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  bands," 
  which 
  have 
  captured 
  many 
  moths. 
  This 
  same 
  insect 
  has 
  

   damaged 
  plum, 
  cherry 
  and 
  black 
  currants 
  in 
  the 
  Cote-d'Or, 
  and 
  has 
  

   also 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  south-west, 
  while 
  Hyponomeuta, 
  so 
  often 
  injurious 
  

   there, 
  has 
  not 
  caused 
  anything 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  serious 
  injury. 
  This 
  

   also 
  applies 
  to 
  Hoplocampa 
  fidvicornis, 
  the 
  saw-fly 
  of 
  the 
  plum, 
  but 
  

   this 
  fruit 
  has 
  been 
  severely 
  attacked 
  by 
  Cydia 
  funebrana. 
  In 
  the 
  

   orchards 
  damaged 
  by 
  the 
  April 
  frosts, 
  about 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  

   were 
  injured 
  by 
  this 
  pest. 
  The 
  fig 
  scale, 
  Ceroplastes 
  rusci, 
  has 
  multiplied 
  

   considerably 
  in 
  the 
  South. 
  In 
  Var, 
  cherry 
  trees 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  

   attacked 
  by 
  Eriocampoides 
  limacina, 
  while 
  the 
  cherry 
  fly 
  has 
  been 
  

   very 
  common. 
  Near 
  Dijon, 
  Aegeria 
  tipuliformis 
  continues 
  to 
  injure 
  

   [black 
  currants. 
  Extensive 
  strawberry 
  beds 
  in 
  Lot 
  were 
  severely 
  

   attacked 
  by 
  Rhynchites 
  minutus 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  injured 
  in 
  Clarente- 
  

   Inferieure 
  by 
  a 
  new 
  pest, 
  the 
  sawfly, 
  Cladius 
  padi. 
  Nearly 
  everywhere 
  

   the 
  damage 
  done 
  by 
  Clysia 
  amhiguella 
  and 
  Polychrosis 
  botrana, 
  

   especially 
  by 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  generations, 
  has 
  been 
  more 
  severe 
  

   than 
  in 
  1912. 
  In 
  the 
  south-west, 
  P. 
  botrana 
  has 
  proved 
  the 
  more 
  

   formidable 
  enemy, 
  and 
  much 
  injury 
  was 
  done 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  generation 
  

   onwards. 
  In 
  Graves 
  de 
  Bordeaux 
  and 
  in 
  Medoc, 
  the 
  attacks 
  were 
  

   particularly 
  severe, 
  while 
  in 
  Sauternais 
  they 
  had 
  diminished 
  Bait 
  

   traps 
  are 
  now 
  coming 
  into 
  general 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  Bordelais, 
  in 
  the 
  Loire 
  

   valley 
  and 
  in 
  certain 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  South. 
  In 
  many 
  instances 
  the 
  

   results 
  are 
  very 
  encouraging. 
  In 
  Champagne, 
  where 
  the 
  second 
  

   generation 
  of 
  C. 
  ambiguella 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  injurious, 
  light 
  traps 
  have 
  

   not 
  been 
  a 
  success. 
  Sparganothis 
  pilleriana, 
  usually 
  regarded 
  as 
  of 
  no 
  

   importance 
  in 
  the 
  south-west, 
  has 
  increased 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  years 
  

   in 
  the 
  Loire 
  valley. 
  Light 
  traps 
  captured 
  quantities 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  

   August. 
  Arctia 
  caja 
  appeared 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  South, 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  in 
  Herault, 
  and 
  though 
  Apanteles 
  were 
  absent, 
  Entomophthora 
  

   (Empusa) 
  atdicae 
  and 
  Bacillus 
  cajae 
  checked 
  it. 
  Haltica 
  caused 
  

   serious 
  injury 
  in 
  the 
  Cote-d'Or, 
  but 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead 
  was 
  used 
  to 
  great 
  

   advantage 
  and 
  the 
  treated 
  vines 
  remained 
  intact 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  

   infected 
  districts. 
  Treatment 
  was 
  generally 
  neglected 
  in 
  the 
  Beau- 
  

   jolais 
  and 
  Haltica 
  has 
  increased 
  in 
  many 
  localities, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  their 
  

   faith 
  in 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  arsenicals, 
  the 
  growers 
  are 
  not 
  much 
  alarmed. 
  

   In 
  the 
  south-west, 
  this 
  pest 
  is 
  regaining 
  the 
  ground 
  lost 
  through 
  the 
  

   dry 
  summer 
  of 
  1911. 
  Malacosoma 
  lusitanica 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  vine 
  

   shoots 
  in 
  the 
  Gironde. 
  Arsenicals 
  were 
  used 
  with 
  success 
  against 
  

   Rhynchites 
  betulae 
  which 
  appeared 
  very 
  abundantly 
  in 
  Herault 
  in 
  the 
  

   month 
  of 
  April. 
  This 
  insect 
  was 
  also 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  Vienne 
  and 
  

   Charente. 
  Otiorrhynchus 
  sulcatus 
  has 
  done 
  serious 
  injury 
  to 
  vines 
  

   on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Oleron. 
  Vine 
  scales 
  have 
  been 
  particularly 
  plentiful 
  

   in 
  the 
  south-west 
  and 
  an 
  extended 
  area 
  of 
  infestation 
  by 
  Eulecanium 
  

   persicae 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  Bas-Medoc. 
  Tetranychus 
  has 
  also 
  increased 
  in 
  

   the 
  Pyrenees- 
  Orientales. 
  A 
  similar 
  invasion 
  occurred 
  in 
  1906 
  after 
  

   a 
  dry 
  summer 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  1913. 
  

  

  The 
  ohve 
  fly, 
  Dacus 
  oleae, 
  has 
  increased, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  Pyrenees- 
  

   Orientales, 
  Var, 
  Herault, 
  Alpes-Mari 
  times 
  and 
  Corsica. 
  In 
  conjunc- 
  

   tion 
  with 
  the 
  ohve 
  moth 
  {Prays 
  oleae) 
  it 
  has 
  done 
  much 
  harm 
  in 
  

   Var 
  and 
  the 
  Drome. 
  Simaethis 
  nemorana 
  has 
  been 
  quite 
  as 
  

   plentiful 
  on 
  fig 
  trees 
  as 
  in 
  1912, 
  both 
  the 
  fruit 
  and 
  the 
  leaves 
  being 
  

   attacked. 
  Novius 
  cardinalis 
  has 
  effectually 
  checked 
  I 
  eery 
  a 
  purchasi, 
  

   which 
  was 
  threatening 
  southern 
  plantations, 
  more 
  particularly 
  the 
  citrus 
  

  

  