preface. 



The present Report deals with those Injurious 

 Insects and other animals, which have been forwarded to 

 me by various correspondents in the Midland counties of 

 England during 1903 ; these counties are : Stafford, 



Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Worcester, Warwick, 

 Northampton, Oxford and Buckingham. 



To the many correspondents who have from 

 time to time forwarded material and specimens, I here 

 wish to express my best thanks, and also for the kind 

 courtesy which my applications for specimens, etc. have 

 at all times received. 



My thanks are also due to Mr. C. Mosley for 

 the loan of the figures illustrating the various species. 



I hope to continue the issue of these Reports 

 year by year, and I shall always be pleased to receive 

 information or specimens from anyone practically ac- 

 quainted with the subject or in any way interested. 



WALTER E. COLLINGE. 



THE UNIVERSITY, 



BIRMINGHAM. 



January, l'J<>4- 



