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  being 
  estimated 
  at 
  about 
  £250,000. 
  The 
  author 
  refers 
  also 
  to 
  Phlyctae- 
  

   nodes 
  sticticalis, 
  Eurygaster 
  sp., 
  Brachycolus 
  noxius, 
  Oscinis 
  frit, 
  and 
  

   Pentodon, 
  and 
  gives 
  some 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  appearance 
  and 
  

   injurious 
  activities. 
  In 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  Saratov 
  a 
  Capsid 
  bug, 
  Anapus 
  

   freyi, 
  Fieb., 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  as 
  injuring 
  grain 
  crops, 
  while 
  in 
  previous 
  

   years 
  the 
  same 
  pest 
  has 
  damaged 
  pastures 
  and 
  meadows 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   locahties. 
  Coeliodes 
  fuliginosus, 
  Hylemyia 
  coarctata 
  and 
  Aphis 
  gossypii 
  

   (on 
  cottonseeds 
  in 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasia) 
  were 
  also 
  

   reported 
  from 
  various 
  governments. 
  A 
  new 
  Chalcid 
  pest 
  of 
  clover 
  seeds 
  

   in 
  Russia, 
  Eurytoma 
  gihba, 
  Boh., 
  was 
  discovered 
  by 
  Kurdjumov 
  in 
  seed 
  

   samples 
  from 
  the 
  governments 
  of 
  Poltava 
  and 
  Kiev, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  Entomology 
  (of 
  the 
  Central 
  Board) 
  in 
  samples 
  sent 
  from 
  the 
  govern- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Orel 
  ; 
  by 
  mowing 
  the 
  clover 
  for 
  seed 
  in 
  autumn 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  

   to 
  separate 
  the 
  affected 
  seeds 
  from 
  the 
  healthy 
  ones. 
  The 
  author 
  

   mentions 
  that 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Station 
  of 
  Voronezh 
  specially 
  studies 
  

   the 
  biology 
  of 
  larvae 
  of 
  Agriotes, 
  while 
  the 
  Station 
  in 
  Tula 
  conducts 
  

   special 
  studies 
  on 
  Apion. 
  Amongst 
  the 
  insect 
  pests 
  of 
  fruit 
  gardens 
  

   he 
  mentions 
  Psylla 
  mali, 
  which 
  affects 
  the 
  orchards 
  of 
  North 
  and 
  

   Middle 
  Russia, 
  while 
  an 
  undetermined 
  species 
  of 
  Psylla 
  is 
  a 
  dangerous 
  

   pest 
  in 
  South 
  Russia. 
  Euthrips 
  pyri, 
  Daniel, 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  pest 
  found 
  in 
  

   1912 
  in 
  the 
  Crimea 
  on 
  apple 
  and 
  pear 
  trees. 
  The 
  artificial 
  importation 
  

   of 
  Pentarthron 
  semblidis 
  — 
  a 
  parasite 
  of 
  Cydia 
  (Carpocapsa) 
  pomonella 
  — 
  

   into 
  the 
  orchards 
  of 
  Tashkent, 
  which' 
  was 
  started 
  in 
  1911, 
  has 
  resulted 
  

   in 
  the 
  acclimatisation 
  of 
  the 
  parasites 
  in 
  that 
  country. 
  Various 
  species 
  

   of 
  Phyllotreta 
  have 
  damaged 
  market 
  gardens, 
  while 
  the 
  following 
  pests 
  

   of 
  forests 
  were 
  reported 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  : 
  — 
  Agrilus 
  vividus 
  injured 
  birch 
  

   trees 
  in 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  Samara 
  ; 
  Eulecanium 
  corni, 
  B., 
  appeared 
  

   on 
  hazel 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  Kazan, 
  the 
  pests 
  passing 
  afterwards 
  

   to 
  orchards 
  ; 
  Lymantria 
  dispar 
  was 
  widely 
  spread 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  in 
  the 
  

   mountainous 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Crimea, 
  where 
  Mokrzecki 
  has 
  discovered 
  a 
  

   new 
  parasite 
  of 
  it 
  — 
  Hadronotus 
  (Telenomus) 
  howardi. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  gives 
  also 
  the 
  following 
  information 
  specially 
  relating 
  

   to 
  Siberia, 
  according 
  to 
  reports 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  from 
  K. 
  N. 
  

   Rossikov, 
  who 
  spent 
  there 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  summer 
  of 
  1912. 
  In 
  various 
  

   districts 
  of 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  Enisseissk 
  an 
  outbreak 
  of 
  locusts 
  took 
  

   place, 
  chief 
  amongst 
  the 
  pests 
  being 
  Gomphocerus 
  sibiricus 
  ; 
  the 
  egg- 
  

   clusters 
  have 
  infested 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  100,000 
  dessiatines 
  (270,000 
  acres) 
  

   and 
  £17,500 
  was 
  spent 
  in 
  control 
  measures. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  government 
  

   the 
  crops 
  were 
  also 
  injured 
  by 
  Plectroscelis 
  vittula, 
  Hydroecia 
  nictitans 
  

   and 
  by 
  larvae 
  of 
  Elateridae 
  ; 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  Euxoa 
  segetum, 
  in 
  

   company 
  with 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  CJiortophila 
  brassicae 
  and 
  Aphids, 
  have 
  

   destroyed 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  cabbages 
  ; 
  Hylemyia 
  antiqua 
  was 
  reported 
  

   as 
  a 
  pest 
  of 
  onions 
  ; 
  Phlyctaenodes 
  sticticalis 
  was 
  found 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  

   government 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  has 
  done 
  great 
  damage 
  to 
  vegetables. 
  In 
  

   the 
  province 
  of 
  Akmolinsk 
  larvae 
  of 
  Agriotes 
  and 
  of 
  Trachea 
  (Hadena) 
  

   basilinea 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  enormous 
  numbers 
  ; 
  in 
  one 
  locality 
  as 
  

   many 
  as 
  50 
  larvae 
  of 
  Agriotes 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  6 
  J 
  square 
  feet, 
  the 
  crops 
  

   in 
  these 
  fields 
  having 
  been 
  cleared 
  off 
  by 
  the 
  insects. 
  

  

  The 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  has 
  published, 
  during 
  1912, 
  six 
  

   works 
  on 
  Entomology 
  and 
  repubhshed 
  five 
  books. 
  The 
  author 
  

   concludes 
  by 
  giving 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  entomological 
  Stations 
  in 
  Russia, 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  which, 
  including 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  Scientific 
  Committee 
  

   to 
  the 
  Central 
  Board 
  of 
  Land 
  Administration 
  and 
  Agriculture, 
  is 
  24. 
  

  

  