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  {?rotundum, 
  Reaum.), 
  found 
  in 
  enormous 
  quantities 
  on 
  plum 
  trees 
  

   in 
  the 
  " 
  Bessarabian 
  Bukovina 
  " 
  ; 
  these 
  pests 
  favour 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  

   a 
  fungus 
  disease, 
  Capnodium 
  salicinum, 
  Mont., 
  and 
  have 
  led 
  to 
  a 
  

   marked 
  decrease 
  in 
  fruit-growing 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  ; 
  Lecanimn 
  mali, 
  

   Schr., 
  chiefly 
  on 
  apple 
  trees 
  ; 
  Aspidiotus 
  ostreaeformis, 
  Curtis, 
  on 
  

   pears, 
  less 
  frequently 
  on 
  plums, 
  and 
  only 
  occasionally 
  on 
  apples 
  ; 
  

   MytUaspis 
  pomorum, 
  Bouche, 
  on 
  pears 
  and 
  apples 
  ; 
  Psylla 
  pyri, 
  

   L., 
  did 
  serious 
  damage 
  to 
  pears 
  ; 
  Aphididae 
  were 
  very 
  abundant 
  

   during 
  the 
  year, 
  injuring 
  apples, 
  plums 
  and 
  peaches 
  ; 
  they 
  were 
  

   preyed 
  on 
  by 
  numerous 
  Coccinella 
  septemjnmctata 
  , 
  L. 
  ; 
  Tingus 
  pyri,"- 
  

   F., 
  found 
  only 
  once 
  ; 
  Phjtoptus 
  pyri, 
  Pagenst, 
  

  

  Insect 
  pests 
  of 
  vine. 
  Phylloxera 
  vastatrix, 
  PL, 
  found 
  everywhere 
  on 
  

   old 
  vine 
  stems 
  ; 
  Melolontha 
  melolontha, 
  L., 
  in 
  some 
  vineyards 
  more 
  

   than 
  100 
  larvae 
  were 
  found 
  underneath 
  one 
  vine 
  ; 
  larvae 
  of 
  Elateridae 
  

   damaged 
  young 
  branches 
  of 
  vine 
  ; 
  Eumolpus 
  vitis, 
  F., 
  Phytojjtus 
  vitis. 
  

  

  Insect 
  pests 
  of 
  field 
  crops. 
  Oscinis 
  frit, 
  L., 
  v. 
  pusilla, 
  Mg., 
  is 
  the 
  

   most 
  widespread 
  pest 
  in 
  the 
  Government 
  ; 
  Mayetiola 
  {Cecidomyid) 
  

   destructor, 
  Say. 
  ; 
  Chlorops 
  taeniopus, 
  Mg. 
  ; 
  Anisoplia 
  austriaca, 
  Hbst. 
  ; 
  

   Melolontha 
  melolontha, 
  L. 
  ; 
  Lema 
  melanopiis, 
  L. 
  ; 
  Jassus 
  sexnotatus, 
  

   Fall. 
  ; 
  various 
  aphides 
  and 
  thrips. 
  

  

  Maize 
  was 
  injured 
  by 
  larvae 
  of 
  M. 
  melolontha, 
  L., 
  Pentodon 
  idiota, 
  

   Hbst., 
  Elateridae, 
  and 
  Pyrausta 
  niibilalis, 
  Hb. 
  ; 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  

   pest 
  is 
  favoured 
  by 
  the 
  neglect 
  of 
  the 
  peasants 
  to 
  burn 
  or 
  destroy 
  the 
  

   maize 
  stubbles, 
  which 
  they 
  keep 
  as 
  food 
  for 
  cattle 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  

   and 
  spring, 
  thus 
  enabling 
  the 
  wintering 
  pests 
  to 
  complete 
  their 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  ; 
  the 
  damage 
  done 
  by 
  them 
  is 
  very 
  serious. 
  Winter 
  rape 
  was 
  

   damaged 
  by 
  Entomoscelis 
  adonidis, 
  Pall., 
  Athalia 
  spinarum, 
  F., 
  and 
  

   also 
  occasionally 
  by 
  Phlyctaenodes 
  sticticalis, 
  L. 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  also 
  

   injured 
  or 
  destroyed 
  melons, 
  maize, 
  vine 
  and 
  other 
  plants. 
  Cleonus 
  

   punctiventris. 
  Germ., 
  was 
  noticed 
  in 
  small 
  numbers 
  on 
  beet 
  ; 
  Otio- 
  

   rrhynchus 
  ligustici, 
  L., 
  on 
  lucerne 
  ; 
  and 
  Apion 
  apricans, 
  Hbst., 
  on 
  

   clover. 
  

  

  Insect 
  pests 
  of 
  market 
  garden 
  crops. 
  Haltica 
  oleracea, 
  H. 
  nemorum, 
  

   Pieris 
  brassicae, 
  P. 
  rapae, 
  Mamestra 
  brassicae 
  and 
  Aphis 
  brassicae 
  are 
  

   the 
  usual 
  pests, 
  for 
  which 
  no 
  remedies 
  are 
  applied 
  in 
  Bessarabia. 
  

  

  Paczoski 
  (J. 
  K.). 
  063op-b 
  eparoBi, 
  cenbCKaro 
  xosniiCTBa 
  XepcoHCKoii 
  

   fyOepHm 
  m 
  OmeTTa 
  no 
  EcTecTBeHHo-McTopMHecKoiviy 
  Myaeio 
  3a 
  

   1912- 
  1 
  9 
  13 
  rOfl"b. 
  [A 
  Review 
  of 
  Pests 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  in 
  the 
  

   Government 
  of 
  Cherson 
  and 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  

   Museum 
  for 
  1912-1913.]— 
  EciecTBeHHo-McTopMHecKm 
  Myaew 
  Xep- 
  

   COHCKaro 
  fyO. 
  SeiVICTBa. 
  — 
  [Pubd. 
  by 
  the 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  

   Zemstvo 
  of 
  the 
  Govt, 
  of 
  Cherson,] 
  Cherson, 
  1913, 
  34 
  pp. 
  

  

  Anisoplia 
  austrica, 
  Hbst., 
  while 
  totally 
  absent 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  Government, 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  in 
  numbers, 
  suggesting 
  that 
  

   a 
  serious 
  outbreak 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  may 
  occur 
  soon 
  ; 
  this 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  

   the 
  case 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  years. 
  ThelaiYaeoiAthousniger, 
  L., 
  damage 
  

   wheat 
  crops 
  in 
  some 
  localities 
  ; 
  while 
  Epicometis 
  hirtella, 
  L., 
  injured 
  

   ears 
  of 
  oats. 
  Two 
  hemipterous 
  insects 
  were 
  noticed 
  on 
  lucerne, 
  

   which 
  had 
  not 
  previously 
  been 
  observed 
  on 
  this 
  plant, 
  Adelphocoris 
  

  

  