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OsHAxiN (V.). yKaaarenb HMTepaiypbi, Heo6xoAMMOM npw onpent- 

 neHJM nonyH{eCTHOKpbmblXT». [Index ol: literature for the determi- 

 nation of Hemiptera.]— « Tpyflbi PyccKaro SHTOMonoFMHecKaro 



06lMeCTBa.» [Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae], Petrograd, 

 1916, xlii, no. 2, 106+vpp. 



This bibliography of the Rhynchota contains 1,184 entries, the 

 preface and the authors remarks being in French. 



PaOoTbi no 6opb6t ci3 BpeAMTennMM ntca bi^ 1915 r. no ntcHHMe- 

 CTBaMl} TaM60BCK0il ryOepHiM. [The control of pests of forests in 

 the forestries of the govt, of Tambov in 1915.] — «i1tCHafl 

 }KM3Hb M X03flilCTB0.» [Forest Life and Economy], Tambov, v, 

 no. 2, 1916, pp. 8-12. 



The insect pests in the forests of the goverimaent of Tambov [see 

 also this Review, Ser. A, ii, p. 331 and A, iii, p. 728] for the year under 

 report included Rhyaci&nia {Retinia) buoUana and Lophyrus joini, 

 attacking young plantations less than 13 years old. The control 

 measure adopted consisted in handpicking, 216,000 individuals of 

 R. bvA)liana and 460,000 of L. fini being collected, at a total cost of 

 of about £9 or 6M. per acre. In other forest districts the only 

 pests present were the larvae of Melohntha, the numbers of which 

 show a decrease in recent years. Handpicking the larvae, digging 

 trenches round the nurseries to a depth of about 21 inches and, in one 

 locality, ploughing the spaces between the lines of trees during the 

 growing period, when the larvae are near the surface, were carried out. 

 The last remedy, when applied on sandy soil, reduced the number of 

 larvae by 22 per cent, and in black soil by 12 per cent. In one forest 

 ants were controlled by spraying with tobacco extract. 



Bakradze (S.). pesynbiaiax-b McnyccTBeHHaro pasBflAeHifl ntca 

 nocnt cenbCKO-xosfliicTBeHHaro nonbsoBaHifl eii MopiuaHCKOM'b 



Jl"feCHMMeCTB"b. [On the results of afforestation after agri- 

 cultural utilization of the soil in the Morshansk Forestry.] 

 «JltCHafl }KM3Hb H X03flMCTB0.» [Forest Life and Economy], 

 Tambov, v, no. 2, 1916, pp. 13-14. 



The plots referred to in this report were cut more than 10 years ago 

 and, as in 1910 they appeared to be seriously infested with larvae of 

 Melohntha, they were let for agricultural purposes for two years. 

 One plot was put partly under water-melons and partly under millet 

 in the first year and under rye in the second ; in October 1912, furrows 

 about o feet apart were ploughed on this plot, and in the spring of the 

 following year it was planted with one- or two-year-old pine seedhngs, 

 and was twice weeded and hoed during the summer ; in the autumn a 

 loss of 60 per cent, attributable to the larvae was recorded ; in 1914, 

 two-year-old seedlings were planted, the loss in autumn from the same 

 cause amounting to 45 per cent. The second plot was sown with 

 millet in the first year and partly with oats and partly with potatoes 

 in the second ; the afforestation was begun in the spring of 1914, 

 one-year-old seedhngs being planted, and the loss in autunm from the 

 larvae of Mehlontha amounting to 50 per cent. On neighbouring 



