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  Dalmasso 
  (G.). 
  Un 
  metodo 
  singolare 
  di 
  lotta 
  contro 
  le 
  tignuole 
  

   dell'uva. 
  [A 
  doubtful 
  method 
  of 
  combating 
  the 
  vine 
  moth.] 
  — 
  

   Riv. 
  Vitic. 
  Enol. 
  Agrar., 
  Conegliano, 
  xx, 
  no. 
  1, 
  1st 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  

   pp. 
  6-10. 
  

  

  Experiments 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  Government 
  Enological 
  School 
  at 
  Cone- 
  

   gliano 
  go 
  to 
  support 
  the 
  view 
  advanced 
  by 
  Moreau 
  and 
  Vinet 
  [c.f. 
  this 
  

   'Review, 
  Ser. 
  A., 
  ii, 
  p. 
  16] 
  that 
  vine 
  moth 
  control 
  by 
  capture 
  in 
  wine- 
  

   traps 
  is 
  unsatisfactory. 
  The 
  author 
  concedes 
  that 
  weather 
  conditions 
  

   were 
  mostly 
  unfavourable, 
  but 
  ill-success 
  cannot 
  be 
  wholly 
  ascribed 
  to 
  

   this 
  cause, 
  and, 
  in 
  any 
  case, 
  a 
  method 
  which 
  depends 
  so 
  much 
  on 
  

   suitable 
  meteorological 
  conditions 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  uncertain 
  one 
  at 
  best, 
  

   as 
  the 
  expense 
  for 
  material 
  and 
  labour 
  is 
  considerable 
  and 
  the 
  traps 
  

   may 
  be 
  washed 
  out 
  several 
  times 
  in 
  a 
  month 
  by 
  rain. 
  During 
  the 
  

   month 
  of 
  July 
  1913 
  alone, 
  at 
  Conegliano, 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  5J 
  inches 
  of 
  rain 
  

   fell, 
  distributed 
  over 
  16 
  days 
  ; 
  the 
  traps 
  were 
  either 
  completely 
  

   washed 
  out 
  or 
  the 
  liquid 
  so 
  diluted 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  useless, 
  and 
  generally 
  there 
  

   was 
  such 
  a 
  development 
  of 
  mould 
  that 
  the 
  liquid 
  rapidly 
  ceased 
  to 
  

   attract. 
  

  

  FoucHER 
  (G.). 
  Cecidomyid 
  Flies 
  attacking 
  Willows. 
  — 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  

   Acclimat., 
  Paris, 
  Ixi, 
  no. 
  1, 
  1st 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  23-26. 
  

  

  The 
  habits 
  are 
  recorded 
  of 
  two 
  willow-feeding 
  Cecidomyias 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus 
  Rhabdophaga, 
  R. 
  rosaria, 
  H. 
  Loew, 
  and 
  R. 
  pulvini, 
  Kieff. 
  The 
  

   former 
  lays 
  its 
  eggs 
  on 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  branches, 
  causing 
  a 
  cessation 
  of 
  

   growth, 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  develop 
  in 
  galls 
  forming 
  a 
  terminal 
  rosette. 
  

   The 
  larva 
  of 
  R. 
  pulvini 
  lives 
  in 
  the 
  pulvinus 
  of 
  the 
  leaf, 
  where 
  its 
  presence 
  

   is 
  indicated 
  by 
  a 
  swelling. 
  Infested 
  branches 
  wither 
  and 
  dry 
  com- 
  

   pletely. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  their 
  small 
  size, 
  these 
  two 
  Cecidomyias 
  sometimes 
  

   cause 
  considerable 
  damage 
  in 
  osier 
  plantations, 
  where 
  they 
  chiefly 
  

   attack 
  Salix 
  purpurea, 
  depressa, 
  aurita 
  and 
  cinerea. 
  The 
  only 
  

   preventive 
  measure 
  is 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  infested 
  branches 
  and 
  carefully 
  

   burn 
  them. 
  

  

  ShtCHEDRITZKY 
  (— 
  ). 
  nOBpeWAGHiflXTj 
  03MMbIX"b 
  BCXOAOBTj.— 
  [On 
  

  

  injuries 
  to 
  the 
  shoots 
  of 
  winter-sown 
  grain.] 
  « 
  CM6MpGK0e 
  

   CeJIbCKOe 
  X03flHCTB0.» 
  [Agriculture 
  of 
  Siberia.] 
  Tomsk, 
  Jan. 
  

   1914. 
  pp. 
  4-5. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  warns 
  agriculturists 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Tomsk, 
  against 
  

   injuries 
  to 
  their 
  winter-sown 
  crops 
  which 
  may 
  result 
  from 
  the 
  activities 
  

   of 
  larvae 
  of 
  Euxoa 
  segetum. 
  These 
  insects 
  appeared 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  district 
  last 
  autumn 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  likely 
  that, 
  after 
  hibernation, 
  they 
  

   will 
  again 
  cause 
  damage 
  till 
  about 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  June. 
  To 
  protect 
  the 
  

   crops 
  from 
  further 
  injuries 
  he 
  suggests 
  harrowing 
  the 
  fields 
  on 
  which 
  

   the 
  pests 
  appeared 
  last 
  autumn, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  ground 
  thaws, 
  and 
  

   digging 
  trenches 
  round 
  the 
  areas 
  that 
  were 
  stripped. 
  To 
  prevent 
  

   damage 
  to 
  autumn 
  shoots 
  he 
  recommends 
  ploughing 
  the 
  fields 
  for 
  the 
  

   winter 
  crop 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  possible, 
  in 
  any 
  case 
  before 
  June, 
  and 
  subse- 
  

   quently 
  making 
  round 
  the 
  fields 
  a 
  trench 
  about 
  8-9 
  inches 
  deep 
  and 
  

   of 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  a 
  spade 
  ; 
  frequent 
  harrowing 
  is 
  advised 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   the 
  growth 
  of 
  weeds. 
  The 
  author 
  concludes 
  with 
  a 
  brief 
  description 
  

   of 
  the 
  larva 
  and 
  perfect 
  insect. 
  

  

  