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  WicHMANN 
  (H. 
  E.). 
  Zoological 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  Abor 
  Expedition, 
  1911- 
  

   1912 
  : 
  Coleoptera, 
  VII. 
  — 
  Records 
  Ind. 
  Mus., 
  Calcutta, 
  viii, 
  pt. 
  v, 
  

   July 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  411-414. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  Abor 
  Expedition 
  five 
  species 
  of 
  Xyleborus 
  were 
  collected, 
  

   of 
  which 
  two 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  new 
  — 
  Xyleborus 
  gravelyi 
  and 
  

   X. 
  aplanatus. 
  

  

  SiLVESTRi 
  (F.). 
  Zoological 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  Abor 
  Expedition, 
  1911-1912 
  : 
  

   Termitidae. 
  — 
  Records 
  Ind. 
  Mus., 
  Calcutta, 
  viii, 
  pt. 
  v, 
  July 
  1914. 
  

   pp. 
  425-435, 
  10 
  figs. 
  

  

  Eleven 
  species 
  of 
  Termitidae 
  from 
  the 
  Abor 
  country 
  are 
  recorded 
  

   here, 
  seven 
  being 
  described 
  as 
  new. 
  

  

  Noel 
  (P.). 
  Les 
  Pucerons 
  des 
  Series 
  et 
  le 
  Tabac 
  nitr§. 
  [Greenhouse 
  

   aphids 
  and 
  nitrated 
  tobacco.] 
  — 
  Jardinage, 
  Versailles, 
  iv, 
  no. 
  30, 
  

   July 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  401-402, 
  3 
  figs. 
  

  

  Greenhouse 
  aphids 
  invariably 
  succumb 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  treatment 
  : 
  

   One 
  pound 
  of 
  factory 
  tobacco 
  waste, 
  costing 
  about 
  4|cZ., 
  is 
  steeped 
  for 
  

   one 
  hour 
  in 
  a 
  cold, 
  concentrated 
  solution 
  of 
  saltpetre 
  or 
  nitrate 
  of 
  

   potash 
  and 
  then 
  dried 
  in 
  the 
  sun. 
  From 
  2 
  to 
  20 
  lb. 
  of 
  this 
  product, 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  greenhouse, 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  flower 
  pot 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre 
  of 
  the 
  floor 
  and 
  set 
  ahght 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  after 
  all 
  openings 
  

   have 
  been 
  closed. 
  The 
  eggs 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  afiected, 
  and 
  a 
  second 
  fumigation 
  

   is 
  necessary 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  days 
  later 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  newly 
  hatched 
  

   individuals 
  before 
  they 
  have 
  time 
  to 
  oviposit. 
  

  

  Castella 
  (F. 
  de). 
  Sulpho-Carbonate 
  of 
  Potassium 
  as 
  a 
  Soil 
  Insecti- 
  

   cide. 
  — 
  Jl. 
  Dept. 
  Agric. 
  Victoria, 
  Melbourne, 
  xii, 
  no. 
  7, 
  July 
  1914 
  

   pp. 
  423-425. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  review 
  of 
  Mohnas' 
  article 
  on 
  the 
  advantages 
  of 
  sulpho- 
  

   carbonate 
  of 
  potassium 
  as 
  a 
  soil 
  insecticide, 
  [see 
  this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  

   A, 
  ii, 
  pp. 
  362-363]. 
  It 
  is 
  added 
  that 
  planters 
  of 
  new 
  vineyards 
  in 
  

   Switzerland 
  are 
  compelled 
  to 
  dip 
  their 
  young 
  vines, 
  before 
  planting 
  

   them, 
  in 
  a 
  solution 
  of 
  3 
  per 
  cent, 
  sulpho-carbonate 
  and 
  1 
  per 
  cent, 
  

   soft 
  soap. 
  The 
  following 
  directions 
  for 
  preparing 
  sulpho-carbonate 
  

   solution 
  are 
  given 
  : 
  Saturate 
  a 
  solution 
  of 
  caustic 
  potash 
  with 
  sul- 
  

   phuretted 
  hydrogen, 
  and 
  to 
  10 
  parts 
  by 
  weight 
  of 
  this 
  product 
  add 
  

   8 
  parts 
  of 
  a 
  37 
  per 
  cent, 
  solution 
  of 
  caustic 
  potash. 
  Concentrate 
  this 
  

   solution 
  to 
  a 
  paste 
  and 
  add, 
  at 
  40-42°C., 
  with 
  frequent 
  stirring, 
  4 
  

   parts 
  carbon 
  bisulphide 
  — 
  this 
  dissolves 
  after 
  3 
  hours 
  ; 
  dilute 
  until 
  the 
  

   solution 
  contains 
  7 
  per 
  cent, 
  carbon 
  bisulphide, 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  half 
  

   the 
  strength 
  of 
  Mohnas' 
  commercial 
  sulpho-carbonate. 
  

  

  The 
  Preparation 
  of 
  Lime-Sulphur 
  Solution 
  : 
  Recommendations 
  by 
  the 
  

   Sub-Committee 
  on 
  Fruit 
  Culture. 
  — 
  Agric, 
  Gaz. 
  N.S.W., 
  Sydney, 
  

   XXV, 
  no. 
  7, 
  July 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  620-622. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  proportions 
  [see 
  this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  A,, 
  

   p. 
  470] 
  and 
  method 
  of 
  manufacture 
  of 
  lime-sulphur 
  solution. 
  The 
  

   following 
  proportions 
  by 
  weight 
  : 
  50 
  parts 
  pure 
  lime, 
  100 
  parts 
  pure 
  

  

  