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  Uneolatus, 
  Goeze, 
  and 
  Acocephalus 
  rusticus, 
  F. 
  The 
  former 
  species 
  

   was 
  noticed 
  on 
  two 
  estates 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  districts. 
  According 
  to 
  

   I. 
  V. 
  Vassihev 
  the 
  insect 
  has 
  two 
  generations 
  in 
  South 
  Russia. 
  It 
  

   winters 
  in 
  the 
  egg 
  stage, 
  the 
  eggs 
  being 
  laid 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   stem 
  of 
  the 
  lucerne 
  stubble 
  ; 
  the 
  young 
  bugs 
  issue 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  

   and 
  start 
  sucking 
  the 
  tender 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  

   July 
  they 
  reach 
  their 
  mature 
  stage, 
  ovipositing 
  again 
  in 
  the 
  autumn. 
  

   Insecticides 
  are 
  of 
  no 
  avail, 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  remedy 
  recommended 
  by 
  

   Vassiliev 
  consists 
  in 
  destroying 
  the 
  wintering 
  eggs 
  by 
  slightly 
  burning 
  

   the 
  lucerne 
  stubble. 
  To 
  effect 
  this, 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  lucerne 
  is 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  loose 
  and 
  even 
  stratum 
  of 
  straw 
  of 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  about 
  3J 
  

   inches, 
  which 
  is 
  burned 
  in 
  suitable 
  weather, 
  viz., 
  dry, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  

   wind 
  ; 
  the 
  flame 
  should 
  pass 
  rapidly 
  and 
  evenly 
  over 
  the 
  field. 
  

  

  Vassiliev 
  reports 
  favourable 
  results 
  obtained 
  by 
  this 
  method 
  in 
  the 
  

   Government 
  of 
  Ekaterinoslav, 
  and 
  points 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  slightly 
  burned 
  

   plants 
  of 
  lucerne 
  gave 
  good 
  new 
  shoots. 
  As 
  to 
  Acocephalus 
  rusticus, 
  

   F., 
  its 
  life-habits 
  are 
  little 
  known 
  ; 
  it 
  appeared 
  usually 
  in 
  company 
  

   with 
  Adelphocoris 
  Uneolatus, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  particular 
  damage 
  done 
  by 
  it 
  

   could 
  not 
  be 
  ascertained. 
  Macrosiphum 
  pisi, 
  Kalt., 
  was 
  also 
  found 
  

   on 
  lucerne, 
  where, 
  however, 
  these 
  lice 
  do 
  not 
  multiply 
  to 
  a 
  dangerous 
  

   degree, 
  they 
  being 
  chiefly 
  pests 
  of 
  peas. 
  

  

  Phlyctaenodes 
  sticticalis, 
  L., 
  appeared 
  this 
  year 
  in 
  many 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   Government, 
  injuring 
  lucerne, 
  maize, 
  sunflower 
  and 
  potatoes 
  ; 
  they 
  

   did 
  not 
  touch 
  Sisymbrium 
  losselii, 
  L., 
  but 
  were 
  found 
  frequently 
  on 
  

   S. 
  Sophia, 
  L., 
  also 
  on 
  Artemisia. 
  Lethrus 
  cephalotes, 
  Laxm., 
  did 
  some 
  

   damage 
  to 
  linseed 
  crops 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Cherson. 
  

  

  Epicometis 
  hirtella, 
  L., 
  was 
  found 
  this 
  season 
  in 
  lesser 
  numbers 
  than 
  

   in 
  previous 
  years 
  and 
  has 
  done 
  damage 
  only 
  in 
  some 
  localities. 
  In 
  

   the 
  environs 
  of 
  Cherson 
  it 
  attained 
  its 
  greatest 
  numbers 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   of 
  blossoming 
  of 
  the 
  cherry 
  trees, 
  which 
  suffered 
  most 
  from 
  its 
  attacks. 
  

   The 
  author 
  experimentally 
  tested 
  the 
  remedy 
  recommended 
  by 
  J. 
  F. 
  

   Schreiner, 
  namely, 
  trapping 
  the 
  beetles 
  on 
  sheets 
  of 
  blue 
  paper 
  covered 
  

   with 
  an 
  adhesive. 
  He 
  concludes 
  that 
  the 
  method 
  is 
  of 
  no 
  practical 
  

   value, 
  as 
  the 
  insects 
  did 
  not 
  show 
  any 
  preference 
  for 
  the 
  blue 
  sheets. 
  

   It 
  was 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  insects 
  did 
  not 
  pay 
  any 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  blue 
  

   flowers 
  of 
  Chorispora 
  tenella, 
  D.C., 
  which 
  grew 
  underneath 
  the 
  cherry 
  

   trees, 
  or 
  to 
  other 
  blue 
  flowers, 
  concentrating 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  blossoms 
  of 
  

   cherries. 
  The 
  same 
  negative 
  results 
  from 
  adhesive 
  blue 
  sheets 
  were 
  

   also 
  reported 
  from 
  Turkestan 
  with 
  Oxythyrea 
  cinctella, 
  and 
  from 
  

   Kishinev. 
  

  

  ^. 
  The 
  following 
  insects 
  injurious 
  to 
  orchards 
  have 
  been 
  noticed. 
  

   Hyponomeuta 
  malinellus, 
  Z., 
  Euproctis 
  chrysorrhoea, 
  L., 
  Malacosoma 
  

   neustria, 
  L., 
  Cydia 
  (Carpocapsa) 
  pomonella, 
  L., 
  Acronycta 
  tridens, 
  

   Schif?., 
  Coleophora 
  hemerobiella, 
  Sc, 
  Phalera 
  bucephala, 
  L., 
  Hylotoma 
  

   rosarum, 
  F., 
  Tingis 
  pyri, 
  F., 
  and 
  Aphis 
  ribis, 
  L. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  during 
  his 
  sixteen 
  years' 
  experience 
  the 
  author 
  

   met 
  with 
  Pyslla 
  pyricola, 
  Forst., 
  and 
  it 
  raises 
  the 
  question 
  whether 
  

   the 
  pest 
  has 
  only 
  this 
  year 
  invaded 
  the 
  Government, 
  or 
  whether 
  it 
  

   has 
  existed 
  there 
  previously 
  without 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  develop 
  to 
  a 
  notice- 
  

   able 
  degree, 
  owing 
  to 
  some 
  unfavourable 
  conditions 
  ; 
  as 
  a 
  remedy, 
  

   dusting 
  with 
  tobacco 
  is 
  suggested. 
  Eumolpus 
  vitis, 
  F., 
  was 
  also 
  

  

  