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Extracts were tested against four species of caterpillars. With- 
in 7 days a 5-percent spray killed only 17 percent of the insects and 
a 1-peroent spray only 13 percent* --Duke of Bedford and Pickering (53, 
p. 84). 
A few drops of a strong water extract dropped upon the body of a 
stag beetle were fatal*— Gomilevsky (164 ) . 
Aconitine (l percent in flour), extract of aoonitine (10 percent 
in water), and tuber aconite (100 percent and 10 percent in flour) 
had no effect on the caterpillars of Prodenia litura (F.).— DeBussy 
(76). 
Spray solutions of aconitine sulfate were tested against the bean 
aphid. The minimum concentration required to kill about 95 percent of 
the aphids was greater than 0.5 gnu to 100 cc. of liquid, while that of 
nicotine sulfate was 0.009 gm.— Richardson and Smith (322). 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.—Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
In Russia aconite was found ineffective against aphids.— Goryaino- 
vui and Koblova ( 167 ). 
In Russia cabbage aphids were sprayed with extracts of aconite 
prepared by infusing the dried roots in 70-percent alcoholic or 3- 
percent water solutions of sodium hydroxide or sulfuric acid. The so- 
dium hydroxide extracts were the most effective, killing 49 percent 
of the aphids at a concentration equivalent to 40 mg. of dry root to 
1 cc— Blumberg and coworkers (63, pp. 457-459) • 
Extracts from aconite applied as sprays against adult mosquitoes 
were much inferior to the standard mosquitocide.— Wats and §ingh ( 421 ) • 
ADONIS VERNALIS L. Spring adonis. 
ANEMONE PULSATILLA L. European pasqueflower. 
ANEMONE QUINQUEFOLIA L. American wood anemone. 
CALTHA PALUSTRIS L. Marsh marigold. 
Extracts from these plants were not repellent to the Japanese 
beetle.— Metsger and Grant ( 277 ). 
CIMICIFUGA FOETIDA L. Fetid bugbane. 
The root was said to be poisonous. In Siberia it was used to drive 
away bugs and fleas. — Watt (422, v. 2, p. 288). 
