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by Spermophagus subfasciahis {rm(sculus), ^A^hich is peculiar to 

 South America and has only once been met with in Europe (Paris), 

 where it did not increase. Experiments in the disinfection of seed 

 and storehouses showed that fumigation of the seed with 50 gm. of 

 carbon-bisulphide or about 50 cc. of carbon tetrachloride ( = 81-54 gm.) 

 or 0*5 gm. of potassium cyanide, for 48 hours on each cwt. of dried 

 beans, caused certain death to adult insects in the seeds. Germination 

 of the seeds is more affected by the bisulphide than by the tetrachloride 

 and is not affected at all by potassium cyanide. Storehouses can 

 be satisfactorily disinfected by spraying with a tar-oil emulsion. 

 Tests showed that at a temperature of 54° to 59° F. the adults of 

 both species are destroyed by the use of certain proprietory brands 

 of any of the following substances : — creoline, 7 parts ; creselion, 

 6 parts ; cresosol, 5 parts ; or lysol, 4 parts,, to 100 parts water. 



The Campaign against the Codling Moth {Carpocapsa pomoneUa) in 

 Cyprus, in 1917. — Mihhj. Bull. Agric. Intell. & PL Dis., Rome, ix, 

 no. 5, May 1918, p. 640. (Abstract from Cyprus Agric. Jl., 

 Nicosia, xiii, no. 1, 1918, p. 13.) [Received 9th July 1918.] 



By a Government Order of 25th April 1917, a campaign has been 

 instituted in Cyprus against Cydia {Carpocajjsa) poynonella (codling 

 moth) infesting apple, pear, quince and walnut trees. The measures 

 adopted are lime-dressing, daily collection and destruction of fallen 

 fruit, and bandaging the trunks with grass or cloth bands. The 

 grass bands, however, have not proved successful. Some 80,000 

 trees were lime-dressed. 



D'Abreu (E. a.). The Food of Birds in the Central Provinces. — 

 Records Nagpur Museum, Nagpur, no. 2, 1918. [Received 

 9th July 1918.] 



This paper contains a record of the stomach contents of GOO birds 

 shot in the Central Provinces, India, many of the insects found being of 

 economic importance. 



Dubois (P.). La Protection des Cultures centre les Parasites d'Importa- 



tion. [The Protection of Crops against Imported Pests.] - Vie 

 Agricole et Rur., Paris, viii, no, 27, 6th July 1918, pp. 17 & 18. 



This paper reviews the subject of the importation of insect pests 

 as it affects various countries, and urges the necessity for thorough 

 fumigation of all horticultura' consignments at the time of their 

 exportation or importation. 



DE Seabra (A. F.) & Vayssiere (P.). Les Coccides de I'lle de San 

 Thome (Hem.). [The Coccids of the Island of San Thome.] 

 — Btdl. Svc. Entom. de France, Paris, 1918, no. 10, 22nd May 

 1918, pp. 162-164. 



Particulars are given of the Coccids found in the Island of San 

 Thome, which is one of the richest agricultural colonies of Portugal, 

 with a view to precautions being taken against the introduction 

 of any of these pests into French possess'ons in Afr ca. ' 



