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consequence of their attacks, people found it impossible to remain in 

 gardens after 5 p.m. 



Ceratopogon piilicaris measures 2 mm. in length, and is therefore 

 considerably larger than C. varius; it abounds throughout Europe, 

 and can easily be recognised b}' the marking of the wings, which 

 when closed appear to have transverse bands. 



Note. 



Tlie Harvest Bug {Lepltis atiltimnalis, Shaw), x lOO. (.Vftcr Mcyiiin.) 



The irritating swellings caused by Harvest Bugs are occasionally mistaken for the biles 

 of midges or gnats. The Harvest "Bug" (I.efliis aulumnalis, Shaw) is really a Mile, a 

 minute .\carus, — the six-legged larva of a s]iecies of Tromhidiiim ; it is (xissiblo that larv;v 

 belonging to more than one species are included under the same name. The annoyance is 

 caused by these >oung forms hunoiviin; into the sUin, generally about the ankles and knees. 

 Midges and gnats more usually attack the exposed parts of the bod), although the females of 

 both fimilies readily bite through ihin clothing. 



