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  Extrait 
  du 
  Proces-Verbal 
  de 
  la 
  Stance 
  de 
  la 
  Section 
  de 
  I'Entomologie. 
  

  

  [Extract 
  from 
  the 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Entomolo- 
  

   gical 
  Section.] 
  — 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Acclimat., 
  Paris. 
  Ixi, 
  no. 
  3, 
  1st 
  Feb. 
  

   1914, 
  pp. 
  84-85. 
  

  

  M. 
  Riviere 
  reported 
  on 
  the 
  damage 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  bug, 
  Aelia 
  germari, 
  

   to 
  cereals. 
  This 
  insect 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  spreading 
  in 
  North 
  Africa, 
  

   especially 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Oran, 
  Algeria. 
  The 
  insect 
  attacks 
  the 
  

   ear 
  of 
  the 
  cereals 
  and 
  sucks 
  the 
  sap 
  from 
  the 
  seed, 
  preventing 
  germina- 
  

   tion. 
  Several 
  plants, 
  chiefly 
  graminaceae 
  and 
  especially 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Stipa, 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  visited 
  by 
  these 
  insects, 
  and 
  at 
  night 
  Aelia 
  takes 
  

   refuge 
  in 
  other 
  plants, 
  returning 
  to 
  the 
  cereals 
  during 
  the 
  daytime. 
  

   No 
  method 
  of 
  control 
  is 
  known. 
  Aelia 
  germari 
  closely 
  resembles 
  

   A. 
  acuminata, 
  L., 
  which 
  is 
  common 
  throughout 
  Europe. 
  

  

  Termites 
  or 
  white 
  ants. 
  — 
  Agric. 
  News, 
  Barbados, 
  xiii. 
  no. 
  309, 
  28th 
  Feb, 
  

   1914, 
  p. 
  74. 
  

  

  The 
  occurrence 
  of 
  termites 
  in 
  St. 
  Kitts, 
  as 
  a 
  pest 
  of 
  growing 
  sugar- 
  

   cane, 
  has 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time. 
  Collections 
  of 
  these 
  

   and 
  other 
  termites, 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  and 
  other 
  islands, 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  

   and 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  for 
  study. 
  The 
  

   material 
  submitted 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  include 
  eleven 
  species, 
  of 
  five 
  genera. 
  

   Cahtermes 
  balloui 
  occurred 
  in 
  Grenada 
  and 
  St. 
  Vincent, 
  C. 
  castaneiis 
  

   in 
  Barbados, 
  C. 
  incisus 
  in 
  Barbados 
  and 
  St. 
  Kitts, 
  and 
  C. 
  venezolanus 
  in 
  

   St. 
  Kitts. 
  Eutermes 
  acagutlae 
  occurred 
  in 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  E. 
  costaricensis 
  

   in 
  St. 
  Kitts,* 
  E. 
  haitiensis 
  in 
  Montserrat, 
  Antigua 
  and 
  St. 
  Kitts, 
  

   E. 
  sanctae-luciae 
  in 
  St. 
  Vincent. 
  Leucotermes 
  tenuis 
  occurred 
  

   in 
  Barbados, 
  Mirotermes 
  marshalli 
  in 
  St. 
  Kitts 
  and 
  Rhinotermes 
  

   marginalis 
  in 
  Barbados. 
  Leucotermes 
  tenuis 
  is 
  the 
  species 
  responsible 
  

   for 
  the 
  serious 
  injury 
  to 
  cane 
  in 
  St. 
  Kitts, 
  while 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Eutermes 
  

   attack 
  cane 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  in 
  Antigua 
  and 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  Two 
  species 
  

   of 
  Cahtermes 
  attack 
  living 
  trees 
  — 
  C. 
  balloui 
  being 
  reported 
  from 
  

   cacao 
  trees 
  in 
  Grenada, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  heartwood 
  of 
  a 
  Pithecolohimn 
  

   in 
  St. 
  Vincent, 
  and 
  C. 
  incisus 
  in 
  the 
  wood 
  of 
  a 
  living 
  avocado 
  pear 
  tree 
  

   in 
  Barbados. 
  

  

  CoMTE 
  ( 
  — 
  ). 
  La 
  Mouche 
  du 
  Chou. 
  [The 
  Cabbage 
  Fly 
  Chortophila 
  

   (Anthomia) 
  brassicae, 
  Bouche.] 
  — 
  Rev. 
  Agric. 
  Vitic. 
  Afr. 
  Nord, 
  

   Algiers, 
  xii, 
  no. 
  101, 
  14th 
  Feb. 
  1914. 
  pp. 
  148-151, 
  2 
  figs. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  is 
  a 
  fly 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  Anthomyidae, 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  

   numerous 
  species 
  of 
  which 
  live 
  in 
  decomposing 
  vegetable 
  matter 
  and 
  

   occasionally 
  in 
  the 
  digestive 
  tracts 
  of 
  animals. 
  In 
  the 
  adult 
  stage 
  

   they 
  cause 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  plants 
  by 
  sucking 
  out 
  the 
  juices. 
  According 
  

   to 
  A. 
  Mazieres, 
  the 
  cabbage 
  fly 
  caused 
  serious 
  damage 
  to 
  young 
  cruci- 
  

   ferous 
  plants 
  in 
  Algeria 
  during 
  the 
  autumns 
  of 
  1911 
  and 
  1912. 
  In 
  

   Tunis, 
  where 
  similar 
  damage 
  is 
  done, 
  the 
  author 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  

   bionomics 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  differed 
  greatly 
  from 
  that 
  given 
  by 
  Mazieres. 
  

   Great 
  variations 
  also 
  exist 
  between 
  Central 
  and 
  Northern 
  Europe 
  in 
  

   this 
  respect, 
  since 
  the 
  climatic 
  conditions 
  are 
  very 
  different. 
  The 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  localities 
  for 
  E. 
  acagutlae, 
  E. 
  costaricensis 
  and 
  E. 
  sanctae-luciae 
  

   have 
  been 
  altered 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  a 
  correction 
  puljlished 
  in 
  the 
  

   Agric. 
  News 
  for 
  14th 
  March, 
  1914, 
  p. 
  90. 
  

  

  