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  Such 
  are 
  E. 
  cidicis, 
  Fres., 
  E, 
  variabilis, 
  Thaxt., 
  and 
  E. 
  gracilis, 
  Thaxt., 
  

   found 
  on 
  mosquitos 
  ; 
  E. 
  conica, 
  Nov., 
  E. 
  montana, 
  Thaxt., 
  found 
  on 
  

   Chironomus 
  ; 
  E. 
  sepulchralis, 
  Thaxt., 
  and 
  E. 
  dipterigena, 
  Thaxt., 
  

   .found 
  on 
  Tipulidae 
  ; 
  and 
  E. 
  scatophagae, 
  Giard, 
  on 
  a 
  coprophagous 
  

   fly, 
  Scatophaga 
  merdaria. 
  Among 
  the 
  Entomophthora 
  of 
  Lepidopterous 
  

   larvae, 
  the 
  author 
  also 
  mentions 
  E. 
  saccharina, 
  Giard, 
  E. 
  apiculata, 
  

   Thaxt., 
  E. 
  virescens, 
  Thaxt., 
  and 
  E. 
  geometralis, 
  Thaxt. 
  E. 
  aphidis, 
  

   Cohn, 
  and 
  E. 
  ocddentalis 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  aphids. 
  Earwigs 
  are 
  attacked 
  

   by 
  E. 
  forficulae, 
  Giard, 
  and 
  adult 
  Elaterids 
  (Agriotes 
  and 
  Elater) 
  by 
  

   E. 
  carpentieri, 
  Giard. 
  So 
  far, 
  attempts 
  made 
  to 
  use 
  Entomoph- 
  

   thoraceae 
  in 
  insect 
  control 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  successful, 
  though 
  the 
  author 
  

   mentions 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Speare 
  and 
  Colley. 
  Even 
  here, 
  he 
  doubts 
  

   whether 
  the 
  results 
  obtained 
  may 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  due 
  in 
  great 
  part 
  to 
  

   natural 
  epizootics. 
  

  

  WtJNN 
  (H.). 
  Filippia 
  oleae 
  (Costa) 
  Signoret, 
  eine 
  filr 
  die 
  deutsche 
  

   Fauna 
  neue 
  Coccide. 
  [Filippia 
  oleae, 
  Costa, 
  a 
  Coccid 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  

   German 
  fauna.] 
  — 
  Zeits. 
  wissen. 
  InsektenbioL, 
  Berlin, 
  x, 
  no. 
  4, 
  20th 
  

   April 
  19U, 
  pp. 
  131-134. 
  

  

  This 
  Coccid 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  on 
  leaves 
  of 
  Hedera 
  helix, 
  in 
  

   the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Sulzmatt, 
  in 
  Upper 
  Alsace. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  

   from 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  France, 
  Algiers, 
  Italy, 
  Dalmatia 
  and 
  the 
  warm 
  parts 
  

   of 
  south-west 
  England. 
  

  

  MoLz 
  (E.) 
  & 
  PiETSCH 
  (W.). 
  Beitrage 
  zur 
  Kenntnis 
  der 
  Biologic 
  der 
  

   Gartenhaarmticke 
  (Bibio 
  hortulanus) 
  und 
  deren 
  Bekampfung. 
  [An 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  biology 
  of 
  Bibio 
  hortulanus 
  and 
  methods 
  of 
  control- 
  

   ling 
  it.] 
  — 
  Zeits, 
  wissen. 
  Insektenbiol., 
  Berlin, 
  x, 
  nos. 
  3, 
  4, 
  15th 
  March 
  

   and 
  20th 
  April 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  98-105, 
  121-125. 
  

  

  An 
  account 
  is 
  given 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  authors 
  at 
  the 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  station 
  at 
  Halle, 
  on 
  the 
  biology 
  and 
  control 
  of 
  Bibio 
  hortulanus, 
  

   a 
  pest 
  of 
  sugar-beet, 
  barley 
  and 
  oats. 
  From 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  their 
  

   experiments, 
  they 
  recommend 
  that 
  in 
  early 
  May, 
  when 
  the 
  pupae 
  are 
  

   below 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  are 
  about 
  to 
  emerge, 
  deep 
  ploughing 
  

   should 
  be 
  carried 
  out, 
  followed 
  by 
  rolUng 
  ; 
  this 
  prevents 
  the 
  emergence 
  

   of 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  insects. 
  In 
  the 
  second 
  half 
  of 
  May, 
  to 
  entrap 
  the 
  

   adults 
  that 
  have 
  emerged, 
  straw 
  should 
  be 
  spread 
  in 
  those 
  places 
  

   in 
  the 
  field 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  noticed 
  that 
  larvae 
  were 
  particularly 
  numerous. 
  

   The 
  straw 
  attracts 
  the 
  flies 
  ; 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  spread 
  overnight 
  and 
  should 
  

   be 
  collected 
  in 
  sacks 
  and 
  burnt 
  early 
  the 
  next 
  morning. 
  Stable 
  

   manure 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  fields, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  favourable 
  breeding 
  

   place 
  for 
  the 
  insect. 
  If, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  seed 
  for 
  

   the 
  crop 
  must 
  be 
  sown. 
  May 
  tilhng 
  be 
  too 
  late, 
  the 
  ploughing 
  may 
  be 
  

   done 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  f 
  oUowed 
  by 
  frequent 
  harrowing 
  ; 
  this 
  exposes 
  the 
  

   larvae 
  to 
  dryness 
  which 
  is 
  unfavourable 
  to 
  their 
  existence. 
  

  

  MoRLEY 
  (B.). 
  A 
  Larva 
  Plague 
  in 
  Deffer 
  Wood, 
  Yorks. 
  — 
  Naturalist, 
  

   London, 
  May 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  151-153. 
  

  

  For 
  some 
  years 
  a 
  few 
  species 
  of 
  spring-feeding 
  caterpillars 
  have 
  been 
  

   so 
  numerous 
  in 
  Deffer 
  Wood, 
  near 
  Skelmanthorpe, 
  Yorks, 
  that 
  by 
  

   mid-June 
  they 
  have 
  completely 
  eaten 
  up 
  all 
  the 
  foUage. 
  The 
  effect 
  

  

  