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Millepedes American blight Brickdust-like deposit on 

 apple trees Insect cases for the show at St. Albans 

 Specimens of forest fly chloroformed Death from fly 

 poisoning Looper caterpillars Diamond back moth Corn 

 sawfly. 



CHAPTER XVI 



LETTERS TO MR. GRIMSHAW, MR. WISE, AND MR. 



TEGETMEIER ... . 1 49 



(Grimshaw) The Red-bearded botfly Deer forest fly Ox 

 and deer warble flies. (Wise) Case of caddis worms injuring 

 cress-beds Enemies and means of prevention Moles 

 Black currant mites Biggs' prevention Dr. Nalepa's views 

 Attack-resisting varieties of currants from Budapest 

 Dr. Ritzema Bos's views Mite-proof currants Woburn 

 report on gall mites Narcissus fly Lappet moth cater- 

 pillars. (Tcgdmeier) Scheme of Miss Ormerod's leaflet on 

 the house sparrow plague Earlier authorities Enormous 

 success of the free distribution of the leaflet Miss Carring- 

 ton's opposition pamphlet One hundred letters in a day 

 received Unfounded nature of opposition exposed, including 

 Scripture reference to sparrows Fashionable support 

 1,500 letters classified and 100 filed for future use "The 

 House Sparrow " by W. B. Tegetmeier, with Appendix by 

 Eleanor A. Ormerod. 



CHAPTER XVII 



LETTERS TO MR. MARTIN, MR. GEORGE, MR. CONNOLD, 



AND MESSRS. COLEMAN AND SONS .... 169 



(Martin} Elm bark beetle Ash bark beetle Large ash bark 

 beetle Galleries Preventive measure. (George) Mason 

 bee Roman coin found near Sedbury Samian cup The 

 family grave. (Connold) Pocket or bladder plums Pro- 

 fessor Ward describes, the fungus Dr. Nalepa's publica- 

 tions. (Coleman and Sons) Attack of caterpillars of the silver 

 Y-moth Origin of the name. 



CHAPTER XVIII 



LETTERS TO PROFESSOR RILEY AND DR. HOWARD . . 179 



(Riley) Flour moth caterpillars Differences of mineral oils 

 Trapping the winter moth Orchard-growers Experi- 

 mental Committee. (Howard) John Curtis, Author of " Farm 

 Insects" Advance of Economic Entomology C. P. Louns- 

 bury, Cape Town Sparrow Leaflet Shot-borer beetles 

 Fly weevil Lesser earwig Handbook of Orchard Insects 

 General Index Flour Moths Snail slug Flat-worm 

 Tick Degree of LL.D. of Edinburgh University. 



