THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 159 



These reports are issued annually at a very low figure (the present one 

 being one shilling and sixpence) and are besides forwarded free to all con- 

 tributors. In them is given a record of the insects which have been most 

 noticeable during the period which each one covers, and together with a 

 plain and easy description of each species, and figures of many, precise 

 instructions are given as to the best remedies and the means of employing 

 them. The talented authoress must be congratulated on the skill she has 

 displayed in treating her subject. While scientific exactness and precision 

 have been maintained, the different insects have been described in such a 

 manner that any agriculturist into whose hands the reports may come will 

 be able to recognise his insect foes with ease. The knowledge accumu- 

 lated during the previous year is arranged under the heads of the different 

 plants infested, after the same convenient plan as that followed by our 

 worthy President in his invaluable work, " Insects Injurious to Fruits." 



In the report before us we have an account of observations on insects 

 attacking the apple and pear, the cabbage and turnip, with special mention 

 of some Ant/iomyians, from which we also suffer, and concerning which 

 it would appear that the attack is worst where rank, fresh farm manure is 

 used, and that the best remedy is gas-lime. We then have carrot and 

 celery insects, also a long account of the pests attacking cereals and 

 grasses, of which the Crane Flies (Tipulae) seem to have been the worst 

 depredators, followed by the Wheat Midge ( C. tritici) and Wire Worms 

 (Elateridae). Some insects which more or less attack the gooseberry, 

 raspberry and strawberry, are treated of, and under mangold wurzel we 

 find an account of the Beet Fly, Anthomyia Betce, which has been very 

 prevalent in Canada during the past season, attacking the leaves of the 

 beet-root by burrowing large unsightly burrows beneath the epidermis. 

 Under onion we find an account of another of our too well known ene- 

 mies, the Onion Fly (A. ceparum), and the simple remedy of keeping the 

 bulb well covered by earthing up is recommended. The Hop Aphis, 

 which has been the cause of very heavy expenditure in England during 

 the past summer, is treated separately in an appendix which had been 

 distributed sooner than the general report, so as to elicit as much infor- 

 mation as possible at the time when it would be most useful. In addition 

 to the above there are articles on False Wire Worms (Julidse), which had 

 been found injurious to beans ; and on Slugs (Limacidze), which eat 

 everything, and lastly, there is an attack on that poor, but self-assfertive 

 scape-goat, the English Sparrow. 



