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  This 
  comparative 
  reduction 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  moths 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  

   noticed 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  1914 
  and 
  Feytaud 
  ascribes 
  it 
  to 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  

   fungus 
  parasites 
  [see 
  this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  ii, 
  p. 
  589]. 
  Control, 
  however, 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  neglected 
  in 
  any 
  case. 
  In 
  the 
  above 
  experiment 
  it 
  

   was 
  found 
  that 
  one 
  man 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  spray 
  with 
  care 
  1,200 
  stocks 
  in 
  

   10 
  hours, 
  about 
  22 
  gallons 
  of 
  spray 
  solution 
  being 
  used. 
  Though 
  

   the 
  results 
  are 
  not 
  yet 
  visible, 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  proved 
  that 
  a 
  control 
  

   of 
  the 
  vine 
  moth 
  is 
  feasible 
  in 
  practice. 
  

  

  Chiari 
  (D. 
  M.). 
  Un 
  nemico 
  del 
  giardino. 
  La 
  criocere 
  del 
  giglio 
  

  

  {Crioceris 
  merdigera). 
  [A 
  garden 
  pest 
  : 
  the 
  Lily 
  Beetle 
  (Crioceris 
  

   merdigera).] 
  — 
  Riv. 
  Agric, 
  Parma, 
  xx, 
  no. 
  23, 
  5th 
  June 
  1914, 
  

   p. 
  365. 
  

  

  The 
  lily 
  beetle, 
  Crioceris 
  merdigera, 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  gardens 
  from 
  

   mid- 
  April, 
  or 
  March 
  in 
  mild 
  climates, 
  until 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May. 
  The 
  eggs 
  

   are 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  leaf, 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  protect 
  themselves 
  

   against 
  the 
  sun 
  and 
  their 
  foes 
  by 
  a 
  covering 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  excreta, 
  

   so 
  as 
  to 
  resemble 
  small 
  balls 
  of 
  dirt. 
  They 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  leaves, 
  stems, 
  

   and 
  inflorescences 
  of 
  the 
  lily. 
  Pupation 
  takes 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  soil. 
  

   Destruction 
  by 
  hand 
  of 
  the 
  egg, 
  larva 
  and 
  adult 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  efficient 
  

   control, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  difficult. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  easily 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  

   of 
  the 
  leaves, 
  the 
  larvae 
  are 
  secured 
  by 
  plucking 
  the 
  infested 
  leaves, 
  

   whilst 
  the 
  adults 
  may 
  be 
  collected 
  without 
  difficulty 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  

   morning. 
  

  

  Some 
  data 
  relating 
  to 
  vine 
  pest 
  control. 
  — 
  Weinbau 
  der 
  Rheinpfalz, 
  Neu- 
  

   stadt 
  a. 
  d. 
  Hdt., 
  no. 
  12, 
  7th 
  June 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  132-136. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  generation 
  of 
  Clysia 
  ambiguella 
  is 
  only 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  grapes, 
  

   but 
  the 
  first 
  generations 
  also 
  attack 
  the 
  tender 
  shoots 
  and 
  leaves. 
  

   Besides 
  the 
  vine, 
  the 
  vine-moth 
  has 
  other 
  host-plants 
  on 
  which 
  it 
  

   can 
  develop 
  normally, 
  including 
  wild 
  vines, 
  clematis, 
  ivy, 
  elder, 
  etc., 
  

   but 
  even 
  if 
  such 
  hosts 
  are 
  present, 
  control 
  in 
  the 
  vineyards 
  should 
  

   never 
  be 
  given 
  up. 
  An 
  ordinary 
  high 
  pressure 
  sprayer, 
  with 
  a 
  bent 
  

   nozzle 
  permitting 
  spraying 
  from 
  beneath, 
  will 
  cover 
  an 
  acre 
  in 
  2 
  days, 
  

   which 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  time 
  occupied 
  when 
  revolving 
  sprayers 
  

   are 
  used. 
  

  

  Bericht 
  tiber 
  die 
  voraussichtliche 
  Steinobsternte 
  1914. 
  [Keport 
  on 
  the 
  

   stone-fruit 
  crop 
  expected 
  in 
  1914.] 
  — 
  Schweiz. 
  Zeitschr. 
  OhsL- 
  u. 
  

   Weinbau, 
  Frauenfeld, 
  xxiii, 
  no. 
  11, 
  13th 
  June 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  162-169. 
  

  

  Cheimatobia 
  brumata, 
  L., 
  is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  one-half 
  the 
  reports 
  on 
  

   stone-fruits 
  received 
  from 
  various 
  districts 
  in 
  Switzerland. 
  It 
  is 
  

   pointed 
  out 
  that 
  this 
  pest 
  is 
  easily 
  controlled 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  banding. 
  

  

  Jordan 
  ( 
  — 
  ). 
  Ueber 
  das 
  Auftreten 
  \ 
  on 
  Dactylopim 
  vitis, 
  Niedelsky. 
  

   [The 
  occurrence 
  of 
  Dactylopius 
  vitis, 
  Niedelsky.] 
  — 
  Weir}hau 
  der 
  

   Rheinpfalz, 
  Neustadt 
  a. 
  d. 
  Hdt, 
  ii, 
  no. 
  13, 
  14th 
  June 
  1914, 
  p. 
  141. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  Neustadt 
  Zoological 
  Station 
  many 
  vine 
  leaves 
  have 
  been 
  

   recently 
  received 
  infested 
  with 
  Pseudococcus 
  (Dactylopius) 
  vitis, 
  Nied. 
  

  

  