15(3 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



When she began her life-work in 1877, to quote her own words, 

 "comparatively little was known of the habits and means of prevention of 

 insects seriously injurious to our crops, and of this little, a very small 

 amount was accessible for public service, and I undertook the series 

 of Reports in the hope (so far as in my power lay) of doing something to 

 meet both these difficulties." How fully her hope has been realized is 

 shown by her further statement : " Now, the necessities of the case 

 have been gradually changing. Year after year information has been 

 sent, gradually completing most of the histories of most of our worst insect 

 pests, and now additional information is rarely on points of great agricul- 

 tural importance." In other words, she has succeeded, by dint of long- 

 continued and hard work, in making fully known the life-histories of all the 

 most serious insect pests in the British Isles, and in prescribing the best 

 available methods of dealing with them. No such work can ever be 

 finished or ever be perfect, but Miss Ormerod has done the task of 

 the pioneer ; she has cleared away the obstructions of ignorance and 

 has laid solidly and well the foundations of a knowledge that requires now 

 only to be kept up and added to as time goes on and changes naturally 

 occur. Working without remuneration and publishing at her own expense, 

 she has done a noble and patriotic work, and her name will long live, we 

 may be sure, in the hearts of those she helped so well, and in the affections 

 of those who have the privilege of being her friends. 



The present Report, the second of the new series, is on the same plan 

 as its predecessor. It deals at some length with twenty species of injurious 

 insects affecting the apple, pear and plum, currant and raspberry, potatoes, 

 beans, wheat and mustard, ash trees and sheep's nostrils — a varied list, 

 indeed. There is also an account of the curious flatworm (Bipalium 

 Kewense) which feeds upon earthworms, and of the fungous disease which 

 produces what are known as "bladder plums." The volume closes with 

 short notices of some insects that have often been referred to before in 

 these Reports — the apple Psylla, gooseberry Sawfly, cabbage Moth attacking 

 peas, and the pine-shoot Tortrix. The various papers are illustrated with 

 about thirty excellent wood-cuts. 



We grieve to say " good bye " in this way to our venerated friend, 

 whom we have known and esteemed for so many years. We earnestly 

 hope that her days on earth may be prolonged, that she may enjoy 

 a rest that she has assuredly earned, and that she may still continue 

 her interest in Economic Entomology and give the help of her knowledge 

 and experience when from time to time it may be sorelv needed. 



C J. S. B. 



Mailed May 2nd, 1901. 



