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Leaves mixed tilth stored grain in closed reoeptaoles did not pro- 
toot the grain from attacks of weevils.— Flstoher and Ghosh ( 140, 
pp. 734, 763) • 
In India stored products were preserved In bins with the leaves of 
this plant, but it is doubtful whether the leaves had any insectioidal 
value.— Ayyar (43, p. 48) • 
The leaves of this plant, which is widely distributed in India, are 
scattered among clothes to preserve thea from insects. A 5-percent al- 
coholic extract of the leaves killed 90 percent of Plutella macullpennis 
(Curt.), 60 to 75 percent of Prodenia lltura (F.), 20 percent of Croci- 
dolomia binotalls Zeller., and 100 percent of Euproctis fraterna (Moore) , 
fterioalla rlclni (F.), and Achaea Janata (L.) .— Puttarudriah and Subra- 
naniam ( 312 ). 
VIOLACEAE 
(Violet Family) 
VIOLA PAPILIONACEA Pursh. Butterfly violet. 
VIOLA TRICOLOR L. Common pansy. 
Extracts from these plants were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.* 
Metsger and Grant ( 277) . 
VITACEAE 
(Grape Family) 
PARTHENOCISSTJS QUINQUEFOLIA (L.) Planch. Synonyms: Hedera quinquefolia 
L.j Vitis hederaoea Willd. (Kew). Virginia creeper. 
A bunch of leaves was rubbed on an infested area of an apple tree, 
crushing all the woolly aphids on this spot. A week later the tree was 
entirely free of aphids, whereas formerly the tree could not be kept free 
from infestation for any length of time.— Burger (71). 
VITIS SETOSA Wall. 
Extracts of this plant applied as sprays against adult mosquitoes 
were much inferior to the standard mosquitocide. — Wats and Singh ( 421 ). 
XYRIDACEAE 
(Yellow-eyed- Grass Family) 
XYRIS IMDICA L. 
In India this plant was used for itch.— Kirtikar and Basu ( 230 , 
v. 2, p. 1306). 
