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caused extensive damage to lawns, golf-courses and strawberry 

 fields. Methods of controlling them as field and crop pests are 

 well established, but experiments are being made on soil disinfection 

 to prevent their damaging lawns and golf-courses. These experi- 

 ments consisted in making holes 3 in. deep and 12 in. apart and 

 pouring carbon bisulphide into them, the hole being closed by 

 pressure with the heel. The best results were obtained with about 

 I oz. carbon bisulphide to the square foot and no injury to the grass 

 was noticed. The rose-bug {Macrodacti/lus siihs'pinosus, F.) was 

 most destructive, the larva injuring lawns and the adult destroying 

 rose-bushes, apple trees, grape-vines, bush fruits and maize. After 

 many experiments with different insecticides, it was found that 

 perfect protection was obtained by spraying Avith self-boiled lime- 

 sulphur to which lead arsenate had been added at the rate of 2 lb. 

 to 50 U.S. gals. The potato flea-beetle (Epitrix cucimieris, Harr.) 

 was more abundant than ever, attacking both potatoes and tomatoes. 

 Spraying with a mixture of 1 lb. pyrethrum, ] oz. whale-oil soap and 

 10 U.S. gals, water was effective, and did not injure the plants, 

 but its cost was prohibitive. Spraying with soap and water alone 

 damaged the plants and killed very few beetles. The best pro- 

 tection was afforded by home-mixed 5-5-50 Bordeaux. 



The army- worm, Cirphis {Leucania) unipuncta, Harr., was prac- 

 tically absent, following a year of great abundance. The Angoumois 

 grain moth {Sitotroga cerealella, Oliv.) appeared in numbers for the 

 first time for several years, damaging maize and wheat stored in 

 heated buildings. To prevent this, the maize should be stored in a 

 new crib, or the old one and its surroundings should be thoroughly 

 freed from dust and grain accumulations and fumigated with carbon 

 bisulphide about 30 days before the new crop is to be stored. The 

 European pine-shoot moth, Rhyacionia {Evetria) buoliana, Schiff., 

 appeared in large numbers on nursery stock imported from Holland. 

 It is best controlled by pruning off infested buds in spring and 

 burning them. The presence of the European mole-cricket {Grijllo- 

 lalpa gryllotalpa, L.) was also reported. The ant, Tetramorium 

 cespilum, L., caused extensive damage to lawns and even penetrated 

 into houses, infesting sweet substances. A bait of syrup and tartar 

 emetic successfully repelled invasions in houses. The onion thrips 

 {Thrips tabaci, Lind.) seriously interfered with onion culture. The 

 cabbage maggot, Chortopkila (Phorhia) brassicae, Bch., appeared in 

 very large numbers and did much damage, probably owing to 

 relaxed measures of control in previous years. The garden web- 

 worm, Phlyclaenodes (Loxostege) similalis, Gn., appeared on lucerne 

 and was most destructive over a large area. It was however readily 

 destroyed by spraying with a solution of lead arsenate (3 lb. in 50 

 U.S. gals, water) using about 100 U.S. gals, to the acre. The 

 sawfly, Priophorus acericaulis, MacGill, a leaf-miner of maples, was 

 reported from two new localities and appeared to be on the increase. 

 The application of kerosene emulsion to the soil as the larvae 

 were entering it during the summer proved useless. The wheat- 

 head army- worm, Meliana (Leucania) albilinea, Hb., damaged 

 fields of timothy grass, but was comparatively scarce. Corthylus 

 punctatissimus, Zimm., the pitted ambrosia beetle, was reported on 

 rhododendrons, Kalmia latifolia and Azalea mollis. It also attacks 



