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  importation 
  of 
  vine-plants, 
  or 
  any 
  parts 
  of 
  them, 
  into 
  these 
  locaUties 
  

   from 
  other 
  vine-growing 
  districts 
  of 
  Russia 
  or 
  from 
  abroad. 
  

  

  Crawford 
  (J. 
  C). 
  New 
  Parasitic 
  Hymenoptera 
  from 
  British 
  Guiana. 
  

   — 
  Proc. 
  Entom. 
  Soc, 
  Washington, 
  xvi, 
  no. 
  2, 
  July 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  85-88. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Hymenoptera, 
  parasitic 
  on 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   or 
  larvae 
  of 
  insects 
  attacking 
  cultivated 
  plants 
  in 
  British 
  Guiana, 
  

   are 
  described 
  : 
  Prophanurus 
  alecto, 
  from 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  sugar-cane 
  

   borer, 
  Diatraea 
  saccharalis 
  ; 
  Aphanurus 
  hodkini, 
  from 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  

   Empicoris 
  variolosus, 
  a 
  Pentatomid 
  bug 
  which 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  

   Hevea 
  ; 
  Holcencyrtus 
  calyjjso, 
  and 
  Elachertus 
  meridionalis, 
  from 
  the 
  

   larvae 
  of 
  the 
  butterfly 
  Caljoodes 
  ethlius, 
  which 
  attacks 
  arrowroot. 
  

   Prophanurus 
  [Telenomus) 
  minutissimus, 
  Ashm., 
  was 
  bred 
  from 
  the 
  

   •eggs 
  of 
  Lycophotia 
  infecta 
  ; 
  when 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  originally 
  described 
  

   the 
  host 
  was 
  given 
  as 
  Dactylopius 
  sp., 
  but 
  this 
  record 
  is 
  probably 
  

   incorrect, 
  as 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  group, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  is 
  known, 
  are 
  

   egg-parasites. 
  

  

  Champion 
  (G. 
  C.). 
  Note 
  on 
  Mysia 
  ohlongo-gutfata, 
  Jj., 
  ab. 
  nigroguttaia, 
  

   Dollm. 
  — 
  Entomologists' 
  Monthly 
  Mag.y 
  London, 
  July 
  1914, 
  

   p. 
  176. 
  

  

  In 
  1912, 
  the 
  author 
  recorded 
  the 
  breeding 
  of 
  Syrphus 
  torviis, 
  from 
  

   larvae 
  found 
  on 
  young 
  pines 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Woking. 
  The 
  

   same 
  trees 
  have 
  recently 
  been 
  examined, 
  and 
  amongst 
  the 
  Syrphid 
  

   larvae 
  and 
  imaginal 
  and 
  larval 
  Coccinellids 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  attendant 
  

   upon 
  the 
  numerous 
  Aphids 
  {Chennes), 
  three 
  freshly 
  emerged 
  individuals 
  

   of 
  Mysia 
  ohlongo-guttata, 
  L., 
  were 
  found, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  resembled 
  

   Dollman's 
  figure 
  of 
  ab. 
  nigrogidtnta. 
  These 
  immature 
  examples, 
  

   were 
  kept 
  ahve 
  with 
  hving 
  Chennes 
  for 
  a 
  week, 
  but 
  all 
  died 
  wliile 
  

   still 
  immature. 
  Amongst 
  the 
  eight 
  species 
  of 
  Coccinellids 
  seen 
  on 
  

   these 
  pines, 
  Exochomus 
  i-pustulatus 
  was 
  as 
  common 
  as 
  Adalia 
  hipunc- 
  

   tata. 
  

  

  V. 
  V. 
  D. 
  BonpoCbl 
  M 
  OTBtTbl. 
  [Queries 
  and 
  replies.]— 
  «X03flMCTB0.» 
  

   [Choziaistvo], 
  Kiev, 
  no. 
  23, 
  3rd 
  July 
  1914. 
  p. 
  809. 
  

  

  In 
  reply 
  to 
  a 
  subscriber, 
  the 
  author 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  rape 
  sent 
  was 
  

   attacked 
  by 
  larvae 
  of 
  Ceuthorrhynchus 
  sulcicollis, 
  Gyll., 
  which 
  Kve 
  

   inside 
  the 
  roots, 
  causing 
  swellings 
  on 
  them. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  occur 
  

   inside 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  rape, 
  as 
  do 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  Psylliodes 
  chrysocephala>, 
  L. 
  

  

  Remedies 
  against 
  both 
  pests 
  consist 
  in 
  pulling 
  up 
  the 
  damaged 
  

   plants 
  ydth. 
  their 
  roots 
  and 
  burning 
  them, 
  and 
  in 
  deep 
  ploughing 
  

   of 
  the 
  fields 
  after 
  harvesting 
  the 
  rape. 
  Where 
  the 
  field 
  is 
  seriously 
  

   infested, 
  it 
  is 
  advisable 
  to 
  replough 
  it 
  at 
  once 
  and 
  to 
  sow 
  some 
  other 
  

   crop. 
  

  

  MacDougall 
  (R. 
  S.). 
  Insect 
  pests 
  in 
  1913. 
  — 
  Trans. 
  Highland 
  & 
  Agric. 
  

   Soc. 
  Scotland, 
  1914. 
  Reprint, 
  19 
  pp., 
  14 
  figs. 
  

  

  Sitotroga 
  cerealella, 
  the 
  Angoumois 
  grain-moth, 
  was 
  received 
  for 
  

   identification 
  from 
  a 
  cargo 
  of 
  maize 
  condemned 
  at 
  an 
  EngHsh 
  port. 
  

   The 
  sample, 
  which 
  was 
  very 
  badly 
  infested, 
  also 
  contained 
  many 
  

  

  