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  attempts 
  to 
  combat 
  pests 
  by 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  fungus 
  diseases 
  have 
  

   so 
  far 
  not 
  been 
  very 
  successful 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  author 
  appears 
  to 
  think 
  

   that 
  while 
  these 
  diseases 
  can 
  be 
  artificially 
  increased 
  where 
  they 
  

   already 
  exist, 
  yet 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  likely 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  established 
  in 
  places 
  

   where 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  occur 
  naturally. 
  

  

  Noel 
  (P.) 
  Les 
  Insects 
  et 
  les 
  Acariensnuisibles 
  aux 
  plantes 
  cultiv6es 
  en 
  

   France. 
  (Insects 
  and 
  mites 
  harmful 
  to 
  cultivated 
  plants 
  in 
  

   France.] 
  — 
  BulL 
  Trim. 
  Lab. 
  Reg. 
  d'Entom. 
  Agric. 
  Seine- 
  Infer., 
  

   RoKen, 
  Jan.-March, 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  3-11. 
  

  

  The 
  writer 
  gives 
  tables 
  showing 
  the 
  particular 
  orders 
  of 
  insects 
  and 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  attacking 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  286 
  cultivated 
  plants 
  of 
  

   France. 
  The 
  16 
  cultivated 
  fruit 
  trees 
  are 
  attacked 
  by 
  1,671 
  different 
  

   kinds 
  of 
  insects 
  ; 
  28 
  market 
  garden 
  plants 
  by 
  704 
  species 
  ; 
  31 
  forage 
  

   plants 
  and 
  cereals 
  by 
  988 
  species, 
  and 
  so 
  forth. 
  

  

  Noel 
  (P.). 
  Les 
  Ennemis 
  des 
  Salsifs. 
  [Enemies 
  of 
  salsify.] 
  — 
  Bull. 
  

   Trim. 
  Lab. 
  Reg. 
  d^Entom. 
  Agric, 
  Seine- 
  Lnfer., 
  Rouen, 
  Jan. 
  -March 
  

   1914, 
  pp. 
  11-12. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  insects 
  are 
  given 
  as 
  the 
  chief 
  pests 
  of 
  salsify 
  : 
  — 
  

   Cassida 
  thoracica, 
  Klug 
  ; 
  Aphis 
  papaveris, 
  F., 
  which 
  sucks 
  the 
  juice 
  

   of 
  the 
  leaves 
  in 
  June 
  ; 
  Aulax 
  scorzonerae, 
  Giraud 
  ; 
  Scotogratmna 
  

   trifolii, 
  Rott. 
  {Mamestra 
  chenopodii, 
  Schiff.), 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  which 
  

   destroy 
  the 
  leaves 
  from 
  July 
  to 
  October 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  Cecidomyid. 
  

  

  AuLMANN 
  (G.). 
  Ein 
  neuer 
  Schadling 
  an 
  Kokospalmen 
  auf 
  Samoa. 
  

  

  [A 
  new 
  pest 
  of 
  coconut 
  palms 
  in 
  Samoa.] 
  — 
  Entom. 
  Rundschau, 
  

   Berlin, 
  xxxi, 
  no. 
  5, 
  14th 
  March 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  31-32, 
  3 
  figs. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  Hispid 
  beetle 
  is 
  described 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Promecotheca 
  

   lindingeri, 
  Aulm., 
  as 
  a 
  pest 
  of 
  coconut 
  palms 
  in 
  Samoa. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  

   deposited 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  leaf, 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  make 
  long 
  

   mines 
  in 
  the 
  parenchyma, 
  causing 
  the 
  leaf 
  to 
  die. 
  The 
  damage 
  done 
  

   by 
  the 
  imago 
  is 
  quite 
  different 
  ; 
  it 
  settles 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   leaf 
  and 
  eats 
  away 
  the 
  tissues 
  from 
  the 
  outside 
  in 
  parallel 
  lines, 
  which 
  

   also 
  kills 
  the 
  leaf. 
  

  

  Lyle 
  (G. 
  T.) 
  Contributions 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Bniish 
  Bra 
  conidae, 
  

   No. 
  1. 
  Meteoridae. 
  — 
  Entoynologist, 
  London, 
  xlvii. 
  Mar. 
  1914, 
  

   pp. 
  73-77, 
  1 
  pi. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  ten 
  years 
  the 
  author 
  has 
  given 
  considerable 
  attention 
  

   to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  hymenopterous 
  parasites, 
  their 
  breeding 
  habits 
  and 
  

   life-histories. 
  The 
  present 
  paper, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  describing 
  

   the 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  work, 
  deals 
  with 
  the 
  British 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Meteorinae 
  ; 
  

   the 
  British 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  are 
  all 
  referable 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Meteorus, 
  of 
  which 
  six 
  species 
  are 
  described. 
  M. 
  albiditarsis 
  w^as 
  bred 
  

   from 
  a 
  larva 
  of 
  Taeniocampa 
  mimosa, 
  and 
  also 
  from 
  larvae 
  of 
  

   T. 
  gracilis, 
  T. 
  pulverulenta, 
  T. 
  stabilis, 
  and 
  Panolis 
  piniperda. 
  

   M. 
  chrysophthalmus 
  was 
  bred 
  from 
  larvae 
  of 
  Geometridae. 
  M. 
  ictericus 
  

   w^as 
  bred 
  from 
  larvae 
  of 
  Tortrices, 
  taken 
  from 
  oak 
  trees. 
  M. 
  atrator 
  

   was 
  captured, 
  together 
  with 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  hyperparasite 
  Hemiteles 
  

   areator, 
  running 
  about 
  on 
  furniture 
  which 
  was 
  infested 
  with 
  the 
  moth 
  

   Tinea 
  biseUiella, 
  evidently 
  searching 
  for 
  the 
  lepidopteron. 
  

  

  