﻿ing 
  in 
  April 
  with 
  lead 
  arsenate 
  wash 
  is 
  recommended. 
  Apples 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  Apple 
  Sawfly 
  {Hoplocampa 
  testudinea) 
  were 
  

   received 
  from 
  Counties 
  Tyrone, 
  Tipperary 
  and 
  Kildare. 
  The 
  Pear 
  Gall 
  

   Mite, 
  EriojjJujes 
  pijri, 
  and 
  the 
  Black 
  Currant 
  Gall 
  Mite, 
  E. 
  ribis, 
  were 
  

   reported, 
  the 
  former 
  from 
  Co. 
  Dublin, 
  the 
  latter 
  from 
  Co. 
  Kerry. 
  

   The 
  acclimatisation 
  in 
  Ireland 
  of 
  the 
  AustraUan 
  Fern 
  Weevil 
  {Sya- 
  

   grius 
  intrudens) 
  is 
  recorded 
  ; 
  ten 
  years 
  ago 
  it 
  was 
  extremely 
  destruc- 
  

   tive 
  to 
  ferns 
  in 
  the 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Glasnevin, 
  and 
  now 
  it 
  is 
  

   breeding 
  in 
  the 
  open. 
  

  

  ^ 
  

  

  PiCARD 
  (F.). 
  Sur 
  un 
  Braconide 
  nouveau 
  parasite 
  de 
  Sinoxylon 
  

   sexdentatum, 
  01„ 
  dans 
  les 
  sarments 
  de 
  vigne, 
  [On 
  a 
  new 
  Braconid 
  

   parasite 
  of 
  Sinoxylon 
  sexdentatum, 
  01., 
  on 
  vine 
  shoots.] 
  — 
  Bull. 
  

   Soc. 
  Entom., 
  France, 
  Paris, 
  no. 
  16, 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  399-402, 
  1 
  fig. 
  

  

  Sinoxylon 
  sexdentatum 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  Bostrychid 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  

   of 
  Franc^e 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  vine 
  branches, 
  which 
  it 
  reduces 
  to 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  

   dust. 
  Many 
  enemies 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  are 
  known 
  ; 
  some 
  predaceous, 
  

   such 
  as 
  Histerids, 
  Malachiids, 
  and 
  Clerids 
  ; 
  others 
  parasitic, 
  such 
  as 
  

   the 
  Acarid, 
  Pediculoides 
  ventricosus, 
  and 
  the 
  Proctotrypid, 
  Cephalono- 
  

   myia 
  formiciformis. 
  The 
  author 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  record 
  a 
  Braconid 
  

   parasite 
  of 
  this 
  beetle. 
  The 
  species 
  w^hich 
  he 
  describes 
  is 
  new, 
  viz., 
  

   Monolexis 
  lavagnei, 
  and 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  from 
  S. 
  sexden- 
  

   tatum 
  infesting 
  vines. 
  The 
  insect 
  is 
  not 
  exclusively 
  parasitic 
  upon 
  

   S. 
  sexdentatum, 
  but 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  Scobicia 
  fustu- 
  

   lata, 
  F., 
  and 
  Xylonites 
  praeustus, 
  Germ. 
  It 
  may 
  also 
  attack 
  Scolytids. 
  

  

  ScHALviNSKY. 
  HenapHbiM 
  luenKonpflfl-b 
  Bia 
  JleOeflflHCKOMij 
  ntcHM- 
  

   4eCTB"b. 
  [Lymantna 
  dispar 
  in 
  the 
  Lebediansk 
  Forest 
  (Govt, 
  

   of 
  Tambov)]. 
  « 
  JltCHafl 
  }KM3Hb 
  11 
  Xo3flMCTBO 
  » 
  [" 
  Forest 
  Life 
  and 
  

   Economy 
  ^^]. 
  Published 
  by 
  the 
  Tambov 
  Administration 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture 
  and 
  State 
  Domains, 
  Tambov, 
  1913, 
  no. 
  5, 
  pp. 
  9-14. 
  

  

  The 
  Matiushin 
  estate 
  of 
  the 
  Lebediansk 
  forest 
  has 
  frequently 
  been 
  

   visited 
  by 
  Lymantria 
  dispar, 
  especially 
  those 
  plots 
  where 
  oak 
  plan- 
  

   tations 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  mixed 
  with 
  birch 
  and 
  aspen, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  

   *' 
  tchornosiom 
  " 
  soil 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  rich 
  growth 
  of 
  grass. 
  The 
  age 
  of 
  

   these 
  attacked 
  plots 
  is 
  40-80 
  years, 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  trunks 
  from 
  

   0"6 
  to 
  0'8 
  metre. 
  The 
  insect 
  practically 
  avoids 
  young 
  plantations 
  

   up 
  to 
  20 
  years 
  old, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  thin 
  plantations 
  or 
  glades. 
  They 
  also 
  

   seem 
  to 
  avoid 
  light, 
  usually 
  starting 
  to 
  eat 
  the 
  foliage 
  on 
  the 
  windward 
  

   side 
  and 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  dense. 
  The 
  larvae 
  emerge 
  from 
  

   the 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  April, 
  and 
  pupation 
  usually 
  begins 
  from 
  the 
  

   13th 
  to 
  26th 
  June. 
  Should 
  there 
  be 
  rain 
  and 
  a 
  change 
  to 
  cold 
  weather, 
  

   the 
  larvae 
  perish 
  without 
  pupating. 
  The 
  pupae 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   branches 
  and 
  trunks, 
  and 
  a 
  month 
  later 
  (13th-26th 
  July) 
  the 
  perfect 
  

   insects 
  appear. 
  The 
  females 
  oviposit 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  cracks 
  of 
  the 
  bark, 
  

   laying 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  groups 
  of 
  20-50, 
  and 
  the 
  moths 
  disappear 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  August. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  describes 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  destroying 
  the 
  unhatched 
  eggs 
  

   by 
  scraping, 
  burning, 
  or 
  scattering 
  them. 
  These 
  remedies 
  invariably 
  

  

  