1«(M f:n roMoi.cxiicAi. society. 



a])(i(;in)(ui of A, plexippus , C. philodi.ce or P, rapm and other comuioii Imtter- 

 flioH iJioro mutit hi! indtu'd soiiu^ ^ii'iciil; driiwl)i(<-k io llicii- pi'()|niKitti(iii. I iniulu 

 some very ^-ood catclieH, Iiowc^vcr, ol' Iiihim-Ih nol, before Liilceii here Itiil un- 

 fortunately I liiive not hiul time to work out th(di' identification. 'I'Ik- fol- 

 lowing^' iioxiouH iiiHectH were i-eportcd to in(^ or olim^rved. 



Plurrhia ceparum, tho Onion JVIaf^-f^ot — thiH inHent waa again reported as 

 Very destrnctive. T recojnnicnd catholic acid Io lie applied iwcordin^^ to 

 Dr. Flet(dier's formula. 



A'lillirrvv.s scrop/mhir/'ir — tlic HiilValo Itccllc I liad niiincrouH cojriplainlw 

 from the JudicH of Orillia of ilie havoc (siiiscd hy thcHc, ])('(!tlefl. 'J'hey weomed 

 to he extremely c(»mmon Ihis year hiii I could imt KUj^fjieHt a r<im<u|y. 



Piili}/iiar/a iiiiiuitu'rohilis Ihc (lotlony Maple Scale thin iiiHect wuh 

 very jdentiful on the ina])h' trccH of Orillia, and muHt hav(^ cauHe<| Honm dam- 

 age, to th(^ trees l)ut will likidy not ajjpear next y(iar an it 1h ah(»ut nix years 

 since T noiiced it as plentiful hefore. 



Doriiiiliora dccemlineata (l*ota,to })e(dde) and (Uirpocapud pomoneUa — 

 lh(! (U)(\\\]\^ moth were almut uh jjlenliful ;in unual (liouf.';h Hie apph'H were 

 not rx-arly as j^'ood a crop a,H last yea/-. 



Ihiliici r/,a/i/hra (\\\>', Grape-vine Flea-beetlo). This insect w&a very 

 niimerouH an<l atdiictcd iji(> attention of most vine growers in the vicinity, 



(Jut Worms and tho gruhs of June beetles (/^anlinoHtarna fuaca) wore 

 very plentiful, 



MalocoscDiiuL Ameniojitt and duslria — (Tent calcrpillais; weic fjuiic 

 scarce and liavci becui now for thn^e ycfars. 



NewatuH rihcuii. It is a remarkable fa<'t that this currant worm ap- 

 [tears to have left us. During the last two y<'ai'H currant bushes left without 

 protection from hcdhdtorc oi- i'aiis green have rujt had a leaf eaten, whereas 

 in former years they would not have harl ;i leaf remaining. 



CriitccriH lupdrngi and Vrl-pitvcJala. V liave kejji a sIkuj) loidioul for 

 these beetles amongst the neighboring , asparagus beds, but the destroyers 

 ha\-e evidently Jiol reached I his iiorthcrn country as yet. 



Division No, '.S — ToJtON'j(j Dism/ci'. IJv J. H. Wji./.iams, 



As an inhabitant of a large city, I have not many oppf)rtunities of hear- 

 ing about the pests that are troubling ihe farmers and fruit-growers; and 

 cannot, thend'on;, say ^ery mucli about them. 



hi Toronto itself the Tussock Moth (Ilemerocampa leucostif/rna) has 

 don(^ a great deal of damage this year to the shade trees of the edty. Mr. 

 t'hambers, the Park Commissioner, tells me. that they were about fifty per 

 cent, more numerous than last year, and they most affect parts of the city 

 where chestnut trees are abunrhinl. lie has tried, this year, a plan of en- 

 circling the trees with a ring rd' slieet-brass, frayed out on the lower edge. 

 This has been fairly successful in j)reve/i<ing cater))illars from ascr-nding th", 

 trees. As soon as the leaves have falh^n he intends to have the egg-masses col- 

 lected fr'fm the trees in the streets and puldic parks and burned, as the City 

 Council made a grant this year for that purpose; but in order that the pest 

 may be got under control it is most necessary for private />wners to co-oper- 

 ate in this work, and clear the egg-masses off their own trees; otherwise it is 

 .'ilmost waste of time to clear adjoining shade trees, for they are soon occiipied 

 again by caterpillars from private '/rounds and gardens. 



