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ticularly being cold and disappointing. The only time during whicli any 

 success at all was to be obtained from collecting was from about the middle 

 of May till about the middle of June. 



Of injurious insects, the most serious outbreak was that of two kinds of 

 cutworms, viz., the Red-back Cut Worm (Paragrotis ochrogaster) and the 

 Dark-sided Cutworm (Paragrotis m&ssoria). The former of these was the 

 most abundant, and did considerable damage. Those who tried the poison 

 bran-mash had remarkable success. This is a splendid remedy, being made 

 by simply moistening some bran with sweetened water and adding Paris green 

 in the proportion of half a pound of Paris green to 50 lbs. of bran. The 

 mixture may then be scattered among the plants to be protected, and strange 

 to say the cutworms will feed upon it in preference to the growing plants. 



The Colorado Potato Beetle was very plentiful, but was easily kept under 

 control where the plants had been sprayed with Paris green and water. Root 

 Maggots were destructive throughout the district. The Onion Maggot did 

 the most harm and some of my neighbors lost all their plants before the 

 pest was detected. It is to be regretted that there is no good practical rem- 

 edy for these troublesome insects. For the Onion Maggot mixtures con- 

 taining some form of carbolic acid have given good results in the hands of 

 some. These have to be applied just as soon as the young plants appear above 

 the ground, and further treatments made at intervals of a week or ten days. 

 The Turnip Aphis was rather prevalent in some fields, but I do not think it 

 did much damage, as it was accompanied by numerous parasites. 



The Eye-spotted Bud-Moth was abundant in one orchard, being observed 

 particularly on a crab apple tree. 



The nests of the Fall Web-worm have been rather noticeable, particular- 

 ly on shade trees. There is no reason why these unsightly nests should be 

 allowed to remain on the trees. If the twigs bearing the nests are cut from 

 the trees and burned, all the caterpillars which are inside these tents will be 

 destroyed. 



In my last report I omitted to mention a sligrht infestation of a small 

 bristly caterpillar, which I found at Meeck's Lake, Que., attacking cab- 

 bages. Dr. Fletcher has just told me of a similar, but more important out- 

 break of the same s])ccies (Evergestis straminnlis) in iho Maritime Provinces. 

 An account of this latter and notes on this new pest of cabbages and turnips 

 will be found in the Report of the Entomologist and Botanist to the Do- 

 minion Experimental Farms for 1904. This insect, which has been given 

 the name of the Purple-banded Cabbage Worm, did not do very serious dam- 

 age to the cabbage plants at Meeck's Lake in 1903, only two or three speci- 

 mens being noticed on each plant. 



During the year I have continued to collect the lepidoptera of the Ot- 

 tawa districts, but outside of a collection of over 700 specimens of micro- 

 lepidoptera which I made, I did not take very many interesting butterflies 

 or moths. Over fifiy specimens of my collection of micros have been very 

 kindlv named for me by Mr. W. D. Kearfott, of Montclair, N.J., who I 

 am pleased to stnte found some very interesting species, and one or two which 

 may be un described. 



Division No. 2 — Midland District. By C. E. Grant, Orillia. 



Tery few insect pests have come under my observation or have been re- 

 ported to me this year — in fact like the previous two years most insects were 

 very scarce. Whether the cold weather last winter or thp cool summer are 

 responsible for the scarcity T do not know, but when you have to hi/vt for a 



