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that attacks vegetation is Epilachna bormlis, F. (squash ladybird). 

 Remedial measures recommended include spraying with zinc ar3enit,e 

 ae calcium arsenate at the rate of 1^ lb. to 50 U.S. gals, of water. 



Okamoto (H.). On the Life History of the Apple Fruit Miner, 



Argyresthia covjugelh, Zell. — Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc, 

 [sineloco] Japan, vi, no. 3, January 1917, pp. 213-217. [Received 

 8th January 1920.] 



The average number of eggs laid by one female of Argyresthia 

 conjugella, Z., is about 27, oviposition commencing from 2 to 7 days 

 after the emergence of the moth. The eggs are usually depoited 

 on the young apples, but may occasionally be found on leaves, in which 

 case the young larvae, wliich appear in from 7 to 8 days under nat' ral 

 conditions, are forced to feed on the leaf-tissue until they can find 

 the fruit. This they enter at once, tunnelling in all directions for 

 about 50 days. When mature, should the fruit be still on the tree, 

 they descend to the ground by means of a silken thread and enter the 

 soil to spin the cocoon in which they hibernate. Pupation occurs in 

 the following spring. 



Lesne (P.). Un Longicorne Indo-Malais nouvellement introduit a 

 La Reunion.— 5;//L Soc. Entom., France, Paris, no. 17, 1919, 

 pp. 301-302. [Received 12th January 1920.] 



Although the Longicom beetle, Coelosterna scabrata, F., has a wide 

 distribution in British India it is recorded for the first time from 

 the island of Reunion, where it has apparently been recently introduced 

 and caused serious damage to young Casuarina trees {Casuarina 

 equisetifolia). 



VuiLLET (A.). Les Parasites de Pyrausta mihilalis, Hb., en France. 

 —Bull. Soc. Entom. France, Paris, no. 17, 1919, pp. 308-309. 

 [Received ]2th January 1920.] 



Investigations in France have revealed the following Tachinid 

 parasites of Pyrausta nubilalis, Hb. : — Paraphorocera senilis, Rond., 

 and Hydella stahulans, Mg. It is thought that these flies could be 

 readily acclimatised in America and thus become valuable agents 

 in the destruction of this pest. Other parasites include unidentified 

 Ichneumonids. 



Gautier (C.) & RiEL (P.). Description d'un Apanteles (Hym. 

 Braconidae) Parasite de Pionea forficalis (Lep. Pyralidae).^ — Bull. 

 Soc. Entom. France, Paris, no. 17, 1919, pp. 309-312. [Received 

 12th January 1920.] 



Pionea forficalis, L., caused great damage to cabbages during the 

 summer of 1919 in the vicinity of Lyons. It was heavily parasitised 

 by Apanteles gabrielis, sp. n., here described. The parasitic larvae 

 emerge from the body of the host in June and July and in September 

 and October, from 2 to 12 being bred from one individual. 



