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  CL, 
  E. 
  patagiata, 
  CL, 
  E. 
  selopetaria, 
  CI., 
  Tetragnatha 
  extensa, 
  L., 
  and 
  

   Miranda 
  acalypha, 
  Walck., 
  the 
  last 
  species 
  having 
  been 
  observed 
  to 
  

   attack 
  bees 
  only 
  this 
  year. 
  Of 
  the 
  third 
  family, 
  Agelenidae, 
  only 
  

   Tegenaria 
  atrica, 
  O.K., 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  author 
  to 
  prey 
  on 
  bees. 
  

  

  UvARov 
  (B.). 
  OTpaBneHHbifl 
  npuMaHKH 
  btj 
  6opb6t 
  ctj 
  capaHHeebiMM. 
  

  

  [Poisoned 
  baits 
  in 
  fighting 
  locusts.] 
  — 
  Reprint 
  from 
  « 
  KDWHO- 
  

   PycCKan 
  C.-X. 
  ra3eTa». 
  ['' 
  South 
  Russian 
  Agric. 
  Gazette,''] 
  

   Stavropol 
  Entomological 
  Bureau, 
  Charkov, 
  1913, 
  11 
  pp. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  refers 
  first 
  to 
  some 
  objections 
  raised 
  against 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   *' 
  chemical 
  remedies 
  " 
  (spraying) 
  against 
  locusts 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  that 
  

   Stauronotus 
  maroccanus 
  often 
  lays 
  its 
  eggs 
  in 
  deserts, 
  bare 
  of 
  any 
  plants, 
  

   thus 
  making 
  it 
  impossible 
  to 
  poison 
  them 
  by 
  spraying, 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  

   plants. 
  He 
  is 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  locusts 
  very 
  seldom 
  oviposit 
  in 
  deserts, 
  

   but 
  usually 
  keep 
  near 
  pastures 
  or 
  cultivated 
  land, 
  flying 
  away 
  only 
  

   short 
  distances 
  to 
  deposit 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  steppes 
  ; 
  even 
  these 
  steppes 
  

   provide 
  some 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  hatched 
  larvae 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  scattered 
  bush 
  

   plants, 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  sprayed 
  and 
  poisoned, 
  although 
  he 
  admits 
  that 
  

   in 
  these 
  cases 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  some 
  waste 
  of 
  insecticides. 
  As 
  to 
  places 
  

   quite 
  destitute 
  of 
  any 
  plants, 
  evidently 
  the 
  larvae 
  must 
  feed 
  there 
  on 
  

   something, 
  as 
  otherwise 
  they 
  would 
  starve 
  wholesale, 
  and 
  such 
  cases 
  

   have 
  not 
  been 
  reported 
  up 
  till 
  now. 
  The 
  larvae 
  in 
  such 
  places 
  feed 
  

   on 
  various 
  foods, 
  horse-dung 
  for 
  instance, 
  which 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  touch 
  

   under 
  ordinary 
  conditions. 
  Therefore, 
  he 
  suggests 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  

   chemical 
  methods 
  in 
  those 
  places 
  by 
  providing 
  food 
  and 
  poisoning 
  it, 
  

   and 
  quotes 
  a 
  work 
  of 
  D. 
  Morosov, 
  published 
  in 
  1903, 
  who 
  reports 
  

   the 
  successful 
  use 
  of 
  various 
  poisoned 
  foods, 
  consisting 
  either 
  of 
  lucerne 
  

   or 
  other 
  leaves, 
  horse-dung, 
  or 
  bran, 
  imported 
  into 
  such 
  places 
  for 
  that 
  

   purpose. 
  He 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  use 
  of 
  poisoned 
  bait 
  in 
  America, 
  

   South 
  Africa, 
  and 
  Australia, 
  and 
  reports 
  briefly 
  on 
  the 
  results 
  obtained 
  

   by 
  this 
  means 
  in 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  Stavropol 
  during 
  the 
  campaign 
  

   against 
  locusts 
  in 
  1913. 
  To 
  make 
  the 
  food 
  more 
  attractive, 
  the 
  lowest 
  

   and 
  cheapest 
  grades 
  of 
  molasses 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  bait. 
  A 
  full 
  report 
  

   on 
  these 
  experiments 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  later. 
  

  

  KuRDjuMov 
  (N. 
  v.). 
  niepoivianiiflbi, 
  napaanTupyioiMie 
  Ha 
  recceHCKOM 
  

  

  WiyUJK'b 
  C"b 
  OnMCaHieMli 
  AByX"b 
  HOBblXla 
  BMAOBIj. 
  [Pteromalid 
  

   parasites 
  of 
  Hessian 
  fly 
  {Mayetiola 
  destructor, 
  Say) 
  with 
  a 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  two 
  new 
  species.] 
  — 
  Reprint 
  from 
  « 
  SHTOMOJlorHHeCKiM 
  

   B"bCTHMK"b» 
  ['' 
  Entomological 
  Herald 
  ''], 
  Kiev, 
  ii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  1913,4 
  pp. 
  

  

  Pteromalids 
  are 
  chief 
  amongst 
  the 
  parasites 
  of 
  the 
  pupae 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hessian 
  fly, 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  sufficiently 
  studied. 
  

   The 
  following 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  in 
  Europe 
  : 
  — 
  Merisus 
  intermedins, 
  

   Lind., 
  M. 
  destructor. 
  Say, 
  Micromelus 
  suhapterus, 
  Riley, 
  M. 
  rufomaculatus, 
  

   Walk., 
  and 
  Holcaeus 
  cecidomyiae, 
  Ashm. 
  In 
  Russia 
  the 
  following 
  

   species 
  have 
  been 
  reared 
  : 
  — 
  Merisus 
  intermedins, 
  Lind., 
  Micromelus 
  

   Tufomaculatus, 
  Walk., 
  M. 
  suhapterus, 
  Riley, 
  Eupteromalus 
  arvensis, 
  sp. 
  

   nov., 
  and 
  Meraporus 
  crassicornis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  The 
  author 
  is 
  of 
  opinion 
  

   that 
  M. 
  intermedins 
  is 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  M. 
  destructor, 
  and 
  that 
  M, 
  

   suhapterus 
  is 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  M. 
  pyrrhogaster, 
  Walk., 
  the 
  latter 
  

   in 
  its 
  turn 
  being 
  only 
  a 
  wingless 
  or 
  semi-winged 
  variety 
  of 
  

  

  