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  copula 
  on 
  oaks 
  on 
  29th 
  April. 
  The 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  smaller 
  than 
  

   those 
  of 
  M. 
  inelolontha. 
  BlitopeHha 
  lineolata, 
  Fisch., 
  was 
  erroneously 
  

   identified 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  last 
  year 
  as 
  Anisoplia 
  deserticola, 
  Fisch. 
  (see 
  

   this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  i, 
  p. 
  486), 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  pest 
  of 
  beet. 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  

   South 
  and 
  East 
  Europe, 
  Greece, 
  Turkey 
  and 
  Caucasia. 
  Cassida 
  

   nebulosa, 
  L., 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  30th 
  April 
  in 
  copula 
  in 
  beet 
  planta- 
  

   tions, 
  and 
  some 
  eggs 
  on 
  Atriplex, 
  considerable 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  beet 
  

   being 
  noticed 
  a 
  fortnight 
  later. 
  Cassida 
  nobilis, 
  L., 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  small 
  

   numbers. 
  Large 
  numbers 
  of 
  adult 
  larvae 
  of 
  Agriotes 
  lineatus, 
  L., 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  some 
  plantations, 
  the 
  imagines, 
  however, 
  being 
  only 
  

   found 
  in 
  meadows. 
  In 
  the 
  laboratory, 
  the 
  beetles 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  

   remained 
  inside 
  the 
  holes 
  made 
  by 
  them, 
  especially 
  in 
  hot 
  weather. 
  

   The 
  first 
  eggs 
  were 
  laid 
  on 
  3rd 
  June, 
  and 
  were 
  deposited 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  

   1 
  cm. 
  in 
  the 
  soil 
  ; 
  oviposition 
  lasted 
  till 
  3rd 
  July, 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   glued 
  together 
  in 
  masses 
  of 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  twelve. 
  The 
  larvae 
  appeared 
  

   after 
  30th 
  July, 
  and 
  fed 
  till 
  September 
  on 
  rotten 
  dung. 
  Athous 
  

   subfuscus, 
  MiilL, 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  May 
  in 
  fairly 
  large 
  numbers 
  in 
  woods. 
  In 
  

   the 
  laboratory 
  they 
  lived 
  from 
  26th 
  June 
  to 
  6th 
  July 
  and 
  oviposited, 
  

   the 
  eggs 
  being 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  A. 
  lineatus. 
  The 
  larvae, 
  which 
  are 
  

   described, 
  emerged 
  after 
  21st 
  July 
  and 
  fed 
  on 
  rotten 
  dung. 
  Melanotus 
  

   rufipes, 
  Herbst, 
  was 
  frequently 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  spring 
  and 
  at 
  

   the 
  beginning 
  of 
  summer 
  in 
  woods, 
  fields 
  and 
  gardens. 
  One 
  female 
  

   in 
  captivity 
  deposited 
  143 
  eggs 
  between 
  4th 
  July 
  and 
  2nd 
  August 
  ; 
  

   the 
  eggs 
  are 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  above-mentioned 
  

   species 
  of 
  Elateridae. 
  The 
  first 
  larvae 
  appeared 
  after 
  7th 
  August. 
  

   Prosterno7i 
  holosericeum, 
  01., 
  is 
  found 
  mostly 
  in 
  woods, 
  seldom 
  in 
  

   fields. 
  The 
  first 
  larva 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory 
  was 
  obtained 
  on 
  2nd 
  July 
  ; 
  

   it 
  fed 
  on 
  rotten 
  dung. 
  This 
  beetle 
  eats 
  the 
  petals 
  of 
  Cytisus, 
  on 
  

   which 
  plant 
  it 
  is 
  mostly 
  found. 
  Regarding 
  these 
  four 
  species 
  of 
  

   Elateridae, 
  it 
  is 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  imagines 
  feed 
  chiefly 
  on 
  the 
  nectar 
  

   of 
  flowers 
  ; 
  A. 
  lineatus 
  and 
  Melanotus 
  rufipes 
  occurring 
  in 
  meadows 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  species 
  in 
  woods. 
  Broscus 
  cephalotes, 
  L. 
  (Carabidae) 
  

   was 
  found 
  in 
  trap 
  trenches 
  on 
  12th 
  April 
  ; 
  it 
  does 
  good 
  work 
  in 
  

   destroying 
  Elateridae, 
  but 
  also 
  preys 
  on 
  useful 
  insects, 
  such 
  as 
  

   Carabus. 
  

  

  Marasmarcha 
  phaeodacfyla, 
  Hb. 
  (Pterophoridae) 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  

   near 
  Smiela 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  July 
  till 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  October 
  ; 
  they 
  

   feed 
  on 
  leaves 
  of 
  beetroots, 
  but 
  no 
  serious 
  outbreak 
  of 
  these 
  pests 
  has 
  

   occurred 
  since 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  Station. 
  Laphygma 
  {Caradrina) 
  

   exigua, 
  Hb., 
  and 
  Phlyctaenodes 
  nudalis, 
  Hb., 
  are 
  both 
  recorded 
  as 
  pests 
  

   of 
  beet 
  in 
  Turkestan. 
  The 
  moths 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  generation 
  of 
  Phlyctae- 
  

   nodes 
  sticticalis, 
  L., 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  from 
  the 
  21st 
  May 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  

   half 
  of 
  June 
  ; 
  oviposition 
  started 
  on 
  28th 
  May, 
  the 
  egg-stage 
  lasting 
  

   from 
  5 
  to 
  8 
  days 
  ; 
  imagines 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  generation 
  appeared 
  after 
  

   12th 
  July, 
  and 
  oviposited 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  half 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  August, 
  the 
  egg-stage 
  lasting 
  5 
  days 
  and 
  the 
  moths 
  of 
  

   the 
  third 
  generation 
  appearing 
  on 
  28th 
  August. 
  Women 
  occupied 
  

   in 
  collection 
  of 
  these 
  caterpillars 
  in 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  Charkov 
  

   suffered 
  from 
  swollen 
  hands 
  and 
  noses 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  from 
  

   vomiting, 
  which 
  is 
  ascribed 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  liquid 
  ejected 
  

   by 
  these 
  caterpillars 
  ; 
  wooden 
  graters, 
  invented 
  by 
  F. 
  F. 
  Helzerman, 
  

   for 
  the 
  crushing 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  are 
  figured 
  and 
  described. 
  An 
  

   egg-mass 
  containing 
  17 
  eggs, 
  being 
  the 
  maximum 
  number 
  

  

  