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DIOSPYROS sp. 
The wood is listed as an insecticide,-- Greshoff ( 170 , p. 103), 
DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA L. Common persimmon. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle,— Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
DIOSPYROS WALLICHII King & Gamble, Tuba-buah-daun* 
A 5-peroent water extract of the leaves of this Malayan fish- 
poison tree killed only one-fifth of the larvae of the moth Par as a 
herblfera (Wlk.) treated, but a similar extract of the roots killed 
none.— dater ( 153) , 
ERICACEAE 
(Heath Family) 
AGAURIA SALICIFOLIA Hook* f. Mgagana. 
This plant in East Africa is listed as insecticidal,— Bally (50), 
ARCT0STAPHYL03 UVA-URSI (L.) Sprang. Bearberry. 
An extract (U,S,P,) was more or less repellent to the Japanese beetle. ~ 
Metsger and Grant ( 277) , 
AZALEA NUDI FLORA L. Pinxterbloom. 
CHIMAPHILA UMBELLAIA (L.) Nutt, Common pipsissewa, 
EPIGAEA REPENS L, Trailing arbutus. 
Extracts of these plants were not repellent to the Japanese beetle,— 
Metrger and Grant ( 277 ). 
GAITLTHERIA FRAGRANT! SS IMA Wall. 
Extracts applied as sprays against adult mosquitoes were much in- 
ferior to the standard mosquito cide.—^fats and Singh ( 421 ) . 
GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS L. Wintergreen. 
Diluted oil of wintergreen was usually attractive to the oriental 
oookroaoh.— Cole ( 101) ♦ 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metiger and 
Grant (277). 
