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  between 
  the 
  9th 
  and 
  19th 
  of 
  July. 
  The 
  author 
  does 
  not 
  recommend 
  

   further 
  spraying 
  against 
  the 
  autumn 
  generation 
  of 
  the 
  moth, 
  which, 
  

   in 
  any 
  case, 
  should 
  be 
  scarce 
  if 
  the 
  earlier 
  sprayings 
  have 
  been 
  care- 
  

   fully 
  performed 
  ; 
  should 
  the 
  moth 
  be 
  still 
  abundant 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  

   controlled 
  with 
  liquid 
  bait-traps. 
  

  

  ToMEi 
  (B.). 
  Malattie 
  dalle 
  piante. 
  [Diseases 
  of 
  Plants.]— 
  Xi6. 
  I: 
  

   Cattedra 
  Ambulante 
  Prov. 
  d'Agricultura, 
  Urbino, 
  1913, 
  111 
  pp. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  is 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Cattedra 
  Ambulante 
  of 
  Urbino, 
  and 
  

   this 
  little 
  book 
  is 
  intended 
  to 
  give 
  shortly, 
  in 
  very 
  simple 
  language, 
  

   an 
  account 
  of 
  insects 
  and 
  other 
  pests 
  of 
  cultivated 
  crops. 
  The 
  first 
  

   part 
  deals 
  with 
  wheat, 
  maize, 
  beans, 
  potatoes, 
  tobacco, 
  lucerne, 
  

   trefoil, 
  Maltese 
  clover 
  {Hedisarum 
  coronarium) 
  and 
  sainfoin, 
  and 
  

   their 
  pests, 
  which 
  are 
  dealt 
  with 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  

   attacked. 
  A 
  brief 
  description 
  is 
  given 
  of 
  each, 
  sufficient 
  to 
  attract 
  

   the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  farmer 
  and 
  to 
  cause 
  him 
  to 
  make 
  further 
  inquiry 
  ; 
  

   the 
  remedies 
  are 
  dealt 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner, 
  and 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  

   information 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  to 
  manuring 
  and 
  general 
  cultivation 
  which 
  

   will 
  assist 
  the 
  plants 
  to 
  resist 
  their 
  enemies. 
  

  

  Jarvis 
  (E.). 
  a 
  new 
  Fruit-boring 
  Caterpillar 
  of 
  Bananas 
  occurring 
  at 
  

   Tweed 
  Heads, 
  Heieromicta 
  latro. 
  — 
  Queensland 
  Agric. 
  JL, 
  Brisbane, 
  

   April 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  280-284, 
  1 
  plate. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  this 
  Pyralid 
  moth, 
  which 
  infests 
  bananas, 
  have 
  also 
  

   been 
  found 
  tunnelling 
  the 
  trunks 
  of 
  grass-trees 
  (XanthorrJwea 
  sp.) 
  

   and 
  it 
  probably 
  breeds 
  freely 
  in 
  grass-tree 
  country. 
  The 
  author 
  

   warns 
  banana-growers, 
  especially 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  

   State, 
  to 
  watch 
  for 
  early 
  signs 
  of 
  Heteromicta 
  latro 
  infesting 
  their 
  fruit. 
  

   In 
  the 
  Tweed 
  River 
  district 
  the 
  insect 
  has 
  been 
  known 
  for 
  about 
  seven 
  

   years 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  most 
  banana 
  plantations. 
  Injury 
  is 
  

   usually 
  seen 
  on 
  isolated 
  trees, 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  fingers 
  of 
  a 
  

   bunch 
  are 
  attacked. 
  The 
  excreta 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  are 
  visible 
  on 
  the 
  

   damaged 
  skin, 
  webbed 
  together 
  and 
  obscuring 
  the 
  entrance 
  hole, 
  

   which 
  is 
  always 
  situated 
  near 
  the 
  flower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fruit. 
  Only 
  about 
  

   an 
  inch 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  injured 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  ripens 
  normally 
  unless 
  

   subsequently 
  attacked 
  by 
  a 
  fungus 
  such 
  as 
  ripe-rot 
  (Gloeosporium 
  sp.). 
  

   Hymenopterous 
  parasites, 
  of 
  which 
  two 
  species 
  were 
  bred 
  by 
  the 
  

   author, 
  keep 
  this 
  moth 
  in 
  check, 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  serious 
  damage 
  has 
  not 
  

   occurred. 
  All 
  infested 
  fruits 
  should 
  be 
  picked 
  and 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  

   burnt, 
  but 
  kept 
  in 
  large 
  wooden 
  cases 
  covered 
  with 
  perforated 
  zinc, 
  

   (l-16th 
  inch 
  mesh), 
  which 
  will 
  allow 
  the 
  parasites, 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  moths, 
  

   to 
  escape. 
  Grass-trees 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  banana 
  plantations 
  

   should 
  be 
  rooted 
  out 
  and 
  burnt. 
  

  

  The 
  common 
  maize-moth 
  {DicJwcrocis 
  pundiferalis) 
  has 
  recently 
  

   attacked 
  green 
  bananas, 
  entering 
  the 
  pulp 
  at 
  the 
  flower 
  end 
  ; 
  growers 
  

   are 
  therefore 
  warned 
  against 
  growing 
  maize 
  near 
  bananas. 
  In 
  some 
  

   bananas 
  submitted 
  for 
  examination, 
  the 
  pupae 
  of 
  a 
  beetle, 
  apparently 
  

   Doticus 
  pestilens, 
  which 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  attack 
  apples 
  in 
  Victoria, 
  were 
  

   found. 
  These 
  diseased 
  bananas 
  also 
  harboured 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  NiTi- 
  

   DULiDAE, 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Carpophilus 
  hemipterus, 
  well 
  known 
  in 
  dried 
  

   Turkey 
  figs. 
  

  

  