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V-v (I.). PocciMCKoe 06mecTBo ^tnienm no npMKnaflHOM shtomo- 

 norJM. [The Russian Society of Economic Entomologists.] — 

 « WwHO-PyccKafl CenbCKO - XoanMCTBeHHan ra3eTa.» [South 

 Russian Agricultural Gazelle], Charkov, xvii, no. 47, 23rd 

 December 1915, pp. 9-19. 



This is a short report on the inaugural meeting of the Russian 

 Society of Economic Entomologists, which took place in Kiev on 

 4th December, 1915 [see this Review, A, iii, p. 245]. Professor V. P. 

 Pospielov was elected president, and Professors I. N. Wagner and I. V. 

 Emelianov, vice-presidents, the council of the Society also including 

 A. G, Lebedev, S. A. Mocrzecki and V. Y. Dobrovliansky, the secretary. 

 It was resolved to publish an organ under the title '" Journal of Applied 

 Entomology," the joint-editors of which are to be A. G. Lebedev, 

 I. V. Emelianov and V. Y. Dobrovlianskv. 



D. Y. CoBtiLiaHie no eonpocy o6ii oSeaneneHiii sanacoe-b sepHa 

 M MyKM oTb sapaHieHifl aM^apHbiMii AO/iroHOCMKOM'b ii ^pyriiMM 

 BpeAHTenflMM. [Conference as to the means of protecting stores 

 of grain and flour against infestation by Calandra granaria and 

 other pests.] — « X03flHCTB0.» [Hmbandry], Kiev, x, nos. 47-48, 

 24th December 1915, pp. 1093-1095. 



The papers read and discussed at this conference are only shortly 

 referred to. One by Professor M. Yassiliev recorded the rearing from 

 grain infested with Calandra granaria of a parasite of the latter, 

 Lariophagus {Pteromalus) dislinguendus, Forst. In another paper, 

 the same author recommended poisoning this weevil by placing cups 

 containing a solution of barium chloride in infected stores. In a paper 

 by E. Y. Zvierezomb-Zubrovsky, it was pointed out that many pests 

 of grain live underneath the floors of the stores. 



The conference decided (1) that it is necessary to organise the 

 manufacture of carbon-bisulphide in Russia, (2) that the Russian 

 Society of Economic Entomologists be invited to inquire into the 

 question of the admissible maximum percentage of infection of grain, 

 and (3) of the best methods of disinfecting stores, (4) that sacks of 

 infested grain must be disinfected before further use, and (5) that 

 railway warehouses should not be used for storing grain for the Army 

 until they have been approved by expert entomologists. 



SoKOLov (N.). floctiuaeTCfl jim aKOHiiT-b nactKOMbiMH ? [Is the 

 plant aconite visited by insects?] — «nporpecct1BHOe CaflO- 

 BOflCTBO M OropOAHHMeCTBO.» [Progressive Fruit-growing and 

 Market-gardening'], Petrograd, xii, no. 51, 2nd January 1916, 

 p. 1347. 



The author disagrees with the statement by Gomilevsky [see this 

 Review, Series A, iv., p. 58] that Aconitum napellus is never visited by 

 insects, as he has observed a Lepidopterous caterpillar feeding on this 

 plant. The flowers are also visited by bumble bees, which are greatly 

 attracted by them, and though they become intoxicated by so doing, 

 do not appear to be permanently affected. 



