lyS Second Report on Economic Zoology. 



OTHEE SHOET EEPOETS SENT ON THE FOLLOWING 



SUBJECTS. 



SwAKMS OF Flies. — A correspondent of the Board wrote that 

 great numbers of flies are hibernating under shelter, and asked how 

 he could destroy them. The following reply was sent to the 

 Board : — 



" Without knowing what kind of ' flies ' are referred to, it is 

 scarcely possible to say how to get rid of them. 



" If they are hibernating under the roof, or if they are now 

 hatching out from maggots and are merely sheltering during the day 

 or night, they can easily be killed by fumigating with burning 

 sulphur. 



" More definite information can be given if specimens of the flies 

 are forwarded." 



No specimens were received. 



Supposed Colorado Beetle. — Some eggs sent from Tilbury 

 suspected of being those of the Colorado Beetle arrived much 

 shrivelled and damaged. Those that were perfect were eggs of a 

 Lady-bird and not those of the potato pest. (This pest seems to 

 have been effectually stamped out.) 



Pea and Bean Weevils. — Some insects sent on May 27th by a 

 correspondent from Wolfscastle, Pembrokeshire, that were attacking 

 Broad Beans were the Pea and Bean Weevils {Sitones lineatus). 



Information concerning this pest is given in Leaflet No. 19. 



Another correspondent wrote asking if certain manure was likely 

 to encourage them. He was informed that it is not at all likely that 

 manure made by mixing w.-c. refuse, grass, salt and lime encourages 

 the Pea and Bean Weevils. 



Not as much damage as usual has been done by this pest this 

 year. Comparatively few instances of the damage caused by them 

 have been recorded. 



Insects on Apple Tkees. — The insects sent by a correspondent of 

 Eickling, Bishop's Stortford, reported as doing damage, were as 

 follows : — 



(1) Winter Moth Larvae (Cheimatobia brumata). 



(2) Acari known as Trombidium holosericev/tn—the supposed adult 



