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result obtained was incomplete, and more or less serious damage was 

 done in some localities. In one instance the locusts attacked a young 

 infant, eating the flesh from its fingers. The preliminary investiga- 

 tions in the autumn suggested that some 67,500 acres were again 

 infested wdth egg-clusters in the district, but it is considered that this 

 figure is probably exaggerated. 



DvoKNiTCHENKo (M.). Bpapib y BopoTTj ! K"b HOBOM capaHHesoM 

 KaMnaHJH. [The Enemy at the Gates! The new Locust 

 Campaign.] « TypKeciaHCHOe CeJlbCKoe X03flMCTB0.» [Agricul- 

 ture of Tvrkestan'], Tashkent, xi, no. 11-12, November-December 

 1916, pp. 919-931. [Received 10th April 1917.] 



In an outbreak of locusts in the Starvation Desert in 1916, the 

 principal species represented was Dociostaurus {Stauronotus) maroc- 

 canus, though a number of other species were also present, including 

 Orthacanthacris (Acridium) aegyptius, \j.,Oedaleus nigrofasciatus,DeG., 

 Dociostaurus {Stauronotus) kraussi, Ingen., Calliptamus italicus, L., 

 and others. The chief damage was done to lucerne fields and in the 

 presence of this crop the locusts, especially D. maroccanus, did not 

 touch cotton. They also devoured castor-oil seedlings, though not the 

 older plants, and it was stated that the locusts perished, but this 

 was not definitely proved to be the case. 



JujuKix (A.). HywHO oxpaHfiTb (jjasaHaoTii MCipeSneHifl. [Pheasants 

 must be protected from Destruction.] ccJypKeCTaHCKOe CeJlb- 

 CKOe Xo3flMCTBO.» [Agriculture of Turkestan], Tashkent, xii, 

 no. 11-12, November-December 1916, pp. 931-935. 



The protection of pheasants from extermination by creating sanctu- 

 aries for them in the forests is advocated on the ground that these 

 birds are useful in destroying various noxious insect larvae in the soil. 



KrassiLSTCHIK (I. M.). 6opb5t Cb aM6apHblM"b flOnrOHOCMKOMTj. 



[On the Control of Calandra gr anuria, L.] Published by the 

 Bio-Entomological Station of the Zemstvo of Bessarabia. Kishinev, 

 1915, 20 pp. [Received 10th April 1917.] 



This is a short and popular account of Calandra granaria, L., and 

 its control. Special attention is drawn to the importance of the 

 influence of moisture and temperature on this weevil. The amount 

 of carbon bisulphide required for its destruction is about 1| lb. for 

 each 350 cubic feet, this proportion being harmless to the grain, whether 

 it is intended for food or seed ; a higher proportion, although not 

 affecting it as food, may reduce its germinating capacity from 5 to 8 

 per cent. Two other pests of grain, Tinea granella, F., and Sitotroga 

 cerealella, Oliv. , are also shortly dealt with. 



KrassiLSTCHIK (I. M.). 0T4eTi> o fltmenbHOCTii Bio-3HTOMonorM- 

 MeCKOM CiaHUiM aa I9I4-I9I5 r.r. [Report on the Work of the 

 Bio -Entomological Station for Bessarabia in 1914-1915.]— 

 Kishinev, 1916, 96 pp. 



This report supplements the one previously issued for 1914 [see 

 this Revietv, Ser. A, iii, p. 395]. The chief vine pests were Clysia 



