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  tive 
  pest 
  on 
  cotton. 
  Coccinellidae 
  : 
  Ejnlachut 
  dref/ei, 
  Muls., 
  

   E. 
  hirfa, 
  Thumb., 
  and 
  E. 
  j^aykulli, 
  Muls., 
  are 
  major 
  pests 
  in 
  vegetable 
  

   gardens 
  ; 
  Chilomenes 
  lunata, 
  F., 
  preys 
  on 
  the 
  cotton 
  aphis, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  

   very 
  useful 
  insect. 
  Cassididae 
  : 
  Cassida 
  gibbipennis, 
  a 
  minor 
  pest 
  

   on 
  leguminous 
  plants. 
  Nitidulidae 
  : 
  Epumea 
  sp., 
  eating 
  stamens 
  

   of 
  cotton 
  flowers. 
  

  

  Hymenoptera 
  : 
  — 
  Tenthredinidae 
  : 
  Athcdia 
  sp., 
  a 
  major 
  pest 
  

   on 
  turnips 
  and 
  cabbages. 
  

  

  Rhynchota 
  : 
  — 
  Aphididae 
  : 
  Aphis 
  gossypii, 
  Glover, 
  very 
  trouble- 
  

   some 
  on 
  cotton 
  ; 
  Ap)his 
  brassicae, 
  L., 
  on 
  cabbages 
  ; 
  Coccidae 
  : 
  

   Pidvinaria 
  jacksoni, 
  Newst., 
  occurs 
  occasionally 
  on 
  cotton. 
  Coreidae 
  : 
  

   Anophcnemis 
  curvipes, 
  F., 
  on 
  cotton 
  and 
  on 
  mahogany. 
  Penta- 
  

   TOMiDAE 
  : 
  Antestia 
  variegata, 
  Thumb., 
  a 
  serious 
  pest 
  of 
  coffee; 
  

   Atelocera 
  stictica, 
  Westw., 
  on 
  young 
  shoots 
  of 
  mahogany. 
  Pyrrho- 
  

   CORIDAE 
  : 
  Dysdercus 
  nigrofasciatus, 
  Stal, 
  a 
  major 
  pest 
  of 
  cotton 
  ; 
  

   Odontopus 
  confusus, 
  Dist., 
  on 
  cotton. 
  

  

  Order 
  in 
  Council 
  under 
  Sections 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  of 
  " 
  The 
  Destructive 
  Pests 
  

   Ordinance 
  1912 
  " 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  Cocoa 
  and 
  Rubber 
  Plants 
  and 
  

   Seeds. 
  — 
  Gold 
  Coast 
  Govermnent 
  Gazette, 
  Accra, 
  no. 
  68, 
  23rd 
  Aug. 
  

   1913, 
  p. 
  945. 
  [Received 
  15th 
  April 
  1914.] 
  

  

  This 
  Order 
  in 
  Council 
  contains 
  the 
  following 
  provisions 
  : 
  — 
  

   It 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  import 
  any 
  cocoa 
  or 
  rubber 
  

   plants 
  or 
  seeds 
  into 
  the 
  Gold 
  Coast 
  Colony 
  except 
  through 
  the 
  Ports 
  

   of 
  Accra 
  and 
  Sekondi. 
  No 
  cocoa 
  or 
  rubber 
  plants 
  or 
  seeds 
  shall 
  be 
  

   so 
  imported 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  disinfected 
  before 
  shipment 
  in 
  a 
  

   manner 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  All 
  cocoa 
  and 
  

   rubber 
  plants 
  and 
  seeds 
  so 
  imported 
  shall 
  be 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  certi- 
  

   ficate, 
  to 
  the 
  satisfaction 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  certifying 
  that 
  

   such 
  disinfection 
  has 
  been 
  duly 
  and 
  properly 
  carried 
  out. 
  All 
  cocoa 
  

   and 
  rubber 
  plants 
  and 
  seeds 
  arriving 
  without 
  a 
  certificate, 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  

   certificate 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  the 
  satisfaction 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  destroyed, 
  or 
  landed 
  at 
  such 
  place 
  as 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  

   ma}^ 
  direct 
  and 
  there 
  disinfected 
  under 
  his 
  supervision 
  at 
  the 
  expense 
  

   of 
  the 
  importer. 
  

  

  VuiLLET 
  (A.)- 
  Le 
  Thrips 
  du 
  Poireau. 
  [The 
  Thripsof 
  the 
  Leek.] 
  — 
  

   Rev. 
  Phytopath. 
  App., 
  Paris, 
  i, 
  no. 
  10,20th 
  Oct. 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  136-137. 
  

   [Reed. 
  30th 
  March 
  1914.] 
  

  

  Thrips 
  tabaci, 
  Lind., 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  both 
  the 
  Old 
  and 
  New 
  Worlds. 
  

   In 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  onion 
  thrips, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  introduced 
  there 
  from 
  Europe. 
  It 
  occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   whole 
  year 
  on 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  plants 
  belonging 
  to 
  very 
  different 
  

   families 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Cruciferae, 
  Leguminosae, 
  Caryophyllaceae 
  

   Compositae, 
  Solanaceae, 
  Labiatae, 
  Liliaceae, 
  etc. 
  The 
  famiUes. 
  

   LiUaceae 
  and 
  Solanaceae 
  are 
  the 
  ones 
  which 
  perhaps 
  suffer 
  the 
  most. 
  

   With 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  leek, 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  Blais 
  observed 
  that 
  this 
  

   plant 
  became 
  discoloured 
  towards 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  summer, 
  whilst 
  

   small 
  larvae 
  swarmed 
  in 
  the 
  folds 
  of 
  the 
  leaves. 
  In 
  1913, 
  the 
  first 
  

   damage 
  was 
  observed 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  the 
  perfect 
  insect 
  appeared 
  

   at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  September. 
  The 
  attacked 
  leaves 
  first 
  became 
  

  

  . 
  

  

  