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Broca da Madeira morta das Arvores fructiferas. [A Borer in the 

 dead wood of Fruit Trees.]— CAacaras e Qumtaes, Rio de Janeiro, 

 XV, no. 1, 15th January 1917, p. 40. 



Specimens of the Cerambycid, Dorcacerus barbatus, Oliv., are recorded 

 from orange trees at Kio de Janeiro. Though dead wood is preferably 

 attacked, which points to the removal of dead twigs, etc., as a control 

 measure, the injury done by this borer is not confined to it. 



Insectos nocivos ds Laranjeiras. [Insect Pests of Orange Trees.] — 

 Chacaras e Quintaes, Rio de Janeiro, xv, no. 1, 15th January 

 1917, p. 41. 



The Lamellicorn, Cyclocephala sayiguinicoUis, Burm., is said to feed 

 on the roots of orange trees in Brazil. An Erotylid, Morphoides 

 (Barytapus) abdominalis, Oliv., lives under the bark of these and other 

 trees, and the Chrysomelid, Colaspis jyrunosa, Lef . , feeds on the flowers. 



LEGISLATION. 



The Insect Pest and Quarantine Ordinance, No. 5 of 1901. — Extract 

 from Ceylon Government Gazette, Colombo, no. 6839, 5th December 

 1916, 1 p. [Received 7th April 1917.] 



The regulations made under the Insect Pest and Quarantine Ordi- 

 nance, dated 16th October 1914, are revoked and others substituted. 

 Regulation (1) defines the terms infested area and plantation. Regula- 

 tion (2) requires that the superintendent or person in charge of any 

 plantation not declared an infested area, upon which shot-hole borer 

 [Xyleborus fornicatus] is present, shall report immediately in writing 

 its presence to the Director of Agriculture. Regulation (3) authorises 

 the Director of Agriculture, when satisfied of the presence of this pest 

 of tea in any plantation, to declare the plantation or the Chief Head- 

 man's division of the revenue district or any part thereof an infested 

 area. Regulation (4) provides for the release of any infested area as 

 soon as the Director of Agriculture is satisfied that such area is no 

 longer infested. Regulation (5) authorises the Director of Agriculture 

 to enter any estate or garden at any reasonable time to ascertain whether 

 shot-hole borer is present. The two remaining regulations deal 

 with the conditions under which tea j^lants or parts of plants, other 

 than leaf for manufacture or tea-seed, may be removed from infested 

 areas. 



The Insect Pest and Quarantine Order, No. 5 of 1901. — Extract from 

 Ceylon Government Gazette, Colombo, no. 6847, 12th January 1917 . 

 [Received 7th April 1917.] 



This extract contains a list of the estates that have been declared 

 infested areas owing to the presence of shot-hole borer [Xyleborus 

 fornicatus], under the regulations given above. A further extract, 

 dated 2nd February 1917, adds two more estates to this list. 



