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Division No. 2, Oeillia District — C. E. Grant, Orillia. 



I have not been able to give much time to the recording of insect destruc- 

 tiveness this season. I wish, however, to note the appearance in this neighbour- 

 hood of the two asparagus beetles, Crioceris asparagi and C. 12 -punctatus. I 

 visited the gardens of several friends who had complained of something that was 

 eating their asparagus. In two of these places the tops of the plants looked like a 

 lot of dry sticks, they were so completely stripped of foliage. I found both species 

 of beetlesi in abundance on the plants. I think they were both equally plentiful. 

 I was also informed that the pest had been noticed the year before, but I never had 

 observed their a,ppearanee, though I had been on the lookout for them for some time. 



Army Worm {Leucania unipuncta). I was informed that in the Township 

 of Orillia some eight or ten miles from town there was a slight outbreak of this 

 insect, and the moths were very numerous at Tight here, but I did not see any 

 destruction close to town. I never saw the moths so abundant since 1896 when 

 there was considerable damage done in the Township of Mara, County of Ontario, 

 which abuts on the boundaries of Orillia. 



June Beetles {Lachnosierna) . I never saw these insects so abundant 

 It was impossible to sit near the lamp which I keep lighted to attract insects, on 

 account of the constant bombardment by them. 



Cutworms were not reported plentiful this season. 



Onion and Cabbage Maggots were rather plentiful. 



Raspberry Cane Borer (Agrilus ruficollis). This species has been very 

 abundant the last few years, the wilted canes shewing up conspicuously. 



Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma americaiui and M. di^stria) were abundant. 

 Their webbs were noticed and the moths were abundant in July and lasted right 

 into August. 



I took a specimen of Telea polyplienivs on August 20th, quite a late record 

 for that insect. 



I itook quite a few new insects but not at present being able to determine 

 them, I must leave a report of them to a future time. 



Division No. 3, Toronto District — A. Cosens. 



During the season the following insect pests were abundant enough to attract 

 attention. The Cutworm (Euxoa), was particularly destructive in the northern 

 part of the city. In that district a thin layer of loam covers a sandy sub-stratum, 

 furnishing suitable conditions for the maturing of the larvfe. In some gardens 

 the tomato and cabbage plants were regularly cut off until a sprinkling of 

 poisoned bran was used with good results. In the same locality the Onion Maggot 

 ,{Pegomijia cepetorum) has been unusually abundant during the summer. A 

 dahlia grower, who invariably has a number of flower buds destroyed by the attacks 

 of the Tarnished Plant Bug {Lygus pratensis L.), informs me that this insect was 

 not so plentiful as usual this season, but Dr. Walker states that he has found the 

 I\)ur-Lined Plant Bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus Eabr.) in large numbers on many 

 different species of plants. The market gardeners of Mt. Dennis, a .suburb of 

 Toronto, state that the larvae of the May Beetle {Lachnosierna fusca Froh.) are 

 becoming more numerous. Two apparent causes are contributary to this con- 

 dition. These gardens are situated in a swamp area, which is cleared and drained 

 a few acres at a time, and as the trees are gradually being removed the birds, that 

 act as a natural check on this pest, are forced to nest in other localities. Also 



