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  when 
  larvae, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  puparia, 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  The 
  imago 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  

   wing 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  half 
  of 
  May. 
  On 
  5th 
  August 
  a 
  second 
  generation 
  

   of 
  larvae 
  was 
  found, 
  which 
  also 
  proved 
  very 
  injurious. 
  As 
  a 
  remedy, 
  

   the 
  removal 
  and 
  destruction 
  in 
  June 
  of 
  the 
  attacked 
  bulbs 
  is 
  recom- 
  

   mended, 
  which 
  will 
  prevent 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  generation. 
  

   The 
  onions 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  pulled 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  earth, 
  but 
  dug 
  out 
  with 
  the 
  

   earth 
  round 
  them, 
  as 
  the 
  larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  

   attached 
  to 
  the 
  roots. 
  

  

  ; 
  ScHREiDER 
  (A. 
  F.). 
  wyKt 
  oneHKt. 
  [On 
  Epicometis 
  hirtella, 
  L.]^- 
  

   «K)}KHOe 
  X03fliiCTB0.» 
  [Southern 
  Husbandry,] 
  Ekaterinoslav, 
  

   no. 
  5, 
  15th 
  March 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  188-189. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  discusses 
  measures 
  against 
  Epicometis 
  hirtella, 
  L., 
  

   (Tropinota 
  hirta, 
  Poda). 
  The 
  best 
  remedies 
  are 
  spraying 
  with 
  water, 
  

   shalang 
  the 
  trees 
  over 
  sheets, 
  and 
  handpicking. 
  The 
  insects 
  are, 
  

   according 
  to 
  him, 
  also 
  attracted 
  by 
  blue 
  and 
  violet-blue 
  colours 
  and 
  

   some 
  fruit-growers 
  have 
  successfully 
  used 
  sheets 
  of 
  paper 
  of 
  these 
  

   colours, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  sticky 
  material, 
  to 
  attract 
  and 
  destroy 
  the 
  pests. 
  

   [See 
  also 
  this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  i, 
  pp. 
  531-533.] 
  The 
  best 
  adhesive 
  which 
  

   will 
  withstand 
  the 
  heat 
  of 
  the 
  sun's 
  rays 
  without 
  drying 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  5 
  

   hours, 
  is 
  prepared 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  7 
  parts 
  of 
  pine 
  resin 
  are 
  melted 
  in 
  a 
  

   kettle 
  over 
  a 
  fire, 
  after 
  which 
  3 
  parts 
  of 
  unboiled 
  linseed 
  oil 
  and 
  one 
  

   part 
  of 
  vasehne 
  are 
  added. 
  Spraying 
  with 
  carbolic 
  emulsion 
  is 
  also 
  

   considered 
  a 
  good 
  remedy, 
  the 
  odour 
  driving 
  away 
  the 
  insects, 
  while 
  

   the 
  Hquid 
  does 
  no 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  plants. 
  Trap 
  plants, 
  such 
  as 
  rhubarb, 
  

   which 
  blossom 
  before 
  the 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  are 
  also 
  recommended, 
  and 
  from 
  

   these 
  the 
  insects 
  may 
  be 
  removed 
  by 
  handpicking. 
  

  

  Another 
  remedy 
  is 
  founded 
  on 
  the 
  inclination 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  to 
  

   oviposit 
  in 
  heavily 
  manured 
  soil, 
  beds 
  of 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  prepared 
  in 
  

   autumn 
  in 
  orchards 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  sown 
  with 
  wild 
  Compositae, 
  such 
  as 
  

   thistles. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  summer 
  these 
  beds 
  must 
  be 
  dug 
  over 
  

   and 
  the 
  larvae 
  collected 
  and 
  destroyed, 
  the 
  adults 
  being 
  easily 
  picked 
  

   by 
  hand 
  from 
  the 
  flowers. 
  

  

  Sacharov 
  (N.). 
  BHMMaHJK) 
  CaAOBOAOB'b. 
  [For 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  fruit 
  

   growers.] 
  «CaA'b, 
  OropOAli 
  M 
  EaXHa.» 
  [Orchard, 
  Market-Garden 
  

   and 
  Bachza,] 
  Astrachan, 
  no. 
  3, 
  March 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  159-162. 
  

  

  The 
  Entomological 
  Station 
  of 
  Astrachan 
  directed 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  

   fruit-growers 
  to 
  Aphis 
  pomi, 
  Anthonomus 
  pomorum, 
  Psylla 
  pyri, 
  and 
  

   Rhynchites 
  auratus, 
  which 
  had 
  already 
  started 
  their 
  activities. 
  Psylla 
  

   pyri 
  had 
  oviposited 
  on 
  23rd 
  March. 
  A. 
  pomorum 
  was 
  observed 
  on 
  

   buds 
  of 
  apple 
  trees 
  after 
  25th 
  March, 
  while 
  Aphis 
  pomi 
  hatched 
  from 
  

   the 
  hibernating 
  eggs 
  on 
  28th 
  March 
  and 
  had 
  attacked 
  the 
  unfolding 
  

   buds. 
  The 
  author 
  recommends 
  starting 
  at 
  once 
  to 
  fight 
  these 
  pests, 
  

   and 
  describes 
  the 
  usual 
  remedies. 
  He 
  further 
  points 
  out 
  that 
  Biston 
  

   pomorius, 
  sp. 
  n., 
  did 
  considerable 
  damage 
  to 
  quinces 
  during 
  last 
  

   year 
  in 
  some 
  locahties. 
  The 
  females 
  oviposited 
  from 
  26th 
  March 
  on 
  

   quinces 
  in 
  enormous 
  numbers, 
  each 
  female 
  laying 
  1600-1800 
  eggs, 
  and 
  

   the 
  caterpillars 
  were 
  expected 
  to 
  hatch 
  out 
  in 
  about 
  12 
  days. 
  He 
  

   recommends 
  spraying 
  the 
  quince 
  trees 
  with 
  Paris 
  green 
  before 
  the 
  

   blossoming 
  and 
  again 
  after 
  ; 
  about 
  1 
  lb. 
  of 
  green 
  and 
  2 
  lb. 
  of 
  lime 
  in 
  

  

  