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The growing of parsnip seed for the first time at Macdonald College intro- 

 duced there a new pest, the Parsnip Weh-Worm {Depressaria lieracliana), which 

 greatly reduced the yield of seed. This insect is always present in the wild carrot 

 at Ste. Anne's but has not before given us any trouble. 



Oechard and Small Fkuits. 



The Plum Slug (Eriocampoides limacina) was very destructive during 1913 

 and 1914, and judging by the number of adults which emerged last spring and the 

 number of eggs laid, I expected a severe outbreak this season. The eggs, however, 

 were so effectively parasitized by the chalcid Pentartliron minutum that it was not 

 even necessary to spray for the slug. 



The Budmoth {Tmetocera ocellana) continues to be injurious in various 

 parts of the Province, especially in poorly kept orchards. Its parasites were at 

 work, Pentarthron minutum being most active. Experiments on the control of 

 the budmoth larvae indicated that they could be kept in check by the application of 

 two sprays, one three days before the blossoms open, the other shortly after the 

 petals fall. It was also found that lead arsenate at the rate of 21/2 lbs. per 100 

 gallons of spray, applied at the end of June while the eggs are on the leaf, will 

 destroy a very large proportion of the newly hatched larvae. 



The Cigar Case Bearer {Coleophora fletcherella) was present on unsprayed 

 trees but gave no trouble in well kept orchards. 



The work of the Buffalo Tree-Hopper was very evident in some orchards. 

 In a young orchard of about 4,000 trees, not far from Ste. Anne's, this insect has 

 dwarfed and deformed several of the trees to such an extent that they are practi- 

 cally valueless. 



Among the insects injurious to small fruits the more important were the 

 Currant Saw Flt^ the Raspberry Saw Fly, and the imported Currant Borer. 



THE OCCUPEENCE OF TYCHIUS PICIEOSTEIS ON" CLOYEE AT 



STE. ANNE'S, QUE. 



E. Melville DuPorte, Macdonald College, Que. 



Last May I noticed that the leaves of red clover which forms a cover crop in 

 an orchard at Ste. Anne's were being destroyed by a small snout beetle. This 

 insect was present in large numbers feeding gregariously on the leaves, in many 

 caJses upwards of twenty being found on a single leaf. On being disturbed the 

 weevils readily " feigned death " and fell to the ground. Specimens sent to the 

 United States Bureau of Entomology were identified as Tychius picirostris by 

 Mr. E. A. Schwarz. 



Later in the season, as soon as the clover came into bloom, the insects deserted 

 the leaves and attacked the flower heads in which they remained throughout the 

 season. My latest record is dated September 28th. 



The weevil was found in practically all fields of common red and mammoth 

 red clover in the neighborhood of Ste. Anne's, but did not seem to attack other 

 varieties. 



The adult beetle is a small curculio about 2.25 mm. long and 1 mm. broad. 

 The interspaces of the elytra are thickly clothed with narrow, hair-like, procumbent 



