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connection.* He states that he had a field of oats which last year 

 was very badly infested with this pest, and very nearly destroyed 

 the crop. A fowl-house, with between forty and fifty fowls in it, 

 was put on to the field, and about half an acre was ploughed per 

 day, the house being daily moved on. This year the field had 

 swedes on it, and there was not a sign of wireworm. He measured 

 an acre and a half, which had been the worst place, and had fifty 

 large cartloads of Webb's Imperial off it, grown with a light 

 dressing of farmyard manure and 5 cwt. per acre of Webb's turnip 

 manure. 



THE FURNITURE BEETLE. 



Anobium domes(icum> Fourc. 



As in previous years, many inquiries have been received respect- 

 ing this beetle. 



In a few cases its depredations have been serious, and recourse 

 has had to be made to fumigation, at once the surest and best 

 method of dealing with the pest. 



The accompanying illustration shows a chair leg attacked by 

 the larvae of this beetle. 



FIG. XI. THE WORK OF THE FURNITUKK BEETLE. 



THE CLEARWING MOTHS. 



The larvae of all the Clearwing Moths belonging to the genus 

 Sesia do great damage to fruit and other trees. During 1905 

 specimens of the following species have been received : 



The Red-belted Clearwing (Sesia myopiformis, Bork.). 

 The Currant Clearwing (Sesia tipuliformis, Linn.). 

 The Osier Clearwing (Sesta bembicifonnis, Hub.). 

 The Hornet Clearwing (Sesia apiformis. Linn.). 

 I have no further remedial measures to recommend apart from 

 those contained in my last Report 



THE SCALLOPED HAZEL MOTH 



Odontopera bidentata, Clerck. 



The larvae of this moth have been unusually common during 

 the past season. Not unfrequently the variable colouring of the 

 larvae gives rise to the idea that a tree is attacked by two or three 

 different species. 



It has been reported in large numbers on laburnum, jasmine 

 hazel, cherry, lilac, and pear trees. In the case of the laburnums 

 and jasmines the trees were almost stripped. 



* Farmer and Stockbreeder, February igth, 1906, p. 336. 



