I'ru!". Rilcv asks Prof. Cook to stale niuR' i)articulais about this 

 larva which injures stored grains. 



I'nil. C'lKik sa\s lliev came with the samples ufinjured grain, looked 

 like a Xoetuid, asul were 'I ot an inch long. Thev ate the kernel, as the 

 samples plainh- showed, but how they did it he couUl not tell, though 

 he had tried his best to bring them to niainrity. 



I'rof. Rilev does not see how a Noctuid larva couUl damage stored 

 grain. It is so contrarv to the ordinary habits of the species that he can- 

 not understand it. A.famicn has taken on much more of the arm\' 

 w(jnn habit than iiicssoria, but this may be because onions are planted 

 in rows rather widely a[)art, and it would be impossible for such large 

 numliers to subsist there tor even a short time. In reference to injury 

 done to grain in bins, a sj)ecies u'i Ep/wsflii had probatil}' done a great 

 l)art of it. 



Me also said that he hail this \ear succeeded in raising in consider- 

 able numbers the pear Cendomyui which Prof Cook had mentioned in 

 one of his recent reports. lie speaks t)f this insect to illustrate the great 

 difficult\- there is in determinations in this genus. He could not find 

 that it differed in any respect from the descripdons of Caidoviyia pyri of 

 Pairope but to make sure he sent a series to that countr}- and Mr. Trans- 

 leeve could not lind anv differences from the description, but the de- 

 scii])tions were so poor, and there were no existent types, so that there 

 Could be no certaintv. Vx(^{. Mig suggests tlescribing it as a new 

 s})ecies with good figures and then there could at least be no doubt as to 

 what was inteniled. This however was rather a violent remedy, and if 

 generally applied would necessitate a great many redescriptions. 



Mr. Smith states, in reference to the abundance of Ag. messoria 

 larva that onion rows are about 18 inches apart, and in i ft. square be- 

 tween the rows he jiicked uj) between 40 and 50 larva just under the sur- 

 face of the soil. 



Prof. Lintner sa\s there seems to be a general belief ami older 

 authors have stated, that Noctuid larva are very difticult to raise. He 

 has during the past vear raised Agrntis saii> la without an\- elifliculty on 

 ]»lantain. 



Prof Riley says saiicia is very easily rai.^ed and stands an\' amount 

 of bad treatment — o[ jnessoria on the contrary ol' which hundreds of lar\Lt 

 were sent to the Department, very few reached maturity 'Phis difference 

 often occurs — Pcpdisca sciuhkriana, or moie properl}- P. saligna Clem, is 

 very easily raised. Another species of the same genus, ]\Iiss Murtfeld. 

 Prof Kellicott and he himself had tried their best to bring to maturity 

 for 4 or 5 years, but with very little\success. 



Prof Weslcolt says that he has had the same e.xperi.nLe with these 

 species feeding on solidago. 



