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Ardis bipunctata, Klg. ; Eriocampoides limacina, L. (Selandria 

 adumbrata, Klug) on cherries ; Neurotoma flaviventris, Ritz. ; Lyda 

 dypeata, Kl., on pears; Hylotoma rosarum, F. ; Pteronus (Nematus) 

 ribesii, Scop., on currants and gooseberries ; and Lophyrus pini, L. 



Miscellaneous pests included : — Aphis gossypii, Glov., on cucumbers, 

 melons, etc. ; Aphis brassicae, L. ; Siphonophora scabiosae, Buckt., 

 on tobacco ; Acyrthosiphon pisi, Kalt., on clover, lucerne, peas, 

 vetches ; Plutella maculijiennis, Curt, (cruciferariwi, Zell.), on rape 

 and cabbage ; Cydia (Grapholitha) dorsana, F., on peas ; Phlyctaenodes 

 (Loxostege) sticticalis, L. ; Homoeosoma nebulella, Hb., on sunflowers ; 

 Pieris brassicae, L. ; P. rapae, L. ; P. napi, L. ; Barathra {Mamestra) 

 brassicae, L. ; Euxoa segetum, Schiff., on fodder- and sugar-beet, etc. ; 

 Meligethes aeneus, F., which occurs wherever rape and similar oil- 

 bearing plants are grown ; Agriotes lineatus, L., and Athous niger, L., 

 on beet, rape, tobacco, etc. ; Aphthona euphorbiae, Schr., on Unseed ; 

 Phyllotreta atra, F. ; P. nemorum, L. ; Psylliodes attenuata, Koch, 

 on hemp ; Chaetocnejna concinna, Chevr., and Cassida nebulosa, L., 

 on beet ; Bruchus pisorum, L. ; Bothynoderes (Cleonus) punctiventris, 

 Germ. ; Tanymecus palliatus, F., on sunflowers ; Sitones lineatus, L. ; 

 Ceuthorrhynchus 7nacula-alba, Hbst. ; Lethrus ap)terus, Laxm. ; 

 Chortophila {Anthomyia) brassicae, Bch. ; Hylemyia antiqua, Meig. ; 

 and Athalia colibri, Christ {spinarum, F.), on rape and mustard, the 

 larvae being attacked in some cases by an unknown fungus or bacterial 

 disease. 



Pliginsky (V. G.). H{MiOTHbifl, BpeAMBmlfl c.-x. KynbiypaM-b bt. 

 KypCKOM ry6epHiM bt* 1915 r. [Animals injurious to cultivated 

 crops in the govt, of Kursk in 1915.] — « KypCKOe fySepHCKOe 

 Scmctbo. dHTOMOJIorMHeCKOe EK)po.)> [The Entomological Bureau 

 of the Zemsivo of the govt, of Kursk], Kursk, 1916, 20 pp., 10 figs. 



The following is a hst of the pests observed : — Arachnoidea : 

 Tyroglyphus farinae, Koch, in buckwheat meal ; Eriophyes tiliae, 

 Pagnst., on leaves of lime trees ; E. ribis, Nal., on black currants ; 

 E. pyri, Pagnst., on pears, and rarely on apples ; E. pyri var. variolata, 

 Nal., on service trees ; E. 7nacrocJielus, Nal., and E. macrorhynchus, 

 Nal., on maples; E. padi, Nal., on plums, having evidently been 

 imported; Phyllocoptes schlechtendali, Nal., on apples; P, gynmaspis, 

 Nal., on maples. 



Orthoptera :■ — Locusta (Pachytylus) migratoria, L. ; Gryllotalpa 

 gryllotalpa, L. Rhynchota : — Eurygaster integriceps, Osh. ; Tingis 

 pyri, F. ; Eupteryx stellidata, Burm., which is found on maple, but 

 may also occur on apple ; Typhlocyba rosae, L. ; Psylla mali, Schm. ; 

 Pemphigus spirothecae, Licht., on poplars ; Tetraneura ulmi, Deg., on 

 elms, migrating in the middle of the summer to roots of grasses ; 

 Eriosoma (Schizoneura) ulmi, Deg. ; Chaetophorus aceris, on maples ; 

 Siphonophora rosae, L. ; Rhopalosiphum ribis, Buckt., on currants, 

 this species being heavily parasitised ; Hyalopterus arundinis, L. 

 {pruni, F.), on plums; Myzus cerasi, F., on cherries; Aphii pomi, 

 Deg., which was kept in check by Syrphids and by Cocdnella 1 -punctata, 

 L., and Adalia bipunctata, L. ; A. pyri, Koch, A. runiicis, L. (papaveris, 

 F.), and A. brassicae, L. ; Aspidiotus ostreaeformis. Curt., on plums ; and 

 Lepidosaphes idmi {Mytilaspis pomorum) present in large numbers on 

 old apple and pear trees. 



