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  pillars, 
  but 
  so 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  not 
  affected 
  at 
  all 
  that 
  it 
  can 
  claim' 
  

   no 
  place 
  as 
  a 
  poison 
  wash 
  against 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead 
  or 
  nicotin 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  

   majority 
  of 
  cases 
  it 
  is 
  useless 
  as 
  a 
  contact 
  wash. 
  

  

  Various 
  other 
  plants 
  and 
  their 
  pests 
  are 
  dealt 
  with, 
  including 
  : 
  — 
  

   Hops 
  : 
  Millepedes 
  (Blanjulus 
  guttulatus 
  and 
  Julus 
  pulchellus), 
  Bramble 
  

   moth 
  (Acronycta 
  rumicis), 
  Bihio 
  hortulanus, 
  and 
  earwigs 
  {Forficula 
  

   auricularia). 
  Cereals 
  : 
  Eelworm 
  {Tylenchus 
  devastatrix) 
  and 
  Frit 
  Fly 
  

   {Oscinisfrit). 
  Boot 
  crops 
  : 
  Mangold 
  Black 
  Fly 
  (Aphis 
  rumicis). 
  

  

  The 
  Melon 
  Aphis 
  {Aphis 
  gossypii) 
  is 
  recorded 
  as 
  attacking 
  marrows 
  

   and 
  cucumbers, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  thsit 
  A. 
  cucurbiti, 
  Buckt., 
  A. 
  illata, 
  Wlk., 
  

   and 
  A. 
  malvae, 
  Koch, 
  are 
  all 
  synonyms 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  

   other 
  insects 
  found 
  on 
  vegetables, 
  ornamental 
  plants 
  and 
  trees 
  are 
  also 
  

   recorded. 
  

  

  The 
  Tabby 
  Moth 
  {Aglossa 
  pinguinalis) 
  was 
  found 
  destroying 
  barley 
  

   in 
  sacks 
  ; 
  a 
  mite, 
  Carpoglyphus 
  anonymus, 
  caused 
  some 
  damage 
  to 
  

   dried 
  fruits, 
  sugar, 
  etc. 
  : 
  while 
  the 
  occurrence 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   Aleurohius 
  farinae^ 
  a 
  flour 
  mite, 
  and 
  of 
  Glyciphagus 
  domesticus, 
  a 
  

   furniture 
  mite, 
  is 
  also 
  recorded. 
  

  

  The 
  report, 
  as 
  usual, 
  is 
  very 
  fully 
  illustrated. 
  

  

  FiNTZESCOU 
  (G.). 
  Contribution 
  a 
  I'^tude 
  de 
  la 
  Biologic 
  d^HyponomeiUa 
  

   malinella 
  en 
  Rumanie. 
  [Cojitribution 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  biology 
  

   of 
  Hyponomeuta 
  malinellus 
  inRoumania.] 
  — 
  Rev. 
  Scient. 
  Bourbon- 
  

   nais, 
  MouUns, 
  xxvii, 
  no. 
  3, 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  78-80. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  has 
  studied 
  the 
  biology 
  of 
  Hyponomeuta 
  malinellus 
  in 
  

   Roumania 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  and 
  has 
  found 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  

   three 
  generations 
  in 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  winter 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  

   July, 
  and 
  hatch 
  out 
  in 
  March 
  or 
  April, 
  according 
  to 
  temperature 
  

   conditions 
  prevailing 
  in 
  February 
  and 
  March. 
  

  

  MacDougall 
  (R. 
  S.). 
  Bee 
  Diseases 
  and 
  Bee 
  Enemies. 
  — 
  Trans. 
  High- 
  

   land 
  & 
  Agric. 
  Soc 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  1914. 
  Reprint, 
  20 
  pp., 
  3 
  figs. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  in 
  this 
  paper 
  gives 
  a 
  general 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  subject, 
  

   and 
  summarises 
  the 
  main 
  results 
  of 
  recent 
  work. 
  He 
  cites 
  papers 
  

   deaUng 
  with 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Wight 
  bee-disease 
  by 
  Graham-Smith, 
  Fantham, 
  

   Porter, 
  Bullamore 
  and 
  Maldon, 
  and 
  on 
  sacbrood 
  and 
  foulbrood 
  bj 
  

   White 
  and 
  Maassen 
  [see 
  this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  i, 
  pp. 
  330-331, 
  186 
  and 
  

   523]. 
  The 
  large 
  wax-moth 
  {Galleria 
  mellonella), 
  the 
  lesser 
  wax-moth 
  

   (Achroia 
  grisella), 
  the 
  bee-louse 
  (Braula 
  caeca) 
  and 
  Aphomia 
  sociella 
  

   are 
  included 
  as 
  bee 
  enemies. 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  protective 
  measures 
  

   against 
  wax-moths, 
  the 
  author 
  refers 
  to 
  a 
  paper 
  by 
  Paddock 
  [see^ 
  

   this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  i, 
  pp. 
  453-454.] 
  

  

  Johnson 
  (J.). 
  The 
  Control 
  of 
  Diseases 
  and 
  Insects 
  of 
  Tobacco. 
  — 
  

  

  Wisconsin, 
  Agric. 
  Expt. 
  Sta., 
  Madison, 
  Bull. 
  no. 
  237. 
  May 
  1914^ 
  

   34 
  pp., 
  9 
  figs. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  insects 
  attacking 
  tobacco 
  are 
  cutworms, 
  horn 
  or 
  

   tobacco 
  worms 
  and 
  grasshoppers. 
  Late 
  autumn 
  ploughing 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  

   simple 
  means 
  of 
  reducing 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  cutworms 
  and 
  tobacco 
  

  

  