Annotated Bibliography of Diamondback Moth - part

General
incidence is related to itmospheric humidity. Observations
on ir estation of cucumbers by Diaphan.ia hy'alinatu L. and D.
nit-idalis Stoll showed that recumbent (non--staked) plants
gave a Signif icant ly higher yield of healthy fruit than
climbing (staked) plants; 5% cube powder applied weekly gave
bet ter' con Iro I t han ai Iend arsena to diis t . Weekly app I i cat
ions of dusts o I (-ad arsenate or cube against Hel1unla phili
Io, l/is WIk. on cabbage and caul i I' ower, gave s i gn i I i cant
increis es in y i e Id, the cube being the more effect i ve on the
caul i t lowers, and t he Iead arsenate on t he cabbages . The use
of cube. was reicoiinen(ed(I , l)ecause it is iot poisonous.
0aI assess the vatue of inert dusts for protecting
Stored grain from insects, grain heavily infested wit' weevi
Is and PIO(li. interpunctolln lb. was mixed wit h 1% microa
is e Felspar I o a proprietary (lust (Fygran A) arid stored in
h i gs . TIe pe' c e T t ig es o it nint jiu re (I g r a i: a t th e end o C
e igli t flol lbts we re 37.24 for fe I spar, 34.45 fgr Fygran A, and
f .(, tr cno treotment.
Other insec t poests observed included Megastes grandalis
Gn. oil sweet potatoes; /s( i a ( Pior is) monuste L. , Plutelia
mnacu! iptc1n is Curt. , and /lr'toicorv'ue biiissicac L. on cruciers;
Corythaica monneha Stal, Epit rix sp. and Sissetiq
ol ie[ Bern. on eggi plant (Sol nun, mc longona); and Chr'ysomphalus
F1icUs Ashm., Orthe in ptaolonla Dougl., Lopi dosaphes g lo­
',ori Pa(:k. , /,. b ck ii Newin. , and Selenispic(us art iculatlus
Morg. on Citrus. ([1AE,]
0114. Pl iginsky, V. G. 1916. Animals injurious to cultivated
crops in the Govt. of Kursk in 1915. The Entomological Bureau
of the ZeMstvo of the Govt. of Kursk. Kursk. 20 pp. (in
Russ ian ) .
The foll owing is a list of the pests observed. Lepidopt
era: Apor in cr t negi I . , Pieris brassicae L. , P. rapae L.
Org.v i a artI itun I, . , St1/pnot-ita ( l,eucomu) salicis L. on w I1lows;
Euproctis (Port hes i) chr.ysorrhoea L. ; Malacosoma neusttria
I,. , L.vninntri dispar L., Btirathrn ( MamestraI) brhtassicae
,., Chr.,imatobia brumata L. , the control of which was difficu
I t owing to the want of a supply of' tanglefoo t; Arc tia caja
, . , Cossus cossus ,., Gallet-ii mellonella I,. , Olethreutes
variegann lIlt. on plums; Cj'dia ( Grapho.litha) funebrana Tr., C.
pomono I Ia L. , Ilvponomeutia malinllus Zell., H. padel/us L.,
P] Ut 011t / ,ac1ulipenn is C Ar t . ( crucifor arum Zle I . ) Lyon L, tina
clorckol In L. [RAE j
0115. 'lotnikov, V. 1915. Reports on the work of the Turkestan
Entomological Station in 1912, 1913, 1914 and part of
1915. Tashkent, 60 pp. (in Russian).
This series of reports covers the period from 1912, being
the second year of' the existence of the station, to 1915,
and describes the general and scientifCic research work done
by the staff in each year. Field crops and market-gardens
were attacked by:-- Laph.ygma (Caradrina) exigua lib.; Chloridea
(tfol.iothis) dipsacen L. on lucerne and cotton; g'ubol-i arena­
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