REPORT 



ON THE 



INJURIOUS INSECTS AND OTHER ANIMALS 



OBSERVED IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES 

 DURING 1905. 



" // men can be shown that their health, wealth, or happiness 

 depends upon a knowledge of insect life, there would be no 

 trouble to interest people in the study of Entomology. Show the 

 farmer, the gardener, and the horticulturist the importance of 

 knowing the habits of insects in order to successfully combat the 

 pests that destroy their crops .... and the science of Entomology 

 will quickly take the rank it deserves among its sister sciences" 



C. P. GILLETTE. 



(Proc. i2th Ann. Meeting of Assoc. Economic Entomologists, 1900, p. 14.) 



INTRODUCTION. 



During the year January 3 1st, 1905, to January 3ist, 1906, 

 four hundred and seventy-nine inquiries were dealt with. Of 

 these, four hundred and five were connected with agricultural and 

 garden pests, eleven referred to household or commercial pests, 

 forty-nine specimens were sent in for identification, whilst the 

 remaining fourteen were of a miscellaneous nature. 



Applications for information were dealt with from the 

 Intelligence Department of the Board of Agriculture; the Imperial 

 Department of Agriculture for the West Indies; and the Imperial 

 Department of Agriculture for the Fiji Islands. 



In all, three hundred and ninety-three written replies have 

 been sent out. 



For kindly examining and identifying specimens unknown to 

 me, or for other information, I am much indebted to the following 

 workers: R. A. Burdon, B.A., H. Willoughby Ellis, F.E.S., A. H. 

 Martineau, F.E.S., A. E. Shipley, F.R.S., and F. V. Theobald, M.A. 



During the year the following publication has been issued : 

 Reports on Economic Zoology, No. 2. The Life History of the 

 Pe^r Midge, Diplosis pyrivora, Riley. 



