128 Fi/st Report on Economic Zoology. 



OTHER SHORT REPORTS SENT ON THE FOLLOAVING SUBJECTS. 



Gkoup F. 



The Death Watch (Anohium domestkuni), which were reported as appearing in 

 large numbers on the walls of a room that had been shut up for a year full 

 of boxes, at Eastbourne. (Miss E. Branscouibe.) 



The Clothes Motli (Tineola hisrllielht), also reported V)y the same observer, with a 

 note that " They do not fly about as ordinary moths, but sit on the walls and 

 ceilings with folded wings, waiting for nie to kill them. Sometimes I kill 

 ten in a room, tlien find uonn for a day or two ; then eight or ten make their 

 appearance in a room which is shut up and no window opened. I am 

 thinking of shutting up the house, so it is important for me to know 

 what to d<>." (Vide Report, p. 43.) 



Method of destroying insects (sp. (?) ) in Acacia wood. (T. Christy & Co., 

 London.) Letter ct)ntaining a note that " they always submit drugs with 

 weevils and insects in theru to a jirocess of baking." AVe have therefore 

 made arrangements for tliem to receive the Avhole of om- parcel (of acacia 

 wood) to treat it in the ordinary way. 



Gnour E. 



Suh-Oroup A. Animals Injurioxis to Domesticated Animals. 



Filariasis in Lambs. (W. H. Hammond, Esq., Canterbury.) 



A Parasite in Fowls' Eggs. (Dr. Humphrys, Marycliiu'cli, Torquay.) 



Group E. 

 Sulj-Groiip B. (Section I.) Agriculture: Fruit. 

 The Wood Leopard (Zcuzcra wsculi) attacking Apple Trees at Hailsham. 



The Pith Moth (Lnnrria atra) attacking Api)le Shoots at Hailsham. (ilr. Bear) ; at 

 Swanley. (Mr. Cecil Hooper.) 



The Bud Moth {Hedya ocellana) attacking Apple and Cherry at Hailsham and 

 Swanley. 



Winter Moth (C'heimatohia hrumata) from Swanley. (Mr. Cecil Hooper.) 



Red Plum Maggot (Opadia fnnehrana) in fruit in Kent. (Mr. W. H. Hannnond.) 



Apple Sawfly (Hoj)locampa testudinea) at G nestling, Sussex. (Rev. E. N. 

 Bloomfield.) 



Pear Midge (Biplosis piyrivora) attacking Pears at Guestling. (Rev. E. N. 

 Bloomfield) ; at Swanley (Wilkinson) ; at Ross (Getting). 



