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{Ewpithecia) rectangulata, L., seemed to point to this Geometrid as 

 the cause of injury to banded trees. As the females can fly, either 

 Paris green or lead arsenate should be used against it. Asparagus 

 ])himosus was injured by Acidalia bisetata, Hiifn., which has never 

 before been reported as injuring cultivated plants. 



Diptera. Adult larvae of Psila rosae, F., injured caraway plants 

 at the end of February and early in March, two-year-old plants in one 

 district being so damaged that most of them had to be ploughed under ; 

 one-year-old plants were said to be unaffected. Caraway is only 

 harvested once and the crop is a two-year one if planted among peas, 

 beans or spinach, and a three-year one among flax or clover. The 

 less frequent cultivation of caraway would therefore be an efficient 

 control if uniformly practised in entire districts. French and other 

 beans were injured by Chortophila cilicrura, Rond. The larvae of 

 Eimierus strigatus, F. (Iwiulatus, Meig.) occurred in narcissus bulbs 

 and sometimes also infest onions and shalots. In a district where 

 gherkins are cultivated a pest new to the locality appeared and proved 

 to be the larva of a species of Sciara. Of various insecticides tested, 

 benzine, 5 to 7 cc. per plant, appeared to be the most effective. The 

 benzine is poured into a hole made by thrusting a stick in a slanting 

 direction beneath the plant. 



Coleoptera. Strawberries ' were attacked by a beetle, probably 

 Harpalus mficornis, F. Cercyon analis, Payk., was reported as 

 occurring abundantly on cucumbers, the plants being gnawed at the 

 collar. A one per thousand solution of Paris green appeared to be 

 effective against it. The larvae of Lema cyanella, L., were present 

 in large nmnbers on oats, skeletonising the leaves longitudinally. 

 A field of rye had to be ploughed up owing to infestation by a beetle, 

 believed to be Phyllotreki vittula, Redt. Young asparagus suffered 

 severely from attacks of Cneorhinus plagiatus, Schall. {getninatus, F.). 

 Spraying with 0*5 per cent, lead arsenate proved a complete control 

 both for this beetle and Stropliosomus curvipes, Thoms., on the same 

 plants. Climbing roses were seriously damaged by S. rvfipes, Steph., 

 and>S. capitatus, de C, which curiously enough did no injury to bush 

 roses, though numbers were growing close by. The larvae of Otiorrhyn- 

 chus sulcatus, L., did considerable injury to strawberries. Against 

 Phylhhius calcaratus, F., on pear trees a 0'5 per cent, lead arsenate 

 spray checked defoliation and in 1915 no more beetles were noticed. 



Hymenoptera. The Chalcid, Isosoma (Eurytoma) orchidearum, 

 Westw., occurred on Cattleya. The simplest and best control is the 

 removal and burning of the infested shoots and bulbs of these orchids. 

 Rhynchota. Lygus pabulinus, L., did much damage to guelder- 

 roses ; dusting with American insect powder proved satisfactory. 

 Comparative tests with carbolineum 1 per cent, and California mixture, 

 1 part 20° Be. to 3 parts water, against Lepidosaphes ulmi, L., and 

 Aspidiotus ostreaeformis, Curt., showed the California mixture solution 

 to be superior. 



Acarina. Bryohia ribis, Thom., occurred on gooseberry, Eriophyes 

 pyri, Nal., on pear, and E. ribis, Nal, on blackberry, while Tetramjchus 

 spp. infested various plants. Taxus baccata was attacked by 

 E. psilaspis, Nal. ; the collection and burning of infested buds is the 

 only measure promising success, though, where only a very few plants 

 are attacked, it is best to remove them bodily. 



