CONTENTS. 



PAKIV I. 



REPORTS ON ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY SENT IN REPLY TO VARIOUS 

 CORRESPONDENTS. 



(British.) 

 GROUP D.* 



I'AGEo 



Mosquito annoyance at Woodlbrd (Essex) and elsewheie ; the Biting 

 ytomoxys; Haematopota causing annoyance in Kent; Dipterous larva? 

 in children ........... 1-16 



(i R U 1:^ E . 

 Sdb-group a. 



Sheep Scab ; Tyroglyphidx sent as Sheep Scab mites ; A true tick {Der- 

 inacentor) and others attacking poultry; Geese Lice {Trinoton 

 coiispurcatum) ; Pig Lice (^Hxmatopiims urius) ; GlyciphcKjun domesticus 

 oil Tortoises .......... 17-2o 



SUB-GKOUP B. 



The Gout-Fly of Barley (Chlorops txniopiis) ; The Pea Weevil (Bruchus 

 pisi) ; A Remedy for the Pea Weevil (Sitones Uuedtus) ; Turnip Flea 

 in North Wales; Red Mag:j;ot (Cecidomyia trifolu) in cloyer; Big-bud 

 Mite in Black Currants ; A IJed Spidcv (Tenuiimlpus) on fruit trees ; The 

 Wood Leopard Moth ; The Little Ermine Moths (Uyj^oitomeutidse) ; The 

 Pith Moth {Laverna atra) ; The Apple Ltaf Miner {Lyonctia clerckella) ; 

 Caterpillars on Fruit-trees, and notes on grease-banding ; Poultry and 

 Pigs as vermin destroyers in Orchards ; Pear Midge (Dtpiosis pyrivoni) ; 

 Woolly Aphis {Sckizoneuralaniyera) ; 1'he Apple-sucker {Psylla mali) ; 

 T'he Vine Scale (Fulvinaria nitis) ; Insecticides ; Fumigation with 

 hydrocyanic acid gas; Field Mice damaging Apple-trees; Slugs in 

 Hop Gardens ; A general account of Slugs and Snails injurious to 

 Farm and Garden Produce ; Wireworm in Hops ; The Cabbage Moth ; 

 Cabbage Root Fly ; Acari at I ricking Cauarieusis ; Narcissus Buib Pests; 

 Swarms of Luffia "Case-Ilearurh"' on garden wall; The Common Foot- 



» riie reader is referred to the First lleport, p. xi., for a complete elasBificatiou ot 

 animals fr<mi the point of view of Economic Zoology. 



