370 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



animation of the introduced animals and the application of the us,ual 

 direct methods. A critical summary of all the proposed remedies 

 followed. The paper was briefly discussed by Messrs. Gillette, Aldrich, 

 Riley, Hopkins, Weed and Howard. Mr. Riley, in speaking of the 

 alleged poor success on the part of certain individuals in the use of 

 kerosene emulsion, said that the difficulties of making a good emulsion 

 and of getting intelligent farmers to use it safely are unnecessarily mag- 

 nified. He further stated that he could not accept the opinion that in the 

 case of two given remedies the poorer one was to be recommended, 

 because the better one required a little more care and intelligence in 

 making and using. 



In the paper by Mr. Weed on " Remedies for Insects Injurious to 

 Cotton," the author discussed the application of Paris green against the 

 Cotton Worm by means of bags at the extremities of a long pole, carrried 

 by a "darkey " on a mule, going at a brisk trot between the rows. This 

 he considered to be the most simple apparatus which he had seen for dis- 

 tributing dry poisons. For the Boll Worm, he considered the best 

 application to be the planting of a row of corn about every tenth row 

 through the cotton field at such a time that it will mature early in 

 September. 



In Miss Murtfeldt's paper on "The Cheese or Meat Skipper," which 

 followed, the author drew an interesting parallel between the tendency of 

 the farmer to exaggerate his losses from insect damage and that of the 

 commercial man to underestimate this damage and to conceal it because 

 of its possible influence upon his trade. She reviewed the literature of 

 Piophila casei, and said that accounts of its life-history are not readily 

 accessible in this country. She gave a popular synopsis of her personal 

 observations upon the species, particularly as injuring hams. The larvae 

 feed principally around the bony ends among the tendons, and in the fat 

 and in the oil-saturated folds of the canvas wrappers. Hibernation is in 

 the adult stage. About thirty eggs are laid by each female. The larval 

 stage lasts from seven to eight days, and the puparium state about ten 

 days. There is no definite succession of broods, and the insect may be 

 found in all stages from May until November. The flies are readily killed 

 by the fumes of burning sulphur or pyrethrum powder. The covering of 

 windows with a light domestic is advised, as the flies will get through ordi- 

 nary wire screens. The paper was briefly discussed by Messrs, Aldrich 

 and Riley. 



