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  insects 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  on 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  305 
  acres 
  ; 
  the 
  shoots 
  

   from 
  which 
  the 
  insects 
  were 
  extracted 
  recovered 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  suggested 
  

   that 
  this 
  method 
  should 
  be 
  applied 
  again 
  in 
  1914. 
  Euproctis 
  

   chrysorrhoea 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  of 
  Borisoglebsk, 
  where 
  its 
  webs 
  

   were 
  collected 
  from 
  oak 
  trees 
  over 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  453 
  acres. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Pri-Usman, 
  in 
  forests 
  consisting 
  chiefly 
  of 
  birch 
  

   and 
  oak, 
  Avith 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  aspen, 
  operations 
  against 
  Retinia 
  were 
  

   undertaken, 
  consisting 
  of 
  cutting 
  off 
  and 
  burying 
  the 
  branches 
  on 
  

   which 
  the 
  larvae 
  had 
  begun 
  their 
  attacks 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  thought 
  that 
  in 
  

   1914 
  the 
  damage 
  by 
  these 
  insects 
  will 
  be 
  less. 
  

  

  Lophyrus 
  pini 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  of 
  Bokin 
  and 
  Hylobius 
  ahietis 
  

   in 
  that 
  of 
  Pushtin. 
  In 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  Romanov 
  and 
  of 
  Jarov, 
  Lopho- 
  

   derium 
  pinastri 
  was 
  noticed 
  in 
  nurseries 
  and 
  the 
  seedlings 
  were 
  twice 
  

   sprayed 
  with 
  Bordeaux 
  mixture, 
  after 
  which 
  they 
  recovered 
  in 
  one 
  

   area. 
  About 
  15 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  seedlings 
  perished 
  from 
  this 
  pest. 
  

  

  UvARov(B.). 
  SaflaMM 
  \^ 
  nporpawiMbi 
  AtfliejibHOCTM 
  aHTOMonornMecKux-b 
  

   yHpeWAGH'm. 
  [The 
  objects 
  and 
  programmes 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  entomo- 
  

   logical 
  institutions.] 
  — 
  « 
  SeiVIJieA'bnbHeCKafl 
  ra3eTa.» 
  [The 
  Agri- 
  

   cultural 
  Gazette], 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  nos. 
  3 
  & 
  4, 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  74-76 
  & 
  

   114-115. 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  types 
  of 
  local 
  entomological 
  institutions 
  

   was 
  raised 
  at 
  the 
  First 
  Russian 
  Conference 
  on 
  Applied 
  Entomology 
  

   in 
  Kiev 
  in 
  August 
  of 
  last 
  year, 
  and 
  although 
  the 
  time 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  

   of 
  the 
  Conference 
  did 
  not 
  allow 
  of 
  a 
  thorough 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  problem, 
  

   the 
  idea 
  which 
  met 
  with 
  general 
  approval 
  was 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   distinguish 
  clearly 
  between 
  the 
  objects 
  of 
  Entomological 
  Stations 
  

   or 
  Branches 
  of 
  Agricultural 
  Experimental 
  Stations 
  and 
  of 
  Entomo- 
  

   logical 
  Bureaus. 
  The 
  author 
  points 
  out 
  that 
  Entomological 
  Stations 
  

   must 
  be 
  chiefly 
  concerned 
  with 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  insect 
  pests 
  under 
  natural, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  experimental, 
  conditions 
  ; 
  this 
  can 
  be 
  best 
  arrived 
  at 
  when, 
  

   the 
  Entomological 
  Stations 
  are 
  connected 
  with, 
  and 
  form 
  a 
  branch 
  of, 
  

   the 
  General 
  Agricultural 
  Experimental 
  Stations. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  

   Entomological 
  Bureaus 
  should 
  be 
  confined 
  to 
  acquainting 
  the 
  public 
  

   with 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  scientific 
  studies 
  and 
  giving 
  practical 
  assistance 
  to 
  

   them 
  in 
  fighting 
  various 
  injurious 
  insects. 
  Their 
  objects 
  should 
  include 
  

   the 
  popularisation 
  of 
  entomological 
  knowledge 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  posters, 
  

   pamphlets, 
  lectures 
  and 
  of 
  object 
  lessons 
  and 
  experiments 
  ; 
  the 
  

   publication 
  of 
  local 
  popular 
  literature 
  of 
  a 
  periodical 
  character 
  and 
  

   the 
  giving 
  of 
  advice 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  necessary 
  current 
  work 
  in 
  field 
  and 
  

   garden 
  at 
  each 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  further 
  urges 
  that 
  the 
  Bureaus 
  should 
  undertake 
  the 
  

   organisation 
  of 
  measures 
  against 
  pests, 
  for 
  which 
  purpose 
  special 
  

   funds 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  their 
  disposal 
  ; 
  he 
  does 
  not 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  

   question 
  of 
  how 
  these 
  funds 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  raised, 
  as 
  the 
  answer 
  to 
  this 
  may 
  

   vary 
  in 
  different 
  localities. 
  These 
  Bureaus 
  should, 
  he 
  thinks, 
  be 
  far 
  

   more 
  numerous 
  than 
  the 
  first-named 
  type 
  of 
  Stations, 
  and 
  their 
  work 
  

   will 
  be 
  of 
  considerable 
  help 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  in 
  accumulating 
  experience 
  

   and 
  practical 
  data. 
  

  

  