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spraying with a 2 or 3 per cent, solution of barium chloride, before 

 the berries ripen, is suggested as a possible remedy. 



RoEPKE (W.). Eine neue Dryinide aus Java {Phanerodryinw jam- 

 nus, n.g. n. sp.) [A new Dryinid from Java.] — Tijdschr. Entom., 

 The Hague, hx, no. 4, 15th December 1916, pp. 287-292, 3 figs. 



An illustrated description is given of a Dryinid, Phanerodryinus 

 javanus, gen. et sp. n., from Java. The host is unknown, but is, 

 thought to be one of the larger Flatids, such as Lawana Candida, , 

 occurring in the cacao plantations. ' 



Noel (P.). Les ennemis du Mais {Zea, L.). [The Pests of Maize.] 

 — Bull. Lab. Reg. d^ Entom. Agric, Rouen, January -Febrnary- 

 March 1917, pp. 6-10. 



The following list of insects attacking maize is given : Agriotes 

 lineatus, L. [segetis, F.), Melolontha melolontha, L. {vulgaris, L.), 

 Pedinas glaber, F., Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, L. [vulgaris, L.), Locusta 

 {Acridium) migratoria, L., Calliptamus (A.) italicus, Hb., Toxoptera 

 {Aphis) graminum, Rond., Aphis maidis. Pass., Pemphigus boyeri, 

 Pass., Aphis radicum, Boy., Amycla fuscicornis, Koch, Blissus 

 leucopterus, Say, Trachea {Hadena) basilinea, Hb., Phytometra {Plusia) 

 gamma, L., Heliothis peUigera, Guen., H. obsoleta {armigera), in 

 Canada, Cirphis {Leucania) zeae, Dup., C. {L.) scirpi, Dup., C. {L.) 

 loreyi, Dup., Lycophotia {Agrotis) praecox, F., Pyrausta {Botys) 

 quadripunctalis, Schiff., P. {B.) nubikdis, Hb., Sitotroga ccrealla, 01. 

 {Gelechia pyrophagellu, Koll.), in Germany, Sesamia vuteria {nona- 

 griodes, Steph.), in Algeria, S. cretica, Ld. {cyrnaca, Mab.), Eupithecia 

 abbreviata, Steph. {cocciferata, Mab.), E. unedonata, Mab., E. scopariata, 

 Ramb., Sylepta {Pyralis) ruralis, Villers, and Tinea zeaella, Villers.* 



Noel (P.). Les ennemis du Chanvre {Cannabis, Journ.). [The Pests 

 of Hemp.] — Bull. Lab. Reg. d'Entom. Agric, Rouen, January- 

 February-March 1917, pp. 11-12. 



The follo\ving list of insect pests of hemp is given : Podagrica 

 aerata, Mrsh., Phorodon {Aphis) cannabis. Pass., Acherontia {Sphinx) 

 atropos, L., Phytometra {Plusia) gamma, L., Heliothis obsoleta, Hb. 

 {armigera, Hb.), Polia {Mamestra) persicariae, Hb., Pyrausta nubilalis 

 {Botys silacealis, Hb.), and Psyche cannabiella, Doum.| 



Silvestri (F.). Prima notizia sulla presenza della mosca delle olive 

 e di un parassita di essa in India. [First Note on the Presence of 

 the Olive Fly and a Parasite of it in India,] — Separate from Rend. 

 R. Acad, dei Lincei, Rome, xxv, serie 5^, 2° sera., pt. 11, 3rd 

 December 1916, pp. 424-427, 1 fig. 



This paper describes Dacus oleae var. asiatica nov. collected by 

 Mr. T. B. Fletcher from Oka (?) cuspidata at Cherat, and its 

 parasite, Opius ponerophagus, sp. n., which is allied to 0. concolor, 

 Szepl., and 0. dacicida, Silv. 



[* Mr. J. H. Diirrant informs us that the synonomy of this moth is 

 as follows: — Borkhausenia minutella, L. (1758), = Tinea mays, Geoffr. 

 (1762), = T. zeaella, Vill. (1789). It is very doubtftd whether it is of 

 any economic importance. — Ed.] 



[fThe identity of this insect is very doubtful. It is possibly a 

 Hymenopteron. — Ed.] 



