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'be allowed to develop an abundant top shade. Aralia guilfoi/lei 

 planted closely should afford a very effective screen. A definite system 

 of manurial treatment should be followed. The following routine is 

 suggested : — First year : pen manure ; second and fourth year : 

 mulch, leaves and bush ; third year : cotton-seed meal and basic 



Theobald (F, V.). Notes on New and Little Known British Aphides, 

 ii. — Entomologist, London, xlix, no. 639, August 1916, 

 f^ , pp. 182-185, 1 fig. 



The following species are described : — Sijjhocoryne alboapicalis, 

 sp. n., on Malva spp. in Kent ; Aphis plantaginis, Schrank, on Plantago 

 spp., JDaucus carota, Viola spp., Clirysanthemum leueanthemum, etc., 

 throughout England ; Brachycolus stellariae, Hardy, on Stellaria 

 holostea and S. graminea ; and Lachniella nigrotuherculata, Del Guer., 

 on Larix leptolassa, in Lancashire. 



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Harrison (J. W. H.). Coccidae and Aleyrodidae in Northumberland, 

 Durham, and North-East Yorkshire. — Entomologist, London, xYix, 

 no. 639, August 1916, pp. 172-174. 



The following species of Coccidae are recorded :—Aspidiotus 

 britannicus, Newst. ; Chionaspis salicis, L. ; Eriopeltisfestucae, Fons. ; 

 Asterolecanium variolosum, Ratz. ; Eulecanium {Lecaniuni) ciliatum, 

 Doug. ; Physohermes abietis, Geoff, j Dactylopvus hibernicus, Newst. ; 

 EnococcHsdevoniensis,GTee\i; Fonscolombiafraxini,Kalt, ; Ortheziola 

 vejdovskyi, Sulc. ; Orthezia cataphracta, Shaw; 0. urtiGae, L. ; 

 Newsteadia floccosa, De Geer. •„:a ..••. 



The species of Aleurodidae lecorded - Si'tS y-^Almirochiton aceris, 

 Geoff. ; Aleurodes lonicerae, Walk. ; A. proUtella, L. ; A. rubicola, 

 Dougl. ;.y4,,Jwi^5^*q^e,,.\J^a^^^^ vaj^or^riorumj 



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Khare (J. L.). A Longicorn Beetle (Cerambycid) Feeding on Orange 

 Trees. — Jl. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, Bombay, xxiv, no. 3, 

 ' 20th June 1916, pp. 610-612. [Received 3rd August 1916.] 



This Longicorn, Stromatium barbatum, F., has been recorded from 

 Assam, North-west India, Ceylon, Burmah, Mauritius, Madagascar, 

 etc., where it infests forest trees such as teak, Acacia catechu, Dendro- 

 calamus sirictu-s, mango, and bamboo. In the present instance, a 

 larva, believed to be that of S. barbatum, was taken from the hole 

 bored by the larva of a moth (Arbela) in the gi-een branch of an orange 

 tree. This species usually bores in the wood of dead trees. Adults 

 emerge in June and July, and the females oviposit in cracks in the 

 bark. The entire larval period and the pupal stage are passed inside 

 the tree. The minimum duration of the life-cycle is from 1| to 2 years. 

 It is recommended that old orange trees which are infested should 

 be removed and destroyed ; wounds and cracks in the bark should 

 be painted over with a mixture of beeswax, resin and hnseed oil. 



