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Kampala, subject to his discretion, and must be conveyed to, and 

 removed from the place of fumigation by the importer. Importers 

 should accordingly make arrangements, when necessary, with an agent 

 for clearance through the Customs, delivery to and removal from the 

 fumigation place. In the case of plants arriving by post, the Post 

 Office Authorities, Kampala, deliver the parcel to the Government 

 Entomologist, who, after treatment, will forward it to the addressee 

 without extra postal charge. The only port of entry for plants is 

 Port Bell and the only place of entry is Kampala. The importation 

 of cotton seed, coffee plants and seed (other than roasted beans and 

 ground coffee) or of plants from Ceylon is prohibited, without the 

 written consent, previously obtained, of the Governor. No other 

 restrictions are at present in force as regards the importation of other 

 plants and no permission is needed for their importation. 



RuHMAN (M.). Insect Notes from the Okanagan in 1914. — 

 Proc. Entotn. Soc, British Columbm, Victoria, no. 7, July 1915, 

 pp. 7-11. [Received 19th November 1915.] 



The following insect pests occurred generally throughout the 

 •Okanagan Valley : — Lygus pratensis (tarnished plant-bug) on fruit 

 buds ; Eriophyes jyyri (pear-leaf blister-mite) on pears ; Eriosoma 

 ianigerum (woolly aphis) ; Aphis pomi (mali) (green apple aphis) ; 

 Tetranychus bimaculatus (red spider) on prunes ; Lepidosaphes ulmi 

 (oyster-shell scale) particularly prevalent in low-lying moist places 

 on uncleared land ; Aphis brassicae (cabbage aphis) on cabbage and 

 turnip ; Pieris {Pontki) rapae (cabbage-worm) common everywhere ; 

 Srhizura concinna (red-humped apple worm) ; Myzus cerasi (black 

 cherry aphis) ; Myzus ribis (currant aphis) ; Epitrix subcrinata on 

 tomatoes and potatoes ; Hyloicus drupiferarum (plum sphinx) ; 

 {Jacoecia (Archips) cerasivorana (cherry tree tortrix) on choke-berries ; 

 Cacoecia {Archips) argyrospila (fruit-tree leaf-roller) ; the Elaterids, 

 (Jorymbites inflatus and CardiopJiorus fenestratus on buds and leaves 

 ■of young apple trees ; Chermes on ornamental spruce trees ; Empoosca 

 mali (apple-leaf hopper) ; Malacosoma pluvialis (tent-caterpillar) ; 

 Eriocampoides limadna (pear-slug) ; Enarmonia prunivora (lesser 

 -apple-worm) ; Hyphantri^i cunea (fall web-worm) on apples ; Otio- 

 rrhynchus ovatus (strawberry-root weevil) ; Typhlocyba rosae (rose leaf- 

 hopper) on wild and cultivated roses ; Thrips tabaci (onion thrips) ; 

 Phytometra {Plusia) californica on lettuces, lucerne and garden vege- 

 tables ; Cydia (Carpocapsa) pomella (codling moth) ; Taxonus 

 nigrosoma (apple sawfly) ; Hyalopterus arundinis (prune aphis) ; 

 Aegeria tipidiformis (imported currant borer) ; Aspidiotiis ostreae- 

 formis ; Aphis sorbi (the rosy apple aphis) ; Epochra canadensis 

 (currant fruit-fly) ; Hylemyia antiqua {Pegomia ceparmn) (onion- 

 maggot) ; Plutella macidipeymis (diamond-back moth) ; Pajxiipema 

 iiebris {nitela) (stalk-borer) ; Anthrenus scrophnkiriae (carpet-beetle) ; 

 Eucosmu {Tmefocera) ocellana (bud moth) ; the weevils Cercopeus 

 urtemiseae and Mimetes setidosus on the buds and opening leaves of 

 apple trees ; the Buprestid, Dicerca divaricafa (flat-headed cherry- 

 tree borer) ; Aegeria {Sanninoidea) exitiosa (peach-borer) and Anarsia 

 lineatella (peach- twig borer). 



