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some parasitic fungus. The treatment which has been recommended for this pest is spray- 

 ing the trees with kerosene emulsion just as the buds burst in spring. On the Pacific 

 Coast, where it is also very prevalent, good results have been obtained with a winter 

 wash consisting of sulphur one pound, lime two pounds, salt one pound, and water three 

 gallons. The manufacture of this wash is described in detail in an article on the San 

 Jose Scale published in our last annual report. 



The Snowy Tree-Oricket {CEcanlhus niveua), or one of the allied species, is doing mucb 

 harm in raspberry plantations about Hamilton. Several specimens of injured canes have 

 been sent to me which had been pierced by the females when depositing their eggs. Some 

 of these had split open down the whole length of the punctured area, and the canes in all 

 cases were much weakened. This insect is claimed to be predaceous, and Miss Mary 

 Murtfeldt, who I think was the first to observe this fact, says that they feed almost entirely 

 upon Aphides and other minute pests and make ample compensation for all the injury that 

 they do, and that they should be considered beneficial rather than injurious. Around 

 Hamilton, however, I am told by Mr. Wm. McEvoy, of Woodburn, Ont., that the injuries 

 to raspberry canes are serious. The only remedy which seems practicable is the pruning 

 and burning of the injured canes early in spring before the eggs hatch, for the insect passes 

 the winter in the egg state inside the canes. Figs. 15, 16 and 17, 



The insects I have mentioned 1 think will include all the worst enemies which have 

 been brought before ray notice during the season as having occurred injuriously in the 

 province. There were, of course, several others, but none requiring special mention, except^ 

 perhaps, the Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus scrophularue), Fig. 18, which is gradually extending 

 its range, and the Mediterranean Flour Moth (Ephestia Kuliniella), Fig. 19, for which a 



Fig. 18. 

 Fig. 18, a and h, larva ; c, pupa ; d, beetle. 



Fig. 19. 



(a). Moth (imago) magnified. - ' 

 (b). Outline, showing natural size. 



new locality has been found at Yalleyfield, Que. Specimens were sent to me from a mill 

 early in October, and instructions were promptly given as to the best steps to take to 

 clean the mill. These were adopted, and in December I received a report from the manager 

 that the outbreak had been suppressed. I think it probable that he may have taken tea 

 favourable a view of the matter, and 1 have urged upon him the necessity of keeping a 

 constant watch for any appearance of the insect. This is not only an extremely injurious 

 pest, but an exceedingly difficult one to eradicate. I find that it occurs more or less 

 plentifully in some of our large milling centres, and, where special efforts are not put forth 

 to control it, loss is sustained. 



THE GROWTH OF THE WINGS OF A LUNA MOTH. 



By J. A. Moffat, London, Ont. 



In the afternoon of March 5bh, 1895, I heard a noise amongst my cocoons. On 

 examination I found that it proceeded from the cocoon of an Actias Luna, Fig. 20, which 

 had been given to me early in the season. It was extremely thin ; when I took it up I 

 could see the movements of the imago through it. It was revolving as well as scratching 



