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In some parts of Astrachan Polychrosis (Eudemis) hotrana and Eriophyes 

 (Phytoptus) vitis occurred, but were controlled with lead arsenate. 

 Other records included :• — Stavropol, Melolontha, Clysia ambiguella, 

 Oliorrhynchis and Eriophyes ; from Kuban, Procris {I no) ampelo- 

 pJiaga, which was controlled by handpicking, and Eriophyes, which 

 chiefly attacks the Kisling variety of grape ; from Tchernomorsk 

 (Black Sea), Procris and Otiorrhynchus, which were controlled by hand- 

 picking and spraying with barium chloride ; from Tiflis, Procris, 

 Polyphylla fullo, Eriophyes, Phylloxera, Polychrosis hotrana, Rhyn- 

 chites betulae, Cecidomyia sp., Clysia ambiguella and two species of 

 Noctuids ; from Dagestan, Melolontha. 



Vassiliev (Eugcn). Ottj SHTomonorMHecKaro OifltneHifl Shtokio- 



nOFMHeCKOM CiaHUiM B. 0. C Bt M. Cwtjlt. [l^rom the Entomo- 

 logical Branch of the Entomological Station of the All Russian 

 Society of Sugar Refiners in Smiela.] — « BliCTHMKlj CaxapHOM 

 npOMblluneHHOCTM.» [Herald of the Sugar Industry], Kiev, no. 23, 

 18th June 1916, pp. 597-598. 



A number of pests of sugar-beet were recorded during the first half 

 of June. In the southern parts of Kiev and in Poltava and Charkov 

 large numbers of Phlyclaenodes sticticalis were on the wing and a serious 

 outbreak of the caterpillars is to be expected. In some localities the 

 moths were caught on cloth sheets smeared with molasses and fixed to 

 a long pole on wheels. They are also captured in troughs filled with 

 fermenting molasses, particularly when these are situated near the 

 ground, as the insects fly close to the soil. The author's view that the 

 appearance of the adults of P. sticticalis coincides with the blossoming 

 of Robinia is said to be confirmed. Several species of Noctuids, 

 particularly Feltia exclamationis, were also caught in these troughs, as 

 well as Elaterid beetles. 



rioiioweHie o nocTOAHHbix'b seMCKHxii opraHMsauiflxii (Btopo) no 

 6opb6t cb BpeAMTenflMM h SontsHflMM cenbCKo-xo3flKCTBeHHbixi> 

 pacreHJil SaKaoKaSbfl. [Regulations for the permanent local 

 district-organisations (Bureaus) for the control of pests and 

 diseases of crops in Transcaucasia.] Sine loco. {Tiflis ?), 29th 

 March 1916, 16 pp. 



These regulations were approved by the Vice-regal Council of 

 Caucasia and sanctioned by the Viceroy on the 29th March 1916? 

 They provide for the establishment of Bureaus in Baku, Elisavetpol, 

 Tiflis and Kutais, other Bureaus to be opened if and as required. 

 Their work includes the organisation and conduct of campaigns against 

 pests and diseases of crops, the distribution of information to the 

 public and the staff of the local agricultural societies by means of 

 lectures, classes, travelling museums, etc. ; assisting them in obtaining 

 apparatus and material necessary for the control of pests, by establish- 

 ing hiring stations, etc. ; the collection of data relating to pests and 

 diseases and the framing of bye-laws for their control. Yearly con- 

 ferences of the members of the stations with the stafis of the local 

 agricultural societies are provided for, timed in such a way that the 



