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  or 
  rowan 
  ; 
  washes, 
  such 
  as 
  quassia 
  or 
  paraffin 
  emulsion 
  or 
  nicotin, 
  

   are 
  recommended 
  against 
  it. 
  In 
  May, 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  clay-coloured 
  

   vine 
  weevil, 
  Otiorrhynchus 
  picipes, 
  F., 
  were 
  sent 
  from 
  Co. 
  Tyrone, 
  

   where 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  apple-tree 
  shoots 
  and 
  

   currant 
  bushes 
  ; 
  Carabus 
  nemoralis 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  important 
  

   enemy 
  of 
  these 
  weevils. 
  Cheimatobia 
  brumata, 
  L., 
  was 
  abundant 
  in 
  

   May 
  and 
  June 
  in 
  Co. 
  Tyrone 
  on 
  black 
  currants 
  ; 
  the 
  affected 
  bushes 
  

   were 
  planted 
  in 
  an 
  apple 
  orchard 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  occupy 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  

   between 
  the 
  trees, 
  which 
  were 
  almost 
  free 
  from 
  caterpillars, 
  having 
  

   been 
  carefully 
  grease-banded 
  through 
  the 
  winter. 
  Grease-banding 
  

   currant 
  bushes 
  is 
  impracticable, 
  and 
  spraying 
  with 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead, 
  

   jmless 
  done 
  very 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  would 
  render 
  the 
  fruit 
  useless. 
  

   Late, 
  in 
  August, 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  the 
  eyed 
  hawk-moth 
  Sphinx 
  

   (Smerinthus) 
  ocellatus, 
  L., 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Co. 
  Cork, 
  where 
  they 
  

   were 
  devouring 
  the 
  foliage 
  of 
  apple 
  trees 
  ; 
  this 
  pest 
  seems 
  to 
  attract 
  

   attention 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  south-west 
  of 
  Ireland 
  more 
  frequently 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  north. 
  Bulb 
  eelworms, 
  Tylenchus 
  devastatrix, 
  Klihn., 
  

   and 
  mites, 
  Rhizoglyphus 
  echinopus, 
  Fourn., 
  are 
  recorded 
  as 
  damaging 
  

   narcissus 
  and 
  other 
  bulbs, 
  and 
  details 
  of 
  experiments 
  with 
  these 
  are 
  

   given. 
  Blanjulus 
  guttulatus, 
  Bosc, 
  damaged 
  strawberries 
  in 
  Co. 
  

   Cork, 
  and 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  runner 
  beans 
  in 
  Co. 
  DubHn 
  ; 
  copper 
  sulphate 
  

   solution 
  drives 
  away 
  this 
  pest, 
  but 
  cannot 
  be 
  used 
  on 
  the 
  edible 
  parts 
  of 
  

   crops 
  ; 
  heavy 
  autumnal 
  dressings 
  with 
  salt 
  and 
  soot, 
  and 
  the 
  burning 
  of 
  

   all 
  refuse, 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  clear 
  the 
  soil 
  of 
  Blanjulus. 
  In 
  July, 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  Achorutes 
  armatus, 
  Mcolet, 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Co. 
  Wicklow, 
  

   where 
  they 
  were 
  feeding 
  on 
  beans 
  in 
  the 
  soil. 
  During 
  the 
  same 
  month, 
  

   Lipura 
  armata, 
  Tullb., 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Co. 
  Dublin, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  

   infesting 
  a 
  greenhouse 
  carnation 
  bed 
  and 
  was 
  trapped 
  with 
  pieces 
  of 
  

   orange-peel, 
  potato, 
  and 
  carrot. 
  Cyclamen-tubers 
  attacked 
  by 
  

   Otiorrhynchus 
  larvae 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Co. 
  Waterford 
  in 
  November. 
  

   In 
  September, 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  the 
  turnip 
  moth, 
  Euxoa 
  (Agrotis) 
  segetum, 
  

   Schiff., 
  were 
  sent 
  from 
  Co. 
  Wicklow, 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  done 
  much 
  damage 
  

   to 
  lettuces. 
  Curled-up 
  rose-leaves, 
  harbouring 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  rose 
  

   sawfly 
  {Blemiocampa 
  pusilla, 
  Klug) 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Londonderry 
  

   in 
  July 
  ; 
  willow 
  shoots 
  from 
  Co. 
  Wicklow, 
  gathered 
  in 
  September, 
  

   were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  covered 
  with 
  colonies 
  of 
  the 
  giant 
  willow 
  aphid 
  

   (Lachnus 
  viminalis, 
  Fonsc). 
  On 
  low 
  trees 
  in 
  small 
  plantations 
  these 
  

   insects 
  can 
  be 
  crushed 
  and 
  killed 
  by 
  a 
  gloved 
  hand 
  ; 
  for 
  their 
  des- 
  

   truction 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale, 
  sprapng 
  with 
  quassia 
  and 
  soap-wash 
  is 
  

   recommended. 
  In 
  September, 
  Lachnus 
  piceae, 
  Walker, 
  the 
  giant 
  

   spruce 
  aphid, 
  from 
  spruce, 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Co. 
  Kildare. 
  The 
  soft 
  

   brown 
  scale 
  (Eulecanium 
  capreae, 
  L.) 
  was 
  a 
  pest 
  of 
  horse-chestnuts 
  

   in 
  Coi 
  Waterford, 
  and 
  in 
  March 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  wheat 
  infested 
  with 
  the 
  

   cheese 
  mite 
  {Tyroglyphus 
  siro, 
  L.) 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Co. 
  Cork. 
  

  

  South 
  (F. 
  W.). 
  Report 
  on 
  Locust 
  Work, 
  1st 
  May 
  to 
  5th 
  July, 
  1914 
  — 
  

  

  Agric. 
  Bull. 
  Fed. 
  Malay 
  States, 
  Singapore, 
  ii, 
  no. 
  12, 
  July 
  1914, 
  

   pp. 
  323-326. 
  

  

  This 
  report 
  continues 
  that 
  of 
  12th 
  March 
  to 
  30th 
  April, 
  1914 
  [see 
  

   this 
  Revieiv, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  ii, 
  p. 
  606]. 
  Workers 
  were 
  engaged 
  in 
  Selangor 
  

   from 
  4th 
  May 
  to 
  30th 
  June 
  in 
  destroying 
  the 
  intermediate 
  

   generation 
  of 
  hoppers, 
  previously 
  noted 
  ; 
  these 
  occurred 
  in 
  a 
  

  

  