-201- 
In t««t8 with Petunia plants in pot a, adult a of Maloe violaceus 
Marsh*, larvae of Pleris brasslcae (L*), and larvae of Pi lob a caeruTeo- 
oephala (L.) died immediately after eating the leaves* Bpicometia hirta 
(Poda) and Cetonla aurata (L*) died after eating the leave a, but they 
suoeuabed aore quickly after eating the flowers* Centoptera amerlcana 
(L*) was aore resistant, but died in 6 or 6 days after feeding on the 
leaves, and 2 or S days after feeding on the flower a.— Borg (68 ) * 
PHYSALIS AHGULATA L* Cut-leaved ground cherry* 
Extracts of the entire plant from British Guiana were nontoxic to 
the bean aphid*— tatterafield and Gimingham (391 )* 
SOLAHDM AURICULATUM Ait* 
A decoction of the berries were used as an insecticide* — Greshof f 
(171 , p. 141). 
S0LANU1I CAROLINES L. Horsenettle* 
A deoootion was ineffective against cotton caterpillars •— Riley 
(525), 
Water extracts had no effect on snail webworms and email catalpa 
caterpillars* The powder, used as a fumigant, had no effeot on small 
oatalpa caterpillars} used as a stomach poison, it had no effect on 
silkworms and webworms, but had a slight effect on grasshoppers} and 
used as a dust, it had a slight effeot on tent caterpillars and oook- 
roaohes*— Molndoo and Si ever e (269 , p. 23). 
Brtraots were not repellent to the Japanese beetle*— Met zger and 
Grant (277). 
Extracts of the berries killed 40 percent of the mosquito larvae 
tested*-»Hartsell and Wile ox on (188) • 
SOLAKUM DULCAMARA L. Bitter nightshade* 
Infusions of the entire plant mixed with manure killed 26 percent 
of the fly larvae in one test and 82 percent in a second test*— Cook 
and Hutchison (103 , p* 4)* 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Mete ger and 
Grant (277). 
SOLANUM IHDICUM L. 
In India the leaves and fruit, rubbed up with sugar, were used as 
an external application for itoh*- Kirtikar and Basu (230, v* 2, p* 896)* 
