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  21st 
  March 
  ; 
  it 
  injures 
  Camelina 
  saliva 
  (Siberian 
  oil 
  seed), 
  but 
  its 
  

   life-history 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  studied. 
  Haltica 
  ampelophaga, 
  Guer., 
  was 
  

   found 
  on 
  winter-sown 
  wheat. 
  Polyphylla 
  fullo, 
  L., 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  in 
  

   large 
  numbers 
  at 
  the 
  Station 
  on 
  14th 
  July 
  ; 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  caught 
  on 
  

   fermenting 
  molasses. 
  Epicometis 
  (Tropinota) 
  hirta, 
  Poda, 
  was 
  found 
  

   on 
  9th 
  April 
  on 
  wheat. 
  The 
  small 
  Longicorn 
  beetle, 
  Tetrops 
  praeusta, 
  

   L., 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  27th 
  May 
  on 
  a 
  pear 
  tree. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  Aporia 
  crataegi, 
  L., 
  fed 
  in 
  captivity 
  on 
  buds 
  of 
  pear 
  

   and 
  plum 
  trees, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  touch 
  those 
  of 
  roses 
  and 
  Euonymns 
  ; 
  on 
  

   the 
  1st 
  May, 
  parasites 
  hatched 
  from 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillars, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   thought 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  infested 
  before 
  they 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  

   laboratory 
  ; 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  pupated 
  on 
  14th 
  May 
  ; 
  other 
  

   parasites 
  hatched 
  from 
  the 
  pupae 
  on 
  the 
  17th 
  and 
  18th 
  May, 
  and 
  the 
  

   butterflies 
  emerged 
  between 
  the 
  27th 
  May 
  and 
  the 
  13th 
  June. 
  

   Euproctis 
  chrysorrhoea, 
  L., 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  very 
  small 
  numbers. 
  Two 
  

   pupae 
  of 
  Plusia 
  confusa, 
  Steph. 
  (giitta, 
  Gn.) 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  asparagus. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  concluding 
  article 
  the 
  author 
  deals 
  with 
  the 
  geographical 
  distri- 
  

   bution 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  Lixus, 
  injurious 
  to 
  beet, 
  in 
  Western 
  Europe 
  and 
  

   European 
  Russia. 
  

  

  Lixus 
  ascanii, 
  L., 
  is 
  known 
  in 
  Russia 
  in 
  the 
  governments 
  of 
  Poland, 
  

   Bessarabia, 
  Kiev, 
  Cherson, 
  Charkov, 
  Taurida, 
  Kursk, 
  Voronezh, 
  

   Saratov, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  the 
  Don. 
  Of 
  the 
  varieties 
  of 
  this 
  insect, 
  

   var. 
  circumdatus, 
  Schh., 
  is 
  unknown 
  in 
  Russia 
  ; 
  var. 
  sicanus, 
  Cap., 
  is 
  

   found 
  in 
  Caucasia 
  ; 
  var. 
  albomarginatus, 
  Boh., 
  is 
  reported 
  by 
  Sacharov 
  

   from 
  Astrachan, 
  and 
  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  Turkestan 
  ; 
  var. 
  wagneri, 
  Lucas, 
  

   in 
  Caucasia. 
  L. 
  lauferi, 
  Petri 
  (lateralis, 
  Bris.) 
  is 
  recorded 
  only 
  from 
  

   Hungary. 
  Lixus 
  junci, 
  Boh., 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  

   Warsaw 
  by 
  Osterloff 
  , 
  but 
  the 
  author 
  doubts 
  the 
  correctness 
  of 
  this 
  

   statement. 
  Lixus 
  scabricollis, 
  Boh., 
  is 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  Russia. 
  Lixus 
  

   cardui, 
  Oliv., 
  is 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  governments 
  of 
  Kiev, 
  Bessarabia, 
  

   Cherson, 
  Charkov 
  ; 
  var. 
  cynarophilus, 
  Cap., 
  in 
  Voronezh, 
  Kazan 
  and 
  

   Caucasia. 
  

  

  Plotnikov 
  (V.). 
  Bonpocbl 
  M 
  OTB"bTbl. 
  [Queries 
  and 
  answers.] 
  — 
  

   « 
  TypKeCTaHCKOe 
  CenbCKOe 
  X03flMCTB0.» 
  [Agriculture 
  of 
  Turke- 
  

   stan], 
  Tashkent, 
  no. 
  1, 
  1914, 
  p. 
  75. 
  

  

  In 
  reply 
  to 
  a 
  query 
  by 
  a 
  subscriber, 
  the 
  author 
  describes 
  remedies 
  

   against 
  scale-insects, 
  recommending 
  spraying 
  with 
  emulsions 
  containing 
  

   kerosene, 
  such 
  as 
  soap-kerosene, 
  milk-kerosene 
  and 
  lime-kerosene. 
  

   He 
  specially 
  recommends 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  gives 
  a 
  recipe 
  for 
  its 
  prepara- 
  

   tion, 
  viz. 
  : 
  2 
  oz. 
  of 
  caustic 
  lime 
  slaked 
  in 
  8 
  oz. 
  of 
  tepid 
  water, 
  after 
  

   which 
  more 
  water 
  and 
  3 
  lb. 
  of 
  kerosene 
  are 
  added. 
  This 
  emulsion 
  

   is 
  dissolved 
  in 
  about 
  2 
  j 
  gallons 
  of 
  water 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  shaken 
  before 
  

   use. 
  The 
  total 
  destruction 
  of 
  scale-insects 
  requires 
  two 
  or 
  even 
  three 
  

   applications, 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  burn 
  the 
  leaves, 
  though 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   plants 
  with 
  tender 
  foliage 
  the 
  strength 
  must 
  be 
  previously 
  tested 
  by 
  

   experimental 
  sprayings. 
  

  

  Hudson 
  (H.E.). 
  The 
  Chinch-Bug 
  in 
  Ontario. 
  — 
  Entom, 
  Circ. 
  Dominion 
  

   Dept. 
  Agric, 
  Ottaiva, 
  no. 
  3, 
  Feb. 
  1914, 
  13 
  pp., 
  3 
  figs. 
  [Received 
  

   19th 
  May 
  1914.] 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  here 
  deals 
  further 
  with 
  the 
  chinch-bug, 
  Blissus 
  leucop- 
  

   tera 
  [see 
  this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  1, 
  p. 
  401.] 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  his 
  arrival 
  

  

  