﻿giving 
  a 
  popular 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  pest, 
  its 
  life-history 
  and 
  the 
  damage 
  

   done 
  by 
  it. 
  As 
  remedies, 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  appLed 
  in 
  spring, 
  he 
  suggests 
  

   the 
  cleansing 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  from 
  the 
  loose 
  bark, 
  especially 
  near 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  where 
  the 
  weevils 
  winter, 
  and 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  rubbish 
  

   scraped 
  off 
  the 
  trees, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  fallen 
  leaves, 
  etc. 
  When 
  the 
  imagines 
  

   appear 
  in 
  April, 
  it 
  is 
  advisable 
  to 
  shake 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  trees 
  on 
  to 
  

   sheets 
  and 
  burn 
  them 
  ; 
  a 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  preparation 
  

   of 
  these 
  sheets 
  is 
  given. 
  [See 
  also 
  this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  A.i, 
  p. 
  235.] 
  

   Spraying 
  the 
  trees 
  with 
  milk 
  of 
  Hme 
  is 
  also 
  suggested. 
  

  

  Psylla 
  mall, 
  Schmbg., 
  and 
  Aporia 
  crataegi, 
  L. 
  are 
  also 
  dealt 
  with. 
  

   Against 
  the 
  former 
  the 
  author 
  recommends 
  spraying 
  early 
  in 
  spring, 
  

   on 
  frostless 
  days, 
  with 
  sulphate 
  of 
  iron, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  eggs, 
  

   and 
  later, 
  when 
  the 
  larvae 
  have 
  appeared, 
  with 
  tobacco 
  extract 
  or 
  

   green 
  soap, 
  giving 
  recipes 
  for 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  these 
  insecticides. 
  

   As 
  to 
  Aporia 
  crataegi, 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  winter 
  nests 
  is 
  recom- 
  

   mended. 
  

  

  Gertopan 
  (A.). 
  BosMomHOCTM 
  noflBJieHifl 
  cobkm 
  Ha 
  nposbix-b 
  x/it- 
  

   6axT> 
  noctea 
  1914 
  r. 
  31, 
  EKaiepiiHocnaBCKOM 
  ry5. 
  [On 
  the 
  possi- 
  

   bility 
  of 
  an 
  outbreak 
  of 
  Tapinostola 
  (Oria) 
  musculosa, 
  Hb., 
  on 
  the 
  

   summer-sown 
  crops 
  of 
  1914 
  in 
  the 
  Govt, 
  of 
  Ekaterinoslav.]— 
  

   « 
  K)}KHOe 
  XoSflMCTBO 
  » 
  [Southern 
  Husbandry], 
  Ekaterinoslav, 
  

   Feb. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  123-129. 
  

  

  Tapinostola 
  musculosa 
  last 
  year 
  destroyed 
  summer-sown, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  winter-sown, 
  crops 
  in 
  several 
  districts 
  of 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  

   Ekaterinoslav 
  ; 
  in 
  May 
  of 
  that 
  year, 
  thousands 
  of 
  dessiatines 
  (2' 
  7 
  acres) 
  

   of 
  crops 
  were 
  completely 
  lost. 
  Many 
  agriculturists 
  have 
  applied 
  no 
  

   remedies 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  reappearance 
  of 
  the 
  pests 
  this 
  year, 
  such 
  as 
  

   burning 
  down 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  crops 
  or 
  the 
  stubbles, 
  and 
  reploughing 
  

   the 
  fields 
  immediately. 
  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  likely 
  that 
  a 
  fresh 
  outbreak 
  

   will 
  occur 
  this 
  year 
  and 
  the 
  author 
  suggests 
  abandoning 
  altogether 
  

   the 
  sowing 
  of 
  summer-sown 
  crops 
  (barley, 
  wheat 
  and 
  oats) 
  on 
  fields 
  

   damaged 
  last 
  year 
  by 
  this 
  moth 
  and 
  sowing 
  instead 
  crops 
  which 
  

   are 
  not 
  attacked 
  by 
  it, 
  such 
  as 
  peas, 
  Turkish 
  beans 
  (fassol), 
  lentils, 
  

   vetches, 
  maize, 
  sorghum, 
  potatoes, 
  beetroots, 
  bachza 
  plants, 
  sun- 
  

   flower 
  and 
  mustard. 
  Rape 
  and 
  ravison 
  cannot 
  be 
  recommended 
  as 
  

   they 
  are 
  attacked 
  by 
  many 
  other 
  pests. 
  

  

  GouGH 
  (L. 
  H.) 
  & 
  Storey 
  (G.). 
  Methods 
  for 
  the 
  Destruction 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pink 
  Boll 
  Worm 
  in 
  Cotton 
  Seed. 
  Appendix. 
  — 
  Agric. 
  Jl. 
  of 
  Egypt, 
  

   Cairo, 
  iii 
  (1913), 
  no. 
  2, 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  93-95, 
  1 
  fig. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  information 
  is 
  embodied 
  in 
  an 
  appendix 
  to 
  a 
  paper 
  

   abstracted 
  on 
  pp. 
  218-219 
  of 
  the 
  current 
  volume 
  of 
  this 
  Review 
  and 
  

   deals 
  with 
  a 
  method 
  consisting 
  of 
  placing 
  cotton 
  seed 
  on 
  a 
  metal 
  tray, 
  

   to 
  which 
  electrical 
  sparks 
  were 
  passed 
  from 
  a 
  metal 
  brush 
  held 
  about 
  

   6 
  inches 
  above 
  it. 
  Eight 
  experiments 
  were 
  made, 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  five 
  

   being 
  tabulated. 
  In 
  no 
  case 
  was 
  there 
  any 
  abnormal 
  mortality 
  amongst 
  

   the 
  caterpillars 
  and 
  germination 
  was 
  unaltered 
  or 
  only 
  slightly 
  

   reduced, 
  except 
  with 
  an 
  almost 
  sparkless 
  discharge 
  which 
  appeared 
  

   to 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  shghtly 
  beneficial 
  effect 
  on 
  the 
  seed. 
  A 
  spark-gap 
  of 
  

   about 
  4J 
  inches 
  only, 
  was 
  used 
  throughout, 
  but 
  the 
  results 
  did 
  not 
  

  

  