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Bees and Pollination. — The Planters' Chronicle, Bangalore, xi, no. 46, 

 11th November 1916, p. 572. 

 Bees play a very important part in the fertilisation of coconuts in 

 Fiji, and those palms that are freely visited by bees when in flower, give 

 a high yield of nuts. The general introduction of bees into coconut 

 plantations in Fiji is therefore considered well worth a trial. The 

 same phenomenon has been noticed in connection with the sago or 

 wine palm, Cartjota urens. 



A Weevil attacking Vegetables. — Agric. Gaz., N.S.W., Sydney, xxvii, 

 no. 10, October 1916. p. 706. [Received 11th December 1916.] 

 Specimens of larvae and pupae of a weevil attacking vegetables and 

 weeds in the Richmond district have been identified as the grey- 

 banded leaf weevil, Ethemaia sellata. The use of a poison bait con- 

 taining Paris green is recommended against the larvae. 



Clifton (E.). Control of the Black Cricket. Californian Methods 

 with Grasshoppers. — Jl. Agric., Wellington, N.Z., xii, no. 3, 

 20th March 1916, pp. 187-189. [Received 13th December 1916.] 



The black cricket, Gryllus servillei, does considerable damage in 

 some of the northern districts of New Zealand during the summer, 

 especially on rich, fertile swamps in the process of reclamation and in 

 hilly country where, during dry hot weather, openings in the soil 

 provide it with shelter. 



Thorough cultivation with draining of the swamps and poisoning of 

 the adult by means of a mixture of 25 lb. of bran, 1 lb. arsenic and 

 2 quarts molasses, in 4 gallons of water, are recommended. 



Campbell (J. 0.). The Orchard. — Jl. Agric, Wellington, N.Z., xiii, 

 no. 4, 20th October 1916, pp. 318-321. [Received 11th December 

 1916.] 

 The month of November marks the opening of summer work in 

 orchards in New Zealand. The codling moth [Cydia potnonelh] is 

 seldom active before the end of the second week of November. Spray- 

 ing with arsenate of lead at the rate of 1| lb. to 2 lb. (paste) or 1 lb. to 

 11 lb. (powder) to 50 gals, of water must be done before the calyx 

 closes, the object being to effect the retention of a small amount of 

 poison within the eye of the apple and thus prevent the entry of the 

 larva at this point' later in the season. The period between sprayings 

 should not be more than three to four weeks. Leaf-roller caterpillars 

 may be controUed by the same spray, care being taken to cover the 

 foliage as well as the fruit. For black spot, 3-4-40 Bordeaux mixture 

 may be used ; a weak solution of Bordeaux mixture or lime-sulphur, 

 1-100 to 1-125, for brown-rot ; and lime-sulphur, 1-80 to 1-100, com- 

 bined with arsenate of lead, for mussel scale [Lepidosaphes] and red 

 mite [Tetranychus], 



FuLLAWAY (D. T.). Report of the Division of Entomology.— 



Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, Honolulu, xiii, no. 9, 

 September 1916, pp. 339-341. [Received 5th December 1916.] 

 During the month of August, a total of 1,255 females and 623 males 

 of Opius fletcheri and 1,700 Tetrastichus were hberated. 



The corn leaf-hopper egg-parasite introduced by Mr. Osborn in July 

 was very successfully multiplied during the month. 



