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ASTER NOVAE- ANGLE AE L. New England aster. 
Extracts from the fresh leaves and flowers were more or less 
repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metzger and Grant (277) . 
ASTER PANICULATUS Lam. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle. — Metzger and 
Grant (277) . 
ATRACTYLIS OVATA Thunberg. 
This plant is used in China for fumigating grain stores. — Scarone 
(363). 
BACCHARIS FLORIBUi-iDA H. B. K. Niquitau. 
Niquivau was used in Venezuela for killing insects.-- Roark (332, p. 31). 
£Niquivau may not be identical with niquitau 7} 
BACCHARIS SAR0THR0ID5S Gray. Baccharis. 
Acetone extracts of the seeds killed none of the mosquito larvae 
tested. — Hwrtzell and Wilcoxon ( 18? ) » 
BAILEYA MULTIRADIATA Hary. & Gray. Baileya. 
The acetone and water extracts of the flowers killed none of the 
mosquito larvae test ed.~Hartz ell and Wilcoxon ( 180 ) . 
BLUMEA AURITA DC. Plaadura. 
This plant has been suggested for driving away insects in the Gold 
Coast, Africa, and as a possible source of insect powder. — Irvine (213). 
BLUMEA LA CERA (Roxb.) DC, Nuraurdi. 
The natives of Konan, near Bombay, used this plant to drive away 
fleas and other insects. It was suggested as a possible source of an 
insect powder. — Watt (422 , v. 1, pp. 459-460). 
BRAUNERIA sp. (probably echinacea ) • 
Acetone extracts of the root (N.F.) of this plant killed 100 per- 
cent of the mosquito larvae tested. A 0.2-percent concentration of 
the roots killed 49 and 38 percent of the been ephids tested. — Hartzell 
and Wilcoxon (188 ). 
CALLILEPIS LAUREOLA DC. 
The powdered roots were used as an insecticide in Natal. — Greshoff 
(171, p. 155). 
