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entirely below the surface of the "round the control offers a consider- 

 al)le ])r(il)lem. Poisoned bran mash seems entirely ineffective. 



Bud Moth {Tnictoccra oce/Unui Schiff'.). The fall brood of the 

 bud moth did considerable damage to the apples this year. 



Mediterranean Meal Moth {Eplicsfis knehniella Zell.). Stored 

 food products in tlie line of cereals were frequently found to be 

 infested with the larxae of this ninth. It was also reported in ground 

 feed, stored in l)ins. Opening up the mills in zero weather proxed 

 an effective means of control. 



Indian Meal Moth {Plodia iiiterpiincfeUa Hubn.). This tiu}- 

 reddisli moth xvas reared from dried fruit shipped from California 

 and condemned by the State Board of Health. The shipment con- 

 sisted of pears, peaches, prunes, figs, and raisins, all infested to a 

 greater or less degree. 



Clothes Moths {Tineola hisclIicUa). This common household 

 l)est was not reported this season as much as heretofore. Fumigation 

 with cyanide of potassium was highly successful against it in a ie^v 

 instances where it was reported. 



FLIES (DIPTERA) 



Leather Jackets (Tijndidac). Larvae of a ti]mlid. probably 

 7'i]iiila an 2^isti /K j/nis, were found in great numl:)ers in a damp place 

 m a wheat field. Ihe farmer who saw them, first tliought they were 

 wireworms. Xo damage was done by them. 



Mosquitoes [Cit Hc'nhii). Some parts of the State were troubled 

 with mosquitoes but owing to the \er\- dr\- vear tliex- were not as 

 bad as usual. Xo attempts were made at organized control work 

 because of lack of funds. 



Clover Seed Midge {Dasyone^ira leg^i ininicoJn Lint.). Thi 

 insect was caught in rather large numbers in closer at Arlee. Tt has 

 apparently been present there for the last couple of vears and has 

 caused some loss in the clo\er seed cro]~). though never reported 

 before. It was not found in any other locality, though it may l)e 

 more or less generally present. 



The March Fly i/lihio n /hi /xii/iis Say I. Manx- farmers noticed 

 this fly crawling on their wheat plants last spring, and stis]:)ec:ed 

 it of doing some damage. Inquiries regarding it were frequent, and 

 any queer injury or unusual ajipearance of the plants was attributed 

 to tliis insect. e\en though it is ap])arently harmless. 



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