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  1912 
  ; 
  although 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  occurred 
  everywhere 
  

   in 
  fruits, 
  no 
  pupae 
  or 
  moths 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  generation 
  were 
  found. 
  

  

  Cydia 
  funebrana, 
  Tr., 
  also 
  damaged 
  plums 
  ; 
  the 
  liming 
  of 
  the 
  stems, 
  

   the 
  shaking 
  down 
  and 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  wormy 
  plums, 
  and 
  the 
  digging 
  

   up 
  of 
  all 
  brushwood 
  near 
  the 
  trees 
  in 
  autumn 
  and 
  in 
  spring, 
  are 
  the 
  

   remedies 
  recommended. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  Bembecia 
  hylaeiformis, 
  

   Lasp., 
  injured 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  raspberry 
  bushes 
  ; 
  the 
  most 
  effective 
  

   remedy 
  is 
  to 
  dig 
  out 
  the 
  injured 
  stems 
  with 
  the 
  roots 
  in 
  autumn 
  and 
  to 
  

   burn 
  them. 
  There 
  were 
  complaints 
  from 
  various 
  districts 
  of 
  damage 
  

   to 
  fruit 
  trees 
  by 
  Cossus 
  cossus, 
  L., 
  and 
  Zeuzera 
  joyrina, 
  L. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  Lepidoptera 
  are 
  recorded 
  as 
  causing 
  

   serious 
  defoliation 
  of 
  fruit 
  trees 
  : 
  — 
  Aporia 
  crataegi, 
  L., 
  Malacosoma 
  

   neustria, 
  L., 
  Lymantria 
  dispar, 
  L., 
  and 
  Euproctis 
  chrysorrhoea, 
  L., 
  for 
  

   which 
  the 
  usual 
  remedies 
  are 
  recommended. 
  Among 
  the 
  injurious 
  

   sawflies 
  noted 
  are 
  : 
  — 
  Pteronus 
  ribesii, 
  Scop., 
  on 
  gooseberry 
  bushes 
  ; 
  

   Selandria 
  adumbrata, 
  Klug, 
  on 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  cherry, 
  pear 
  and 
  apple 
  

   trees 
  ; 
  and 
  S. 
  fulvicornis, 
  Klug, 
  on 
  plums. 
  

  

  Sacharov 
  (N.). 
  «K03flBKa» 
  (Galerucella 
  tenella, 
  L.) 
  KaKTj 
  Bpe- 
  

   flUTenb 
  KnyOHMKM 
  v\ 
  APyrie 
  bmabi 
  m-b 
  rpynnbi 
  Galerucini, 
  ecTpt- 
  

   MaiOlMieCfl 
  B1> 
  AcipaxaHCKOJI 
  ry5. 
  [Galerucella 
  tenella, 
  L., 
  as 
  a 
  

   pest 
  of 
  garden-strawberries, 
  and 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Galerucini 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  Govt, 
  of 
  Astrachan.] 
  — 
  Published 
  by 
  the 
  Entom. 
  Sta. 
  of 
  the 
  

   Astrachan 
  Society 
  of 
  Fruit-Growers, 
  Market-Gardeners 
  and 
  Agricul- 
  

   turists, 
  Astrachan, 
  1913, 
  6 
  pp. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  Galerucella 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  

   Astrachan, 
  such 
  as 
  Xanthomelaena, 
  Schr., 
  which 
  injures 
  elm 
  trees 
  ; 
  

   G. 
  viburini, 
  Payk., 
  attacking 
  Viburnum 
  opulus, 
  and 
  G. 
  lineola, 
  F., 
  

   a 
  pest 
  of 
  willows. 
  Galerucella 
  tenella, 
  L., 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  on 
  

   strawberries, 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  previously 
  recorded 
  as 
  injurious 
  to 
  these 
  

   plants. 
  The 
  beetle 
  winters 
  underneath 
  old 
  leaves 
  on 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  

   strawberries 
  ; 
  with 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  warm 
  weather 
  the 
  insects 
  appear 
  

   and 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  leaves, 
  and 
  oviposit 
  during 
  April 
  and 
  May 
  ; 
  

   the 
  eggs 
  are 
  deposited 
  by 
  the 
  female 
  in 
  a 
  hole 
  gnawed 
  by 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  leaf, 
  

   3-10 
  eggs 
  being 
  laid 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  hole 
  ; 
  the 
  egg 
  stage 
  lasts 
  12-14 
  days. 
  

   The 
  author 
  describes 
  the 
  egg, 
  larva, 
  pupa 
  and 
  imago, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

   damage 
  done. 
  

  

  The 
  remedies 
  suggested 
  are 
  : 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  weeds 
  on 
  the 
  beds 
  

   and 
  keeping 
  the 
  soil 
  friable 
  continuously 
  during 
  the 
  whole 
  summer 
  ; 
  

   but 
  the 
  most 
  effective 
  remedy 
  is 
  spraying 
  with 
  Paris 
  green 
  (J 
  lb. 
  of 
  

   green 
  and 
  1 
  lb. 
  of 
  lime 
  dissolved 
  in 
  about 
  32-33 
  gals, 
  of 
  water) 
  ; 
  the 
  

   spraying 
  must 
  be 
  done 
  first 
  in 
  April, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  young 
  leaves 
  appear, 
  

   then 
  again 
  in 
  May, 
  when 
  the 
  ovaries 
  are 
  formed, 
  and 
  again, 
  if 
  neces- 
  

   sary, 
  after 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  the 
  berries. 
  As 
  the 
  insects 
  keep 
  mostly 
  on 
  

   the 
  lower 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  leaves, 
  special 
  attention 
  must 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  spraying 
  

   from 
  below. 
  

  

  Russian 
  Crop 
  Pests. 
  — 
  MsBtcTJfl 
  fjiaBHaro 
  YnpaBJieHm 
  SewiJie- 
  

   ycipOMCTBa 
  M 
  3eiVinefl"bJlifl. 
  [Weekly 
  Gazette 
  of 
  the 
  Central 
  Board 
  

   of 
  Land 
  Administration 
  and 
  Agriculture,'] 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  no. 
  47, 
  

   7th 
  Dec. 
  1913, 
  p. 
  1210. 
  

  

  The 
  past 
  autumn 
  was 
  not 
  favourable 
  to 
  the 
  activity 
  of 
  various 
  pests, 
  

  

  