161 



€MtTbi MHHMCTepcTBa 3eMnefltnifl Ha 1916 roA'b. [Estimates of the 

 Ministry of Agriculture for 1910.]— « MSBtCTifl MHHMCiepCTBa 

 3eMnefltJlifl.» [Bulletins of the Ministry of Agriculture], 

 Pelrograd, nos. 38 & 41-47, 3rd October, 24th October— 5th 

 December 1915, pp. 940-944, 1000-1004, 1034-1039, 1057-1061, 

 1078-1079, 1100-1103, 1134-1138 & 1152. 



The various scientific agricultural organisations in Russia have 

 increased from 78 in 1907 to 238 in 1914, and the number of agricultural 

 courses held and lectures given from 59 and 3,750 in 1908 to 1,657 

 and 43,763 in 1914. The current estimates include an assignment of 

 -about £640,000 for agricultural education and about £415,000 

 for the maintenance of various agricultural scientific and research 

 •organisations, one-half of this sum being grants in aid of the cost borne 

 by local authorities. The control of pests is responsible for an estimate 

 •of about £10,400, in aid of the work done by local authorities, while 

 the maintenance of the Scientific Committee of the Ministrv will cost 

 about £35,600. 



ScHREiBER (A. F.). cpeACToaxTj nnn OTnyrMeaHin HactKOMbixi*. 



[Deterrents to insects.] — -« CaAOBOA'b.» [Horticulturist], Rostov- 

 on-Don, XV, no. 1, January 1916, pp. 50-51. [Received 1st March 

 1916.] 



The author refers to the remedy against house-moths suggested by 

 l!»f. Ossipov [see this Review, Ser. A, iv, p. 60] and gives instances 

 showing that some insects are deterred by certain odours. Thus, 

 Pieris brassicae, L., never oviposits on cabbages surrounded by 

 tomatoes, and Pristiphora pallipes, Lep., never oviposits on the leaves 

 of black currants. The flowers of Lonicera (honeysuckle) are never 

 visited by butterflies, though they are attractive to moths. The 

 flowers of service trees, Sambucus and Sjnraea are never visited by 

 Lepidoptera, but are frequented by Coleoptera. He considers that 

 these facts indicate that the question is of importance and that further 

 research in this direction is necessary. 



OTMeiTj KypcaxT. Ann noAroTOBKM TexHMHecKaro nepcoHana no 



6opb6t Cl» CapaHHeBbIMM H rpwayhaMM. [Report on preparatory 

 courses for the technical staff for the control of locusts and 

 rodents.] — « MsBtcTifl MocKOBCKaro 3HTOMonorMHecKaro 

 06ll^eCTBa.» [Bulletins of the Moscow Entomological Society], 

 Moscow, i, 28th November 1915, pp. xxxvii-xH. [Received 2nd 

 March 1916.] 



The necessity of courses for the preparation of a skilled staff for the 

 control of insects generally and locusts in particular was urged at a 

 Conference of Entomologists in Charkov in 1914 [see this Review, 

 Ser. A, iii, p. 67]. The organisation of these courses was undertaken 

 by the Moscow Society. They were held during March 1915, the total 

 number of students being about 150 ; the cost amounted to about 

 £90, the accommodation for the courses and the necessary equipment 

 and materials being provided free by the Moscow Agricultural Institute. 



