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  irrigated 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Starvation 
  Desert 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  year 
  of 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  as 
  great 
  numbers 
  of 
  these 
  pests 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  Desert 
  not 
  yet 
  irrigated 
  they 
  evidently 
  breed 
  on 
  the 
  steppe 
  plants. 
  

   Both 
  beetles 
  and 
  larvae 
  of 
  Epilachna 
  chrysomelina, 
  F., 
  attack 
  

   Cucurbitaceous 
  plants. 
  The 
  Cantharid 
  beetle, 
  Epicauta 
  latelineolata, 
  

   Muls., 
  though 
  useful 
  as 
  a 
  parasite 
  of 
  locusts 
  may, 
  when 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers, 
  become 
  injurious 
  to 
  agriculture. 
  Among 
  weevils, 
  the 
  larvae 
  

   of 
  Sitones 
  longules, 
  Bohem., 
  injure 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  lucerne 
  and 
  Hyper 
  a 
  

   (Phytonomus) 
  variabilis, 
  Hbst., 
  the 
  leaves. 
  The 
  adult 
  beetles 
  of 
  

   Chaetocnema 
  breviiiscula, 
  Fald., 
  skeletonise 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  beet. 
  They 
  

   oviposit 
  in 
  the 
  earth, 
  producing 
  adults 
  in 
  autumn 
  which 
  hibernate. 
  

   Spraying 
  the 
  young 
  plants 
  with 
  Paris 
  green, 
  or 
  catching 
  the 
  beetles 
  

   on 
  shields, 
  covered 
  with 
  some 
  sticky 
  matter 
  and 
  pushed 
  between 
  

   the 
  rows, 
  is 
  advised. 
  Lema 
  melanopa, 
  L., 
  injures 
  wheat, 
  oats 
  and 
  

   other 
  grain 
  crops, 
  gnawing 
  longitudinal 
  furrows 
  in 
  the 
  leaves. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  Hemiptera 
  the 
  adults 
  and 
  larvae 
  of 
  Eurydema 
  maracandica, 
  

   Osh., 
  suck 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  cabbages. 
  Eurygaster 
  integriceps, 
  Osh. 
  [see 
  

   this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  i, 
  pp. 
  446-451] 
  is 
  very 
  injurious 
  in 
  Transcaspia. 
  

   Aelia 
  furcula, 
  Fieb., 
  did 
  great 
  damage 
  to 
  summer-sown 
  wheat 
  

   in 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Samarkand 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  years 
  of 
  

   the 
  last 
  century. 
  The 
  larvae 
  do 
  not 
  attack 
  winter 
  wheat, 
  as 
  the 
  

   grain 
  is 
  already 
  sufficiently 
  hard 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  

   the 
  pest. 
  They 
  winter 
  as 
  adults 
  amongst 
  herbaceous 
  plants 
  or 
  in 
  

   holes 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  and 
  oviposit 
  in 
  March. 
  The 
  larvae 
  emerge 
  in 
  a 
  

   week, 
  proceed 
  to 
  migrate 
  into 
  the 
  steppes, 
  feeding 
  on 
  steppe 
  plants 
  

   and 
  also 
  attacking 
  wheat, 
  but 
  no 
  other 
  grain. 
  Sokolov, 
  who 
  studied 
  

   these 
  pests, 
  recommends 
  burning 
  the 
  dried 
  grasses 
  of 
  the 
  steppes 
  in 
  

   autumn. 
  Aphis 
  gossypii, 
  Glov., 
  attacks 
  cotton 
  and 
  bachza 
  plants. 
  

   Thrips 
  flavus, 
  Schr., 
  does 
  great 
  damage 
  to 
  cotton, 
  while 
  the 
  plants 
  

   are 
  young. 
  Injurious 
  locusts 
  include 
  Caloptenus 
  italicus, 
  L., 
  Stauronotus 
  

   maroccanus, 
  Thunb., 
  Stauronotus 
  Jcraussi, 
  Ing., 
  and 
  Locusta 
  (Pachytylus) 
  

   migratoria, 
  L. 
  The 
  mite, 
  Tetranychus 
  telarius, 
  L., 
  is 
  a 
  serious 
  pest 
  of 
  

   cotton 
  plantations. 
  

  

  SachaROV 
  (N.) 
  & 
  SheMBEL 
  (S.). 
  OlMeTli 
  fltflienbHOCTM 
  3HT0M0- 
  

   JlorMKecIIOM 
  CiaHUiM 
  sa 
  1913 
  roiyh. 
  [Eeport 
  on 
  the 
  activity 
  of 
  

   Entomological 
  Station 
  in 
  1913.] 
  Published 
  by 
  the 
  Entomological 
  

   Station 
  of 
  the 
  Astrachan 
  Society 
  of 
  Horticulture 
  and 
  Agriculture. 
  

   Astrachan, 
  1914, 
  51 
  pp. 
  17 
  figs. 
  

  

  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  report 
  deals 
  with 
  the 
  campaign 
  against 
  

   locusts, 
  outbreaks 
  of 
  which, 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Government, 
  have 
  

   occurred 
  practically 
  yearly 
  since 
  1880. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  species 
  of 
  

   locusts 
  was 
  given 
  in 
  last 
  year's 
  report 
  [see 
  this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  i, 
  pp. 
  534- 
  

   536] 
  and 
  the 
  current 
  report 
  mentions 
  only 
  the 
  most 
  injurious, 
  viz. 
  : 
  — 
  

   Locusta 
  migratoria, 
  L., 
  accompanied 
  by 
  small 
  numbers 
  of 
  L. 
  danica, 
  

   L., 
  which 
  is 
  predominant 
  in 
  the 
  districts 
  of 
  Astrachan 
  and 
  Krasnorjarsk 
  

   and 
  along 
  the 
  mud 
  lagoons 
  and 
  marshes 
  of 
  other 
  districts 
  ; 
  Para- 
  

   pleurus 
  alliaceus. 
  Germ., 
  and 
  Aeolopus 
  (Epacromia) 
  viridis, 
  Kny., 
  which 
  

   are 
  very 
  injurious 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  districts 
  of 
  the 
  govern- 
  

   ment 
  ; 
  Caloptenus 
  italicus, 
  L., 
  the 
  most 
  serious 
  pest 
  of 
  the 
  steppes, 
  

   where 
  Oedipoda 
  coerulescens, 
  L., 
  Oedaleus 
  nigrofasciatus, 
  De 
  Geer, 
  

  

  