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  bush 
  round 
  the 
  fields 
  ; 
  when 
  once 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  have 
  gained 
  the 
  

   maize 
  plants 
  damage 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  prevented 
  by 
  spraying. 
  Not 
  enough 
  

   work 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  upon 
  the 
  other 
  pests 
  of 
  maize 
  to 
  warrant 
  giving 
  

   specific 
  remedies. 
  

  

  The 
  insects 
  recorded 
  as 
  damaging 
  yams 
  are 
  the 
  beetles, 
  Prionorycies 
  

   caniculus, 
  Arrow, 
  Crioceris 
  livida, 
  Dalm., 
  Apomecyna 
  parumpunctata, 
  

   Chev., 
  Lagria 
  villosa, 
  F., 
  and 
  L.viridipennis, 
  F.,and 
  Zonocerus 
  variegatus. 
  

   To 
  combat 
  P. 
  caniculus 
  spraying 
  with 
  a 
  stomach 
  poison 
  is 
  suggested, 
  a 
  

   method 
  which 
  applies 
  also 
  to 
  C. 
  livida. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  moths 
  are 
  recorded 
  as 
  affecting 
  Funtumia 
  

   rubber: 
  — 
  Glyphodes 
  ocellata, 
  Hmp., 
  Nephele 
  aequivalens, 
  Walk., 
  which 
  

   is 
  of 
  rare 
  occurrence, 
  and 
  Thermopteryx 
  elasticella, 
  Hmp. 
  ; 
  also 
  a 
  

   Thrips, 
  Physoilirips 
  funtumiae, 
  Bagn. 
  

  

  Mahogany 
  trees 
  (Khaya 
  senegalensis) 
  suffered 
  from 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  

   lepidopterous 
  larvae, 
  which 
  bore 
  into 
  the 
  stem. 
  Arabian 
  cof!ee 
  is 
  

   affected 
  by 
  a 
  beetle, 
  Ootheca 
  mutabilis, 
  Sahib., 
  and 
  the 
  bugs, 
  Antestia 
  

   variegata, 
  Thunb., 
  Riptortus 
  tenuicornis, 
  Dall., 
  and 
  Dictyopharina 
  

   serene, 
  Stal. 
  Other 
  plants 
  attacked 
  by 
  insects 
  are 
  recorded, 
  namely, 
  

   the 
  oil 
  palm, 
  attacked 
  by 
  a 
  weevil, 
  Rhynchophorus 
  phoenicis, 
  F. 
  ; 
  

   the 
  coconut 
  palm, 
  by 
  another 
  weevil, 
  TemnoscJioita 
  quadrimacuJata, 
  

   Gyl. 
  ; 
  kola, 
  by 
  a 
  Rutelid 
  beetle, 
  Adoretus 
  hirtellus, 
  Castn. 
  ; 
  and 
  

   okra 
  by 
  various 
  cotton 
  pests. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  concludes 
  by 
  pointing 
  out 
  the 
  need 
  of 
  pioneer 
  entomo- 
  

   logical 
  research, 
  which 
  is 
  essential 
  before 
  the 
  necessary 
  instruction 
  

   with 
  regard 
  to 
  insect 
  pests 
  can 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  native 
  farmers. 
  

  

  Gkossheim 
  (N. 
  a.). 
  Kt> 
  SiojioriM 
  JifouepHOsaro 
  flonroHOCMKa 
  m 
  ero 
  

  

  napaSHTOBli. 
  [On 
  the 
  biology 
  of 
  Phytonomus 
  murinus 
  F. 
  and 
  its 
  

   parasites.] 
  — 
  «3HTOIVIonorM4eCKiM 
  BtCTHl1KT>» 
  [Messenger 
  of 
  

   Entomology.] 
  Kiev, 
  ii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  1913, 
  21 
  pp. 
  

  

  This 
  investigation 
  was 
  undertaken 
  upon 
  a 
  request 
  from 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  transmitted 
  through 
  N. 
  V. 
  

   Kurdjumov, 
  for 
  information 
  concerning 
  the 
  parasites 
  of 
  Phytonomus 
  

   murinus, 
  the 
  lucerne 
  weevil. 
  The 
  author 
  conducted 
  his 
  enquiry 
  in 
  the 
  

   province 
  of 
  Kuban, 
  where, 
  according 
  to 
  him, 
  these 
  insects 
  threaten 
  to 
  

   develop 
  in 
  the 
  near 
  future 
  to 
  a 
  dangerous 
  degree. 
  

  

  The 
  hibernating 
  beetles 
  emerged 
  during 
  April, 
  but 
  disappeared 
  again 
  

   under 
  the 
  earth 
  or 
  inside 
  the 
  plants 
  on 
  cold 
  days. 
  Just 
  after 
  emergence 
  

   the 
  insect 
  does 
  not 
  touch 
  the 
  leaves, 
  but 
  feeds 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  

   stem, 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  gnaws 
  holes. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  usually 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  

   tender 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  stem, 
  but 
  also 
  on 
  branches, 
  and 
  frequently 
  near 
  

   the 
  roots. 
  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  the 
  females 
  prepare 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  stem 
  for 
  the 
  

   reception 
  of 
  the 
  eggs, 
  but 
  occasionally 
  they 
  make 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  stipules, 
  

   piercing 
  through 
  them 
  and 
  depositing 
  the 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  space 
  beWeen 
  

   them 
  and 
  the 
  stem. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  most 
  frequently 
  arranged 
  in 
  small 
  

   heaps, 
  which 
  are 
  often 
  roughly 
  conical 
  and 
  sometimes 
  egg-shaped 
  ; 
  

   or 
  more 
  rarely, 
  they 
  are 
  laid 
  in 
  a 
  chain-Hke 
  row 
  of 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  nine 
  

   eggs 
  ; 
  or 
  again, 
  when 
  deposited 
  on 
  the 
  stipules, 
  they 
  are 
  arranged 
  in 
  

   a 
  flat-topped 
  pile 
  perpendicular 
  to 
  the 
  stem. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  usually 
  

   covered 
  by 
  a 
  layer 
  formed 
  of 
  the 
  excrement 
  of 
  the 
  female, 
  but 
  some- 
  

   times 
  this 
  is 
  absent, 
  the 
  last 
  egg 
  serving 
  as 
  a 
  cover 
  for 
  the 
  heap. 
  The 
  

   author 
  figures 
  the 
  various 
  types 
  of 
  egg-heaps, 
  and 
  gives 
  a 
  table 
  

  

  