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each other, and the magnified figure of T. chjpeatus at p. 30 is a fair 

 guide to their general appearance. This species is more especially 

 distinguishable by the thorax or fore body having a whitish margin, 

 and a glossy black central spot ; the legs and antennae pale. 



T. rufus is the same length as the above — that is, from a quarter 

 to a third of an inch — and testaceous red in colour ; the thorax spot- 

 less ; eyes, wings, breast, and foremost segments of the abdomen at 

 the base black. 



CORN AND GRASS. 



In the past season the presence of Hessian Fly {Cecidomyia de- 

 structor) and that of Corn Sawfly {Cephus pijgmaus) has not been 

 reported as mischievous, otherwise almost all, if not all, the ordinary 

 corn and grass insect infestations have been present. Daddy Long- 

 legs (Tipula) attack was more than customarily reported ; Wireworm 

 (Agriotes), as matter of course, was troublesome ; and the Common 

 Cockchafer [Melulontha vulgaris) and the yet more troublesome Garden 

 or Kose Chafer [Phyllopertha horticola), of which respectively the grubs 

 are often seriously injurious at the roots of grass and other crops, were 

 also present ; and the Antler Moth [Charceas graminis), of which the 

 caterpillars are at times devastatingly mischievous to large areas of 

 grass in mountainous districts in the more northerly parts of England 

 and southerly parts of Scotland, made some amount of appearance in 

 Surrey. 



Other attacks, whether to the blade, or the ear, the stem, or by 

 distorted growth, as in the case of "Tulip-root" attack, caused by 

 Eelworms, were present to a greater or lesser extent as usual, and are 

 enumerated in the list given in the Preface. No additions of im- 

 portance have, however, been made to published information of habits, 

 or means of prevention and remedy, and it has seemed unnecessary to 

 enter on these again. The reader is referred for details regarding 

 them to their various names in the General Index to the series of 

 Annual Eeports which will shortly be issued. 



