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(January, 1891), records some interesting experiments with fungicides 

 and insecticides on the Apple, Pear, and Plum. Two series of experi- 

 ments are of interest to entomologists, as they combine fungicides and 

 insecticides in the same solution, namely, ammoniacal carbonate of 

 copper with Paris green, and the Bordeaux mixture with Paris green. 

 The first series of experiments resulted in a saving of 41 per cent of 

 apples from Codling-Moth injuries, while the fungicide results were 

 entirely unsatisfactory, although the application of ammoniacal car- 

 bonate of copper without the addition of Paris green is reported by 

 other stations to have given remarkable results. With the combination 

 of Bordeaux mixture with Paris green no favorable results were ob- 

 tained, although as the applications were not begun until May 29, the 

 failure may have been due to this fact. With regard to the fungicides, 

 Mr. Maynard noted that the amount of scab was larger in every case 

 where they were used than where they were not used. This result, 

 however, he states, may have been in part due to the damage by the 

 Paris green, which was especially noticeable where it was used at the 

 rate of 1 pound to 200 or 300 gallons of the liquid. 



Some strawberry Pests.* — Mr. H. Garman, Entomologist and Botanist 

 of the Kentucky Experiment Station, writes in a recent bulletin of a num- 

 ber of insect enemies of the Strawberry, and also of the Strawberry 

 Leaf-blight Fungus {Bamularia tulasnei). The insects treated are the 

 Straw berry -leaf roller {Phoxopteris comptana Frohl.) which in Kentucky 

 is shown to have at least three annual broods — the last one wintering 

 as larvae; the Strawberry Qio'^Ti-hoT&i {Tyloderma fr agarice Riley); the 

 Strawberry False-worm {Emphytus maculatus Norton); White grubs 

 {Lachnosterna spp.) ; the June bug {AllorMna nitida Linn.); the Straw- 

 berry Root-worms, larvae of the following Chrysomelids: Paria canella 

 Fab., Graphops nebulosus Lee, and Colaspis brunnea Fab.; the Smeared 

 Dagger {Apatela oUinita Smith and Abbott), the larva of which is re- 

 ported to be a common enemy of this plant in Kentucky ; and the Tar- 

 nished Plant bug [Lygus pratensis L.). 



Efforts to stamp out the Gypsy Moth — Economic entomologists, and 

 for that matter the people of the country at large, are watching with 

 much interest the efforts of the State of Massachusetts to control or 

 stamp out the Gypsy Moth, which, since Professor Fernald's announce- 

 ment of its widespread injuries, has attracted special attention. Upon 

 urgent request, we attended a conference called for the discussion of 

 ways and means of dealing with the subject, which was held at Boston 

 on the 4th of March last, and we publish in this number a stenographic 

 report of said conference. We also include an interesting article by 



* Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin, No. 31, Decejnber, 1890. 



