Bud-worm of Apple Trees {Haploa 

 lecontei). — Kentucky Agric. Expt. Sta., Lexington, Circ. 25, 

 June 1921, 11 pp., 5 figs. [Received 27th September 1921.] 



The caterpillars of the Arctiid moth, Haploa lecontei, are recorded 

 from Kentucky as injuring young apple trees by devouring the buds. 

 They will also readily eat buds of the native crab-apple {Pyrus angusti- 

 folia), Japanese quince (P. japonica), pear, peach and wild cherry 

 [Prnnus serotina). As the buds unfold, the young leaves are also eaten. 

 Pupation occurs towards the end of April and lasts about a month. 

 Some adults reared from larvae on apple proved to be the variety 

 fulvicosta. This is the insect recorded in 1871 by Riley as the " blue- 

 spangled peach worm " and identified by him as Callimorpha fulvicosta. 



It is thought that the larvae crawl up the trunk, in which case early 

 spraying with lime-sulphur should act as a deterrent. It is supposed 

 that hibernation occurs on the ground ; should this be the case a strip 

 of tin covered with coal tar or tanglefoot should be tried. Spraying 

 with lead arsenate is said to be unsuccessful. 



TuRixETTi (L.). Sur la Presence en France du Lonchaea aristella, 

 Beck. (Dipt. Lonchaeidae). — Bull. Soc. Ent. France, Paris, no. 13, 

 13th July 1921, pp. 195-196. 



Lonchaea aristella, Beck., is recorded from Mentone as attacking 

 figs. It has apparently existed for several years in this locality, but 

 Pachyneuron vindemmiae, Rond., a parasite of this fly, has not yet been 

 observed there [cf. R.A.E., A, ix, 545]. 



PiCARD (F.). Sur la Biologic du Tetrastichus rapo. Walk. (Hym. 

 Chalcididae). — Bull. Soc. Ent. France, Paris, no. 14, 27th July 

 1921, pp. 206-208. 



Tetrastichus rapo, Wlk., oviposits in cocoons of the Braconid, 

 Apanteles glomerat'us, and the Ichneuvaonxd., Anilasta ebenina, and also 

 in the larvae of Apanteles when within their host, Pieris brassicae. 

 The female Chalcid is unable to distinguish between parasitised 

 and non-parasitised larvae of P. brassicae, and will oviposit in either, 

 whether young or old. The young larvae invariably succumb to the 

 attack, but the older ones may still complete their development. 



When T. rapo oviposits in larvae of Pieris brassicae containing 

 Apanteles, although it causes the death of the latter, it can only 

 complete its own development if the Braconid is in a stage favourable 

 for that process. 



Chopard (L.). Note sur quelques Especes de Rhaphidophorinae (Orth. 

 Phasgonuridae). — Bull. Soc. Ent. France, Paris, no. 14, 27th 

 July 1921, pp. 209-210. 



In reviewing the systematic position of Tachycines asynamonis, 

 A.d., and Diestrammena marmorata, De Haan, the author states that 

 Paradiestrammena, erected by him in 1919, is a synonym of Diestram- 

 mena, Brunner 1888, and that Z)/es/mmwewa, Chopard, is identical with 



