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  a 
  pathogenic 
  fungus, 
  Empusa 
  aulicea, 
  before 
  doing 
  much 
  harm. 
  

   Numerous 
  pupae 
  of 
  Polychrosis 
  and 
  Chjsia 
  had 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  winter. 
  

   The 
  first 
  invasion 
  was 
  not 
  severe, 
  but 
  as 
  many 
  growers 
  had 
  neglected 
  

   lead 
  arsenate 
  treatment, 
  the 
  second 
  generation 
  of 
  these 
  IMicrolepi- 
  

   doptera 
  was 
  much 
  larger 
  in 
  July. 
  Polychrosis 
  became 
  very 
  abundant 
  

   and 
  its 
  third 
  generation 
  caused 
  important 
  injury. 
  It 
  is 
  imperative 
  

   that 
  spraying 
  with 
  lead 
  arsenate 
  be 
  practised 
  against 
  the 
  first 
  genera- 
  

   tion. 
  Oenophthira 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  has 
  caused 
  much 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  

   vineyards 
  in 
  the 
  districts 
  of 
  Carcassonais, 
  Minervois, 
  and 
  Etang 
  de 
  

   Marseillette, 
  and 
  the 
  treatment 
  applied 
  formerly 
  must 
  be 
  reverted 
  to, 
  

   and 
  especially 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  arsenical 
  insecticides. 
  The 
  winter 
  slack 
  

   season 
  is 
  being 
  taken 
  advantage 
  of 
  in 
  some 
  vineyards 
  in 
  Tunis 
  for 
  

   applying 
  measures 
  against 
  the 
  white 
  scale, 
  Pseiidococcus 
  vitis. 
  

  

  Sur 
  ralimentation 
  de 
  la 
  mesange 
  bleue. 
  [On 
  the 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  blue 
  tit.] 
  

   — 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  d'Etude 
  et 
  de 
  Vulgarisation 
  Zool. 
  Agric, 
  Bordeaux^ 
  

   xiii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  p. 
  16. 
  

  

  Some 
  interesting 
  observations 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  M. 
  Richard 
  near 
  

   Neuchatel 
  on 
  the 
  feeding 
  habits 
  of 
  blue 
  tits. 
  During 
  October, 
  when 
  

   the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  reeds 
  had 
  died 
  down 
  and 
  only 
  the 
  long 
  yellow 
  stems 
  

   vrith. 
  the 
  heads 
  remained 
  standing, 
  a 
  blue 
  tit 
  was 
  observed 
  to 
  fly 
  down 
  

   upon 
  the 
  reeds 
  and 
  break 
  off 
  the 
  heads 
  with 
  its 
  beak, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  extract 
  

   insect 
  larvae, 
  which 
  it 
  would 
  devour. 
  It 
  is 
  suggested 
  that 
  the 
  tits 
  

   which 
  attack 
  almonds 
  are 
  really 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  they 
  contain 
  

   and 
  not 
  eating 
  the 
  almonds 
  themselves. 
  

  

  Engerbuxd 
  ( 
  — 
  ). 
  A 
  propos 
  des 
  nichoirs 
  artificials. 
  [Artificial 
  nesting 
  

   boxes.] 
  — 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  d' 
  Etude 
  et 
  de 
  Vulgarisation 
  Zool. 
  Agric, 
  

   Bordeaux, 
  xiii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  16-17. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  records 
  some 
  interesting 
  facts 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   destruction 
  of 
  insect 
  pests 
  by 
  birds, 
  housed 
  in 
  artificial 
  nesting 
  boxes. 
  

   The 
  birds, 
  which 
  were 
  tits, 
  cleared 
  an 
  apple 
  tree 
  in 
  his 
  garden 
  of 
  

   woolly 
  aphis 
  ; 
  red 
  currant 
  bushes 
  were 
  cleared 
  of 
  sa^vfly 
  larvae, 
  and 
  

   kitchen 
  garden 
  plants 
  of 
  Pierids. 
  Vines 
  attacked 
  by 
  Haltica, 
  were 
  

   also 
  \^sited 
  and 
  the 
  pest 
  practically 
  disappeared. 
  

  

  Feytaud 
  (J.). 
  L'Otiorhynque 
  siIlonn6 
  {Otiorrhynchus 
  sulcaius) 
  dans 
  

   Tile 
  d'Oleron. 
  [Otiorrhynchus 
  sulcatus 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Oleron.] 
  

   — 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  d' 
  Etude 
  et 
  de 
  Vulg. 
  Zool. 
  Agric, 
  Bordeaux, 
  xiii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  

   Jan. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  7-14, 
  2 
  figs., 
  1 
  map. 
  

  

  The 
  island 
  of 
  Oleron 
  is, 
  excepting 
  Corsica, 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  

   islands. 
  The 
  soil 
  and 
  climate 
  are 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  vegetation 
  and 
  a 
  

   large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  is 
  under 
  cultivation, 
  vines 
  being 
  especially 
  

   abundant. 
  Insect 
  pests 
  have 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  attracted 
  much 
  attention, 
  

   as 
  their 
  ravages 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  serious, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  alarm 
  

   is 
  being 
  felt 
  at 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  certain 
  species, 
  notably 
  of 
  the 
  weevil, 
  

   Otiorrhynchus 
  sulcatus, 
  F. 
  The 
  appearance 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  about 
  four 
  years 
  ago, 
  

   between 
  Biroire 
  and 
  Chef-Maillere 
  ; 
  since 
  then 
  it 
  has 
  spread 
  outwards 
  

   in 
  all 
  directions. 
  The 
  adult 
  damages 
  the 
  vines 
  by 
  attacking 
  the 
  shoots 
  

   and 
  arresting 
  their 
  development 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  injury 
  

  

  