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  plantations 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  coast. 
  Eiiproctis 
  chrysorrhoea 
  and 
  

   Lymantria 
  dispar 
  have 
  continued 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  rare 
  occurrence 
  in 
  the 
  forests. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  pest 
  did, 
  however, 
  invade 
  several 
  hundred 
  acres 
  in 
  Lot-et- 
  

   Garonne, 
  attacking 
  cork 
  oaks 
  and 
  pines. 
  It 
  also 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  

   Landes 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  it 
  attacked 
  evergreen-oak 
  and 
  Quercus 
  

   coccifera. 
  Calosoma 
  sycophanta, 
  a 
  fungoid 
  disease 
  and 
  Coccobacillus 
  

   lymantriae 
  fortunately 
  killed 
  the 
  caterpillars. 
  In 
  Herault 
  the 
  

   processionary 
  caterpillar 
  of 
  the 
  oak 
  damaged 
  white 
  oak, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   pine 
  being 
  much 
  rarer. 
  Pityogenes 
  bidentatus 
  severely 
  injured 
  some 
  

   plantations 
  of 
  Austrian 
  black 
  pine 
  in 
  Marne. 
  Cockchafers 
  were 
  

   expected 
  in 
  abundance 
  in 
  1913, 
  but 
  few^ 
  complaints 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   made. 
  They 
  appeared 
  in 
  somewhat 
  large 
  numbers 
  in 
  Loiret, 
  Doubs, 
  

   Ain, 
  Seine- 
  et-Marne, 
  Saone-et-Loire, 
  Indre 
  and 
  Vienne. 
  

  

  Droussie 
  (P.). 
  Note 
  sur 
  la 
  culture 
  du 
  ebcotier. 
  Ennemis 
  du 
  cocotier. 
  

  

  [Note 
  on 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  Coconut-Palm. 
  Enemies 
  of 
  the 
  

   Cocoanut-Palm.] 
  — 
  Bull. 
  Agric. 
  du 
  Congo 
  Beige, 
  Brussels, 
  v, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  

   March 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  44-48. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  article, 
  which 
  deals 
  with 
  the 
  general 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  

   coconut-palm 
  in 
  the 
  Belgian 
  Congo, 
  the 
  author 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  enemies 
  

   of 
  the 
  palm 
  are 
  numerous, 
  including 
  men, 
  monkeys, 
  rodents, 
  certain 
  

   birds 
  and 
  insects. 
  The 
  insects 
  are 
  formidable 
  because 
  the 
  damage 
  

   they 
  do 
  is 
  not 
  generally 
  discovered 
  until 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  serious. 
  This 
  is 
  

   especially 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  certain 
  Coleoptera, 
  amongst 
  which 
  Oryctes 
  

   is 
  the 
  most 
  to 
  be 
  feared. 
  It 
  has 
  done 
  so 
  much 
  damage 
  

   in 
  Malaya, 
  that 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  the 
  Malay 
  States 
  has 
  been 
  obliged 
  

   to 
  compel 
  the 
  planters 
  to 
  take 
  steps 
  to 
  suppress 
  the 
  pest. 
  At 
  Topo, 
  

   in 
  Nigeria, 
  Aspidiotus 
  destructor 
  has 
  attacked 
  the 
  plantations 
  and 
  it 
  

   has 
  also 
  been 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  Portuguese 
  colonies 
  on 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  

   Africa, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  controlled 
  by 
  the 
  careful 
  collection 
  and 
  burning 
  of 
  

   all 
  leaves 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  attacked. 
  

  

  GuDKov 
  (— 
  ). 
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  MeflflHMua 
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  cb 
  hbk) 
  bhobb 
  ckom6m- 
  

  

  HMpoeaHHOM 
  KepOGMHO-MSBeCTKOBOM 
  3MynbCieM. 
  [Psylla 
  piri 
  and 
  

   the 
  fight 
  against 
  it 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  combined 
  kerosene-lime 
  

   emulsion.] 
  — 
  « 
  TypKeciaHCKOe 
  CejlbCKOe 
  Xo3flMCTBO.» 
  [Agriculture 
  

   of 
  Turkestan,] 
  Tashkent, 
  no. 
  3, 
  March 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  263-289. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  describes 
  an 
  outbreak 
  of 
  Psylla 
  pyri 
  in 
  1913 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  

   of 
  Tashkent, 
  and 
  the 
  fungus 
  which 
  grew 
  on 
  the 
  damaged 
  trees 
  ; 
  he 
  

   thinks 
  it 
  likely 
  that 
  the 
  outbreak 
  may 
  recur 
  this 
  year. 
  The 
  imago 
  

   can 
  be 
  seen 
  flying 
  about 
  on 
  warm 
  days 
  during 
  the 
  winter, 
  and 
  in 
  

   spring 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  leaves 
  appear, 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  surface, 
  the 
  

   larvae 
  hatching 
  in 
  about 
  a 
  week. 
  Both 
  the 
  larvae 
  and 
  the 
  nymphs 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  generation 
  give 
  out 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  liquid, 
  the 
  so-called 
  " 
  honey 
  

   dew." 
  In 
  June, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  insects 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  eggs 
  laid 
  decreases, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  hibernated 
  insects 
  

   and 
  the 
  yet 
  undeveloped 
  sexual 
  state 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  generation. 
  

   In 
  July 
  and 
  subsequently, 
  new 
  generations 
  appear 
  up 
  till 
  late 
  in 
  autumn. 
  

   The 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  generation, 
  which 
  appear 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  July, 
  

   live 
  on 
  leaves 
  and 
  shoots, 
  but 
  covered 
  with 
  drops 
  of 
  honey 
  dew, 
  

   the 
  weight 
  of 
  which 
  brings 
  the 
  leaves 
  into 
  a 
  vertical 
  position, 
  the 
  

  

  