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  on 
  Rosa 
  sipp., 
  Primus 
  si^ip.,Quercus 
  sipip.,Castanea 
  dentata, 
  Carya 
  spp,, 
  

   Asimina 
  triloba, 
  Myrica 
  cerifera, 
  Cornus 
  florida, 
  plum, 
  apple 
  and 
  pear. 
  

   It 
  feeds 
  on 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  leaves. 
  The 
  eggs, 
  which 
  are 
  deposited 
  on 
  

   the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  leaf, 
  hatch 
  after 
  about 
  nine 
  days. 
  The 
  larvae 
  

   mature 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  September, 
  passing 
  through 
  eight 
  or 
  nine 
  

   stages, 
  and 
  have 
  stinging 
  spines. 
  If 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  rose-bushes 
  or 
  young 
  

   trees 
  are 
  attacked, 
  handpicking 
  will 
  control 
  this 
  insect, 
  precaution 
  

   being 
  taken 
  to 
  use 
  a 
  glove. 
  A 
  spray 
  of 
  Paris 
  green 
  or 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead 
  

   may 
  be 
  applied. 
  

  

  HuARD 
  (V. 
  A.). 
  Rapport 
  de 
  I'entomologiste 
  du 
  Ministers 
  de 
  1' 
  Agricul- 
  

   ture 
  de 
  la 
  Province 
  de 
  Quebec 
  pour 
  I'ann^e 
  1912-13. 
  [Report 
  of 
  

   the 
  Entomologist 
  of 
  the 
  Ministry 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  the 
  Province 
  

   of 
  Quebec 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1912-1913.]— 
  Quebec, 
  24th 
  Oct. 
  1913, 
  

   15 
  pp., 
  5 
  figs. 
  

  

  The 
  tent-caterpillars 
  were 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  pests 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

   Malacoso7na 
  americana, 
  ¥., 
  chiefly 
  attacks 
  orchards 
  and 
  M. 
  disstria, 
  Hb., 
  

   forests. 
  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  both 
  soon 
  strip 
  a 
  tree 
  of 
  its 
  leaves. 
  While 
  it 
  is 
  

   evidently 
  impracticable 
  to 
  prevent 
  this 
  destruction 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   forest 
  trees, 
  damage 
  in 
  orchards 
  can 
  be 
  almost 
  entirely 
  prevented. 
  

   The 
  eggs 
  are 
  easily 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  bare 
  branches 
  in 
  winter, 
  and 
  nearly 
  

   all 
  may 
  be 
  collected 
  and 
  burnt. 
  Speaking 
  generally, 
  all 
  insectivorous 
  

   birds 
  should 
  be 
  protected. 
  The 
  services 
  of 
  a 
  sparrow 
  are 
  valued 
  at 
  

   12 
  shillings 
  a 
  year 
  in 
  France, 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  worth 
  more 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  

   Quebec. 
  Banding 
  is 
  useful. 
  Where 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  emerge 
  in 
  the 
  

   tent 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  and 
  burnt, 
  or 
  a 
  petrol 
  torch 
  may 
  be 
  used. 
  

   Spraying 
  the 
  infested 
  parts 
  will 
  destroy 
  those 
  caterpillars 
  which 
  have 
  

   just 
  hatched 
  out. 
  The 
  spray 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  1 
  lb. 
  Paris 
  green 
  in 
  160 
  gals, 
  

   water, 
  or 
  2 
  lb. 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead 
  in 
  40 
  gals, 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  In 
  1913 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  Scale 
  was 
  observed 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  

   Province 
  on 
  a 
  young 
  service 
  tree, 
  which 
  was 
  destroyed 
  without 
  delay. 
  

   The 
  woolly 
  aphis 
  Erioso^na 
  {Schizoneura) 
  laniqerum 
  wa^s 
  observed 
  in 
  three 
  

   places, 
  but 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  trees 
  were 
  infested 
  and 
  instructions 
  were 
  given 
  

   for 
  the 
  affected 
  branches 
  to 
  be 
  burnt. 
  In 
  a 
  garden 
  at 
  Montcalm 
  ville, 
  

   near 
  Quebec, 
  the 
  Oyster-Shell 
  Bark-Louse 
  {Mytilaspis 
  jpojnorum) 
  was 
  

   observed. 
  The 
  New 
  York 
  Plum 
  Scale 
  (Lecanium 
  prunastri) 
  was 
  

   reported 
  to 
  be 
  present 
  in 
  orchards 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Islet. 
  In 
  con- 
  

   clusion, 
  the 
  author 
  suggests 
  provincial 
  legislation 
  on 
  three 
  points 
  : 
  

   (1) 
  To 
  require 
  an 
  annual 
  inspection 
  by 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   the 
  Ministry 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  all 
  those 
  nurseries 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  which 
  

   deal 
  in 
  plants 
  and 
  fruits 
  ; 
  (2) 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  inspector 
  power 
  to 
  destroy 
  

   plants 
  infested 
  by 
  dangerous 
  diseases 
  or 
  to 
  order 
  suitable 
  treatment 
  ; 
  

   (3) 
  to 
  forbid 
  nurserymen 
  to 
  distribute 
  their 
  products 
  unless 
  they 
  hold 
  

   the 
  current 
  year's 
  certificate 
  from 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  certifying 
  that 
  

   their 
  nurseries 
  are 
  free 
  from 
  parasitic 
  disease 
  or 
  insect 
  pests. 
  

  

  King 
  (H. 
  H.). 
  On 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  Poison 
  in 
  the 
  Control 
  of 
  Locusts 
  in 
  the 
  

   Anglo-Egyptian 
  Sudan. 
  — 
  Cairo 
  Scientific 
  Jl, 
  Alexandria,y 
  ii, 
  no. 
  86, 
  

   Nov. 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  251-254. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  of 
  migratory 
  locust 
  most 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  Anglo-Egyptian 
  

   Sudan 
  is 
  Acridium 
  (ScJiistocerca) 
  peregriniim, 
  Oliv. 
  The 
  young 
  locusts 
  

  

  