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biiils or sinnll iiininmuls, .soatiriXMl uwv thu Liiouml every litic and 

 then.'. The deail l.iKlies attnut the iKjetles and the hiiva', whiih ran 

 Ihj .shaken out into j»ail.s of hot lime and >-" <1i-fii.vi'd 



Caterpillars (Surfaty larvrr) on Turnips, etc. 



The Turnip or Dart Moth {A<jrotis .setjeti-s) and the 



Heart and Dart Moth (.1. <.rrlmnat'unus). 



Some lana* nttackini,' turnips an<l potatt»e.s, sent hy a conesi><»n- 

 dent of the IVuml cf A;4riculture, were thu ciiterpillai-s of the Heart 

 and l>art Moth (A;/rotis czciamati'inis), p<ti»ularly called Surface 

 Lanw — Cutwonns in Canaila and the United States. Two si)ecies 

 occur in abundance, viz., A. exclainatiojii.'i and A. sfffctis ; the latter 

 is called the Tuniip Mttth. 



Another con^espondent, writini,' from I )adlim,'t on, Nuneaton, .state.s 

 "that tuniip.s ai-e eaten oft* and ixjtatoes burrowed into. In thi.s 

 di.strict acres are sjwilt by eating' the turnips under the i,a-ound." 



Tliese caterpillars were also sent by a torresp<tndent from 

 Louj;hbon»ui,'h, wheiv they were attacking mangolds. 



There has Iven a serious outbreak of the.se pests during the 

 pre.sent year in all parts of England and Wales. 



A leaflet (No. 33) has been issued by the I>oard on the.se |)ests 

 under the title of " Surface Cateri)illars." To thi.s leaflet the follow- 

 ing infonnation .should 1k» added : — 



(it) Xo div.s-sings can Ije applied in sutlicieni .strength to kill 

 these cateqtillars a.<' recommended, but the dressings do gooil in 

 helping on gixjwth of the ])lant. 



(/») Land after mangolds had l>est be lightly broken up. not 

 deejdv ploughe<l ; this would bury, not expo.se, the larvje, and birds 

 ore the gi-eatest help in keeping them in check. 



(c) In land inva<led by Cutwonns, a crop of muslanl ploughed in 

 has done gtxxl. 



('f) Tlie long and exhaustive series of exiH-riments, conducted at 

 the Agricullund ExiH-rimental Station of Cornell University, b. ■ 

 shown that by far the most successful way of combating these jn-i- 

 is the employment of " jmisftn -baits." These " jMiison-baits " have 

 been emjdoyed in the field by soaking clover, lucern. etc.. in a 

 solution of Paris gret*n antl throwing little heaps of it aU>ut in the 

 field amongst the mots, etc., or. in the case of ganlen cultivation, bnin 

 soakeil in I'aris given may \m u.se<l. 



When clover, etc.. is employed the solution of I'aris green in 



