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  Insects 
  injurious 
  to 
  Papaw 
  Apples 
  in 
  Queensland. 
  — 
  Agric. 
  Jl, 
  Briahane, 
  

   July 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  33-35. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  observations 
  were 
  made 
  during 
  July 
  1913, 
  on 
  insect 
  

   injury 
  to 
  papaws 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  In 
  West 
  Cleveland 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  orchards 
  were 
  visited, 
  all 
  showing 
  

   signs 
  of 
  injury 
  ; 
  fine 
  trees 
  had 
  their 
  top 
  leaves 
  drooping 
  and 
  dead, 
  or 
  

   the 
  main 
  stems 
  defoliated, 
  and 
  carrying 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  discoloured 
  fruits 
  

   clinging 
  to 
  the 
  blackened 
  crowns. 
  An 
  examination 
  revealed 
  the 
  injury 
  

   to 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  Dichocrocis 
  punctiferalis, 
  

   which 
  had 
  bored 
  into 
  the 
  main 
  stem, 
  leaf-stalks 
  and 
  fruit. 
  The 
  same 
  

   species 
  w^as 
  further 
  discovered 
  to 
  be 
  injuring 
  oranges 
  and 
  bananas. 
  

  

  The 
  egg 
  is 
  deposited 
  on 
  the 
  leaf 
  -stalk 
  near 
  its 
  point 
  of 
  junction 
  with 
  

   the 
  main 
  stem, 
  or 
  more 
  rarely 
  on 
  the 
  small 
  fruits. 
  The 
  larva, 
  w^hen 
  

   hatched, 
  penetrates 
  the 
  hollow 
  stalk 
  and 
  after 
  feeding 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  on 
  its 
  

   succulent 
  base, 
  bores 
  into 
  the 
  crown, 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  remains 
  until 
  ready 
  to 
  

   pupate. 
  

  

  Remedial 
  measures 
  must 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  preventive 
  nature, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  too 
  late 
  

   to 
  do 
  much 
  good 
  after 
  the 
  larvae 
  have 
  entered 
  the 
  leaves 
  or 
  main 
  stem. 
  

   The 
  unprofitable 
  food-plants 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  should 
  be 
  destroyed 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  orchard, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  encouraged 
  

   in 
  other 
  parts. 
  Spraying 
  papaws 
  with 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead 
  (1 
  lb. 
  to 
  50 
  gals, 
  

   water) 
  would 
  poison 
  newly-hatched 
  larvae 
  attempting 
  to 
  enter 
  the 
  

   plant 
  ; 
  this 
  should 
  be 
  done 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid, 
  and 
  directed 
  

   principally 
  against 
  the 
  early 
  broods. 
  All 
  infested 
  fruit 
  such 
  as 
  peaches, 
  

   etc., 
  should 
  be 
  gathered 
  and 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  The 
  food-plants 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  already 
  recorded 
  are 
  the 
  peach, 
  papaw' 
  , 
  

   orange, 
  loquat, 
  guava, 
  custard 
  apple, 
  granadilla, 
  banana, 
  millet, 
  maize, 
  

   cassia, 
  senna 
  bean, 
  CanavalUa 
  indica, 
  dahlia, 
  and 
  castor-oil 
  plant. 
  

  

  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Bee-Keepers' 
  Association 
  of 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  

   Ontario, 
  1912. 
  — 
  Ontaria 
  Dejpt. 
  Agric, 
  Toronto, 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  72. 
  

  

  The 
  various 
  papers 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  on 
  November 
  13th, 
  

   14th 
  and 
  15th, 
  1912, 
  include 
  such 
  subjects 
  as 
  Federal 
  Legislation 
  

   regarding 
  bee 
  diseases 
  ; 
  inspection 
  of 
  apiaries 
  in 
  Ontario 
  ; 
  manage- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  outlying 
  apiaries 
  ; 
  moving 
  outfit 
  on 
  motor 
  truck 
  ; 
  preparing 
  

   bees 
  for 
  outdoor 
  wintering 
  ; 
  cellar 
  wintering 
  and 
  spring 
  management 
  ; 
  

   bees, 
  poultry, 
  and 
  fruit 
  ; 
  bee-breeding. 
  

  

  FuLLAWAY 
  (D. 
  T.). 
  A 
  New 
  Species 
  of 
  Mealy-bug 
  Parasite 
  {ApJiycus 
  

   terryi). 
  — 
  Proc. 
  Hawaiian 
  Entom. 
  Soc. 
  1911-1912, 
  Honolulu, 
  ii,. 
  

   no. 
  5, 
  July 
  1913, 
  p. 
  281. 
  

  

  The 
  new 
  parasite 
  described 
  w^as 
  bred 
  from 
  Pseudococcus 
  saccharifolia 
  

   at 
  Olowalu 
  and 
  Hana, 
  Maui, 
  by 
  F. 
  W. 
  Terry, 
  June 
  1909, 
  and 
  at 
  Hilo, 
  

   Hawaii, 
  August 
  1912, 
  by 
  0. 
  H. 
  Swezey. 
  

  

  Wilson 
  (H. 
  F.). 
  Combination 
  sprays 
  and 
  recent 
  insecticide 
  investiga- 
  

   tions. 
  — 
  Proc. 
  Ento7n. 
  Soc. 
  Br. 
  Columbia, 
  Victoria, 
  B.C., 
  no. 
  3^ 
  

   N.S., 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  9-17. 
  

  

  Details 
  and 
  results 
  of 
  spraying 
  experiments 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  this 
  paper. 
  

  

  