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was reported. In some departments the larvae of Chehnalohia bnmmUt 

 and of Ok'threiitcs [Pevtliina) rariefiana and 0. (P.) priiniana defoliated 

 fruit trees, chovrios sutTorinii very seriously. 



Apples were attacked by ( ^lieinialobia bnnnata and by ( \i/dia pofnouelhi 

 {Carpimipsa ponumana), while Contarinia {Diplosis) pi/ricom did serious 

 damage to pears in certain western Departments. In nearly all th(^ 

 apple-gro^^^ng areas Eriosoma laiiiffcnnn was specially ab\indant. In 

 the Cote d'Or. raspberries were severely attacktvl by ^liitJioiumixs riibi. 

 which destroyed the young shoots iu large numbers. 



Among vineyard pests, Poli/cJinxsis bolntHd has been discovered lor 

 the first time in Champagne. Ii\ Burgundy and the Beaujolais both 

 P. botrami and Ch/sia anibigucUa were less abundant than in 1913 ; 

 the first generation of larvae however did serious damage. In the 

 valley of tlie Loire, the great quantity of pupae found under the bark 

 in winter caused anxiety, as did also the great number of moths in 

 spring, but the vintage, despite damage by the first generation oi larvae, 

 chiefly in the white wine producing areas, was not unsatisfactory. 

 The methods en\ployed for control are briefly referred to. In the 

 Aude Sjxtrganothifi {Oenophthira) piUcriana was widely spread and the 

 liot water treatment has proved successful in the Pyrenees-Orientales, 

 Tliis pest is increasing in the south-west in localities where a few years 

 ago it hardly existed. In Champagne and Beaujolais, hot Avater 

 treatment of the vine stakes has sensibly diminished the numbers of 

 this Pyralid. Some growers in the Rhone are inclined to replace the hot 

 water treatment in winter by arsenicals in spring, as being very nnich 

 cheaper. The larvae of Aivlia{CIi('loiii<i) caja were specially numerous 

 in spring iu the tJard and hand collection had to be resorted to. The 

 belief of many vineyard owners that Hallica anipcJophaga would dis- 

 appear or be greatly diminished after a hard winter was found to be 

 erroneous in the Departments of the Rhone, Loire and 8a6ne-et- Loire, 

 where this flea-beetle appeared in thousands in spring. In those 

 areas where cupro-arsenical sprays are in general use the damage by 

 H. ampelophiuja is notably diminished. The larvae of Vcsperus 

 aaJarli were fully controlled in the Var by sulphnration of the soil. 

 A few centres of Malacosohia lusilanica were discovered in the Cironde. 

 Phylloxera has made progress in Champagne and infected areas were 

 discovered all over the vineyards of the Marne. In the He d'Oleron a 

 company, formed for the purpose, collected 2 cwt. of OiiorrJn/ncJnis 

 »itlc(i(iis between 15th May and 1st July 191-4. 



Nui'series of forest trees and young ]ilantatious have suffered so 

 severely from the attack of Rlii/acioiia {Erelria) bcoliaiKi that export 

 to the U.S.A. has been interfered with in consequence of the protective 

 measures established there. Limes in many districts were severely 

 injured by Telmnychns ielarius. The fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, was 

 found in the Herault and also in the Pyrenees-Orientales ; this fly has 

 probably been present for a long time in the south and has only just 

 begun to be noticed as a pest. Careful search for AuJacaspis pentagona 

 failed to reveal it, even near Grasse, where large plantations occur of 

 jasmine on Italian stocks and it might have been expected. Car- 

 nations grown for market in the Alpes-Maritimes have suftered seriously 

 from the attack of Tmirix jironnbana. A serious invasion of Callip- 

 tamvs (Calaptenvs) italicus is recorded in South Corsica. Outbreaks 

 of grasshoppers in the Gard and Bouches-du- Rhone were easily 

 controlled by sprays of heavy oil or by fire. 



