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Paczoski (J. K.). 063op-b BparoBij cenbCKaro xoanMCTBa XepcoHCKOw 

 rySepHJH m oTHei-b no ecTecTeeHHo-MCTopuHecKOMy Myaeio aa 

 I9I5-I9I6 rofllj. [Review of the Pests of Agriculture in tlie 

 (iovernmeut of Kherson and Report of the Natural History 

 Museum for 1915-1916], Kherson, 1916, 7 pp. 



The larvae of Anisoplia cmstriaca were found in large numbers in the 

 spring of 1916 during the ploughing of the fields for the spring sowing, 

 but, as was the case in the jjreceding year, the adults were far less 

 numerous than might have been exj^ected. This is attributed to the 

 rainy spring, which affects the development of the mature larvae. 

 Epicometis hirfa, which is a serious pest of orchard and also injures rye, 

 was not numerous ; Oscinella sp. chiefly attacked oats and barley, 

 which were also injured by Mayetiola destructor, Ceplius pygmaeus, and 

 Pyrausta {Botys) nubiJaUs. Serious injuries were again caused to 

 stejDjDe-grasses by Cledeohia moldavica [see this Revieic, Ser. A, iv, p. 56], 

 which, according to the latest observations, also attacks Poa bulbosa 

 rivipara in the absence of Festuca sidcata. This Pyralid was also 

 numerous in an adjoining part of the neighbouring government of 

 Taurida, where it has destroyed Stipa capiUata. Lucerne was injured 

 by larvae of Otiorrhynchus ligustici and some unidentified insects 

 injured the roots of Euphorbia gerardina, which is a noxious weed of 

 ])asture land. 



Orchards were attacked by the usual pests, including : — Euproctis 

 chrysorrhoea, Malacosoma neustria, Hyponomeuta malinellus, H. vari- 

 abilis, Cydia pomoneUa, Acronycta Iridens, etc. Reference is made to 

 a statement in the report for 1914-1915 of the Bio-Entomological 

 Station of Kishinev to the efTect that Eriosoma [Schizoneura) lanigerum 

 has been discovered in a district of the government of Kherson adjoining 

 Bessarabia and that it is from there also, and not only from Rumania, 

 that the Bessarabian vineyards have been invaded by this pest. 

 Calandra granaria was reported from several localities. 



Shtcherbakov (Th). pa5oTax"b OTAtna aHTOMo/ioriM UJamnoB- 

 CKOil ex. OnblTHOM CiaHUiM. [The Work of the Entomological 

 Section of the Shatilov Agricultural Experimental Station.] — 

 «H)>KHO-PyccKafl CenbCKoxosflMCTBeHHan ra3eTa.» [The South 

 Russian Agricultural Gazette], Charkov, xviii, nos. 34 & 35-36, 

 28th September and 12th October 1916, pp. 8-9 & 9-10. 



In addition to the study of the relationship between weevils of the 

 genus Apion and the harvest of clover seed [see this Revieiv, Ser. A, iv, 

 pp. 142 and 334], which was the principal work of this station, investiga- 

 tions on Bruchophagus gibbus showed that this Chalcid was not seriously 

 injurious in 1914 and 1915 and that other related species also breed in 

 the seeds of clover. An internal parasite of Apion, belonging to the 

 Braconid genus Dinocamjms, was discovered in 1916. It was also 

 found that Apion spp. can complete their development from egg to 

 adult on the vegetative parts of the clover plant, which had hitherto 

 been regarded as impossible. 



