445 



Orydes rhinoceros (palm beetle) ; Leptocorisa varicornis (rice bug) ; 

 Cirphis {Leucania) unipuncta (rice army worm) ; Crocidolomia hinotalis 

 on mustard for which, the crop was sprayed with lead chromate ; 

 Brachijlrijpes achatinus (large brown cricket) ; Idiocerus atkinsoni 

 (mango hopper) ; Batocera rubus (mango tree borer) ; Cryptorrhjnchus 

 gravis (mango weevil) ; Heterographis bengalella (bullock's heart fruit 

 borer) ; Diacrisia obliqua (jute hairy caterpillar), which was controlled 

 by handpicking the eggs ; Termes sp. ; Cryptophlebia (Argyroploce) 

 illepida (Hchi fruit borer) ; Diatraea sp. ; Scirpophaga xanthogastrella 

 (auriflua) (white moth borer); Earias fabia (cotton boll worm); 

 Dysdercus cingulatus (cotton-stainer) ; and Argina cribraria (orange 

 sami moth). 



Owing to the careful selection of cane sets the sugar-cane crop was 

 very free from insect pests. 



YoGLiNO (P.). In Difesa delle nostre Piante. [The Protection of our 

 Plants.] — Riv. Agric, Parma, xxv, no. 32, 6th August 1920, pp. 

 401-402. 



In view of the appearance of the Argentine ant, Iridomyrmex 

 Jiu mills, on the French Riviera the Phytopathological Observatory at 

 Turin draws the attention of Italian agriculturists to the urgent 

 necessity for reporting without delay any abnormal increase of ants in 

 (jrder that an immediate investigation may be made. 



DA Costa Lima (A. M.). Sobre a Origem da PectinopJiora gossypiella 

 (Saunders) no Brasil. [The Origin of Platyedra gossyjneUa in 

 Brazil] — Arch. Escola Sup. Agric. e Med. Vet., Nictheroy {Rio 

 de Janeiro), iii, no. 1-2, December 1919, pp. 41-55. [Received 

 10th August 1920.] 



The origin of Platyedra {Gelechia) gossypiella in Brazil is a matter of 

 doubt. Some consider that it was imported in Egyptian cotton seed 

 in 1911, 1912 and 1913, while others think that Brazil itself is one of 

 its original habitats. A number of circumstances are enumerated, 

 including the occurrence in Brazil of other food-plants such as Hibiscus 

 and Abutilon, which point to its previous existence there ; a fact 

 that was not noticed until the extension of cotton cultivation. It is 

 quite possible that infested cotton seed may have been imported 

 from Egypt in addition. In any case cotton cannot be grown on a 

 large scale unless combative measures are immediately adopted 

 throughout the cotton districts. 



DA Costa Lima (A. M.). Contribucao as Conhecimento dos Micro- 

 hymenopteros Parasitos de Lagarta rosea de Pcctinophora 

 gossypiella (Saunders) no Brasil. [A Contribution to the Know- 

 ledge of the Microhymenopterous Parasites of the Pink Boll- 

 worm, Platyedra gossypiella, in Brasil.] — Arch. Escola Sup. Agric. 

 e Med. Vet., Nictheroy {Rio de Janeiro), iii. no. 1-2, December 1919, 

 pp. 57-63. [Received 10th August 1920.] 



The following parasites were obtained from material received from 

 the Brazilian cotton districts : — a Chalcid, Trigonura annidipes, sp. n., 

 irom a pupa of Platyedra gossypiella ; a Eupelmid, Encyrtarpis 



