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The next day she would have a similar letter regarding 

 mite-galls on black currants, or pea-weevil larvae or clover- 

 eel worms. Again there would be a communication from 

 Norway requesting advice about the Hessian fly, or from 

 Argentina asking information concerning a certain kind of 

 destructive grass beetle, or from India appealing for help 

 against a pernicious species of forest fly, or from South 

 Africa seeking a relief from the boot-beetle. And still 

 again, she was consulted by her foreign correspondents 

 about termites, which were causing havoc among the young 

 cocoa trees of Ceylon, or about certain peculiar species of 

 Australian larvae, or about the devastating action of the 

 pine beetle in the Scotch forests, or about the wheat midge 

 and antler moth in Finland. 



One day she had a communication from the Austrian 

 Embassy regarding a beetle that was eating the oats about 

 Constantinople, and not long afterwards she received a 

 letter from the Chinese Minister in London begging for 

 information as to how to prevent the ravages of certain 

 noxious bugs in the lee-chee orchards of China. 



In view of all these facts it is not surprising that Miss 

 Ormerod became an active and valued colleague of some 

 of England's most noted scientific men. Professor Huxley 

 said of her in connection with certain work performed by 

 her as a member of one of the committees to which he 

 belonged that "she knew more about the business " than 

 all the rest put together. 



Miss Ormerod 's services and attainments, it is gratifying 

 to note, were not without recognition in high quarters. Be- 

 sides being in constant correspondence with the most emi- 

 nent entomologists of the world, consulting entomologist to 

 the Royal Agricultural Society of England and examiner 

 in agricultural entomology in the University of Edinburgh, 

 she was a member of many learned societies in both the Old 

 and the New World. She was also the recipient of many 

 medals, two of which came from Russia. 



