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I had larvae for comparison. An examination of my workers by Halde- 

 mann's description of A. pallipes convinces me that they belong to that 

 species. Haldeman states that the species is found in stumps in June. 



W. Hague Harrington. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



Annual Report of the Experimental Farms : Ottawa : pp. 314 ; 1891. 

 The Director of the Experimental Farms of the Dominion of Canada 

 has recently issued his report for the past year, and a very interesting 

 " blue book " it is. The record of experiments with two-rowed barley is 

 particularly valuable and important at the present time, and concerns 

 everyone who is interested in the welfare and prosperity of this province. 

 The reports of the Agriculturist, who treats especially of Dairying, of the 

 Horticulturist, Chemist and Poultry Manager, are all useful and instruc- 

 tive ; but the one which especially interests us is, of course, that of the 

 Entomologist and Botanist, Mr. James Fletcher. His share of the report 

 occupies over fifty pages, and is illustrated with some wood cuts of 

 noxious insects, and nine beautiful full-page plates of various useful grasses. 

 The insects treated of are the American Frit Fly (Oscifiis variabilis), 

 the Cabbage Maggot ( Anthomyia brassicce), the Diamond-back Moth 

 (Plutella cruciferariim)^ whose larvae attack the leaves of cabbages, the 

 Mediterranean Flour Moth (EpJiestia KiiJmiella), the Pea Weevil 

 (Briuhus pisi), the Strawberry Weevil (Anthonomiis musculus), and the 

 Vancouver Island Oak Looper (Ellopia somniaria). In each instance 

 Mr. Fletcher fully and carefully describes the mode of attack, and then 

 gives the most satisfactory remedies. It is hardly necessary to tell our 

 readers, who are familiar with Mr. Fletcher's work, that these articles are 

 as complete and as accurate as is possible in a limited space. It is very 

 cheering to find (p. 169) that the mill that was so badly infested with the 

 Ephestia moth year before last (of which the writer was an eye-witness), 

 has been completely cleared of the pest by scrupulously carrying out, 

 though with no little labour and expense, the directions of the entomolo- 

 gist. In spite of this example, it is surprising to find that the proprietors 

 of other mills and feed stores in the same city are too apathetic and care- 

 less to take any measures to exterminate this insect when it appears on 

 their premises. They will soon find that such neglect means utter ruin 

 to their business, unless they take warning in time. The remainder of 



