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Conorrhynchus (Cleonus) mendicus, only Beauveria glohulifera occurs 

 on this insect in the beet-fields of the Herault, where the author has 

 noticed it only on the subterranean nymphs, though, according to 

 Danysz and Wize, the adults alone are subject to the attack of this 

 fungus. The author found it easy to infect adults, larvae and nymphs 

 by inoculation with the conidia. Death was also easily caused by 

 simply projecting the spores on the integument, though in this case 

 it was necessary to keep the insect in a slightly damp atmosphere. 

 B. glohulifera may therefore be tried as successfully as Entomophthom 

 anisopliae, both species being capable of infesting the subterranean 

 stages. Attempts to control the larvae with carbon bisulphide are 

 not recommended, as the clay soil in which beets grow in the Herault,. 

 is unfavourable to fumigation. Control should be directed against the 

 adult, and mechanical methods, though more costly than insecticides,, 

 seem the more efficient. Hibernating adults may be killed by harrow- 

 ing in winter to a depth of about 8 inches, so as to expose them to the- 

 weather. Collection in spring is still more important, and trained men 

 should go carefully over the gromid, turning up clods in order to secure 

 the beetles sheltering beneath them. This must be repeated until the- 

 beets are large enough to protect themselves from attack. 



Masi (L.). Calcididi del Giglio, Prima serie. Materiali per una Fauna 

 deir Arcipelago Toscano, XI. [Materials for a fauna of the Tuscan 

 Archipelago.] — Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di 

 Genova, Genoa, Serie 3., Vol VII (XLVII), 17th February 1916, 

 pp. 1-66, 14 figs., 1 plate. [Received 10th May 1916.] 



This, the first instalment of a paper on the Chalcid fauna of the- 

 Island of Giglio, deals A^dth the Toryminae, Leucospidinae, Chal- 

 CIDINAE, and part of the Eurytominae. Records of 46 species are 

 given, in most cases with valuable notes on the synonymy, morphology,, 

 host relation, parasitic status, etc. Three new genera are erected : 

 Idarnotorymus, Didactyliocerus, Belaspidia, and seven new species. 

 There is a full discussion under Chalcis intermedia, Nees, of the species- 

 (referred to as C. flavipes, Panz., by Howard and Fiske, U.S. Dept. of 

 Agric, Bur. of Ent., Bull. No. 91) introduced into the United States 

 to control Lymantria (Porthetria) dispar, of which it is a primary 

 parasite. It also attacks Zygaena filipendidae and Z. transsylvanica. 

 Chalcis fonscolomhei, Duf., is a parasite of Sarcophaga, Lucilia and 

 Musca and has also been reared at Portici from Hyponomeuta malinellus,. 

 being probably in this case a hyperparasite through some Dipteron. 



De Stefani (T.). L'Aspidiotvs hederae swgli olivi in Sicilia. [Aspidi- 

 ofus hederae on olives in Sicily.] — Minerva Agraria, Milati, viii, 

 (ii of series ii), nos. 7-8, 15th-30th April 1916, pp. 92-93. 

 [Abstract from La ViticoUura Moderna, no. 6-7, January 1916.] 



The few ohves growing in a vineyard near Palermo, which were- 

 slightly infested with Aspidiotus hederae in 1914, have now become 

 very seriously attacked. Properly timed applications of Ume-sulphur 

 should be effective against this pest. In Sicily, A. hederae is commort 

 on vines, but very rare on olives. 



