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  Trabut 
  ( 
  — 
  ). 
  A 
  Propos 
  des 
  Plantations 
  de 
  Vignes 
  francaises 
  dans 
  le 
  

   Departement 
  d' 
  Alger 
  Phyllox6r6. 
  (On 
  the 
  Plantations 
  of 
  French 
  

   Vines 
  in 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Algiers 
  infested 
  with 
  Phylloxera.) 
  — 
  

   Bull. 
  Agric. 
  Alger. 
  Tun. 
  Maroc, 
  Algiers, 
  xx, 
  no. 
  3, 
  Feb. 
  1914, 
  p. 
  92. 
  

  

  M. 
  Bertrand 
  states 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  great 
  danger 
  in 
  urging 
  the 
  vine- 
  

   growers 
  to 
  plant 
  French 
  vines 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  of 
  being 
  able 
  

   to 
  protect 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  Phylloxera 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  insecticides. 
  

   None 
  of 
  the 
  treatments 
  of 
  winter-eggs 
  will 
  prevent 
  the 
  young 
  vine 
  

   plants, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  imprudently 
  planted, 
  from 
  being 
  attacked 
  

   by 
  this 
  pest. 
  

  

  RuTHERFOED 
  (A.). 
  Xylehorus 
  compactus, 
  Eichh., 
  a 
  Borer 
  of 
  Tea 
  and 
  

   Coffee. 
  — 
  Trop. 
  Agric, 
  Peradenyia, 
  xHi, 
  no. 
  2, 
  Feb. 
  1914,. 
  

   pp. 
  131-132. 
  

  

  In 
  October 
  1913, 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  received 
  from 
  Wattegama,. 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  tea 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  nursery 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  attacked 
  by 
  shot- 
  

   hole 
  borer. 
  Of 
  these 
  plants 
  50 
  per 
  cent, 
  were 
  damaged, 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  

   attack 
  being 
  below 
  the 
  ground-level. 
  The 
  insect, 
  though 
  resembling 
  

   Xylehorus 
  fornicatus, 
  Eichh., 
  was 
  at 
  once 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  different 
  species, 
  

   and 
  the 
  beetles 
  in 
  each 
  tunnel 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  numerous 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   case 
  of 
  X. 
  fornicatus. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  identical 
  with 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  

   Scolytid 
  received 
  in 
  September 
  1911 
  from 
  Pelmadulla, 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  

   been 
  attacking 
  Coffea 
  robiista, 
  which 
  Green 
  regarded 
  as 
  almost 
  certainly 
  

   X. 
  coffeae, 
  remarking 
  that 
  this 
  pest 
  had 
  not 
  previously 
  been 
  recorded 
  

   from 
  Ceylon. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  identified 
  by 
  Col. 
  Winn 
  Sampson 
  as 
  

   X. 
  compactus, 
  Eichh. 
  

  

  NoRRis 
  (F. 
  de 
  la 
  Mare). 
  Locust 
  Work 
  in 
  December. 
  — 
  Ag^ic. 
  BulL 
  

   Fed. 
  Malay 
  States, 
  Kuala 
  Lumpur, 
  ii, 
  no. 
  7, 
  Feb. 
  1914, 
  p. 
  186. 
  

  

  The 
  catch 
  of 
  locusts 
  in 
  Selangor 
  for 
  December 
  was 
  1,500 
  tins, 
  repre- 
  

   senting 
  400 
  swarms 
  ; 
  experiments 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  out 
  giving 
  very 
  

   favourable 
  results, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  in 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  next 
  generation 
  

   to 
  supplant 
  the 
  bag-trap 
  system 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  poisons. 
  

   Flying 
  swarms 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  have 
  been 
  kept 
  under 
  

   observation. 
  

  

  Springs 
  (F. 
  Gr.). 
  Notes 
  on 
  Indigo 
  Planting 
  in 
  Malaya. 
  — 
  Agric. 
  Bidl. 
  

   Fed. 
  Malay 
  States, 
  Kuala 
  Lumpur, 
  ii, 
  no. 
  7, 
  Feb. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  187.188. 
  

  

  Attempts 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  recently 
  to 
  cultivate 
  indigo 
  as 
  a 
  

   subsidiary 
  crop 
  amongst 
  young 
  coconuts 
  and 
  rubber 
  at 
  Kuala 
  Lumpur, 
  

   have 
  shown 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  unUkely 
  that 
  this 
  plant 
  will 
  do 
  well, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  an 
  insect 
  pest. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  a 
  moth 
  (not 
  as 
  yet 
  

   identified) 
  which 
  eats 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  young 
  shoots. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  

   that 
  if 
  the 
  cultivated 
  area 
  extends 
  the 
  pest 
  will 
  become 
  more 
  

   prevalent. 
  In 
  consequence, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  deemed 
  advisable 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  

   to 
  extend 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  indigo 
  in 
  Malaya. 
  

  

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