PREFACE. Vll 



I have therefore, through the kind courtesy of Mr. Kobert 

 Newstead, Fellow of the Entomological Society, Curator of the 

 Grosvenor Museum, Chester, made arrangements with him which, 

 by permitting me to communicate with him if occasion arises, 

 remove my fear of difficulties occurring on the above heads, and 

 give me great satisfaction, as I have long been acquainted with 

 his careful insect investigations, and his great powers of micro- 

 scopic observation and delineation, for examples of which I may 

 refer to the forthcoming volume on Coccidce, prepared by him for 

 publication in the Kay Society. To the above I may add that 

 any contribution with which I may be favoured by Mr. Newstead 

 will be most fully acknowledged to him in my pages. 



Of the figures in the present Eeport, I beg to acknowledge with 

 thanks those at pp. 127 and 130 as being by permission of 

 Messrs. Blackie & Son, of Glasgow ; those at p. 12 and heading 

 of p. 78 I have been permitted the use of from the * Gardeners' 

 Chronicle ' set ; the figures of moths at pp. 1 and 72 are from 

 Newman's ' British Moths ' ; the figure at p. 5 from ' Insects 

 Injurious to Fruit (in Canada),' by Dr. W. Saunders. The other 

 figures, excepting where acknowledgement is given accompanying 

 or in the letterpress, have mostly been drawn expressly for my 

 own publications. 



Once again (as in what are now many former years) I desire 

 to express my cordial thanks for the encouragement and assis- 

 tance in my work given me from too many kind helpers and 

 friends for me to express my thanks adequately. But I would 

 wish especially to acknowledge much encouragement from our 

 British agricultural and frequently from the general Press ; also 

 the liberal donations of serials bearing on prevention of insect 

 ravage which I am constantly in receipt of from our Colonial 

 Departments, from the Continent, and from the Agricultural 

 Department, Washington, U.S.A., and its many co-operating 

 stations, for all which, and much other kindly assistance, I most 

 heartily thank my kind and helpful friends. 



ELEANOK A. OEMEKOD, F.E.S. 



ToRKiNGTON HousE, St. Albans : 

 March, 1899. 



Note. — The General Index is now almost completed, and will 

 be forwarded on publication to colleagues who are customarily 

 recipients of the Annual Eeports. It will also be purchasable 

 if desired ; see advertisement inside first page of wrapper for 

 particulars. — E. A. 0. 



