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Lapln was effective in combating various pests in the fruit re- 
gions of Aserbaidzhan* The basio poisonous substance in Lapin is a 
saponin* The Lapin solution is markedly opalescent and forms on shaking 
a stable foamy mass -which hardens on the leaves after spraying.— 
Vel'tishohev (410) » 
SCHLEICHERA TRIJUGA Willd. 
In India the natives rub up the berk with oil and use it as a 
remedy for itch*— Drury (122 , p. 398) • 
The seeds are used as an insecticide in India*— Chopra and Badhwar 
(98). 
SERJANIA PAUCIDENTATA DC. 
This plant was tested in a preliminary manner for insecticidal 
value*— -Fryer and coworkers (147 , p* 18)* 
SERJANIA sp. Hebitchioahabu* 
Extracts of the stems of this fish-poison plant from British Guiana 
were nontoxic to the bean aphid*- Tattersfield and Gimingham (391 ) * 
SAPOTACEAE 
(Sapodilla Family) 
MADHUCA BuTXRACEA (Roxb.) Maobride* Synonym: Bassia butyracea Roxb. 
The bark was used in India as a fish poison and as an insecticide*— 
Roark ( 332 , p. 29)* 
MADHUCA LATIFOLIA (Roxb.) Maobride. Synonym: Bassia latlfolia Roxb. 
Mahua. Mohwa* 
A preparation from this tree was rubbed on the body as a cure for 
itch. The smoke produced in burning the residue after extraction of the 
oil was reputed to kill insects and rats*— Watt ( 422 , ▼• 1, p* 408). 
Stored grain was coated with mohwa oil and kept in closed receptacles* 
The oil retarded attacks of weevils as long as the seeds remained moist, 
but the grain was attacked after a few months*— Fletcher and Ghosh ( 140 , 
pp. 733-755). 
This species is widely distributed in India* A 5-percent alcoholio 
extract of the stem bark killed 100 percent of Plutella maoulipennis 
(Curt*), 70 percent of Prodenia litura (F*) and Crocidolomia binotalls 
Zeller., and 100 percent of Euproctis fraterna (Moore) • A 5-percent 
