110 . TURNIP. 



In the great appearances of Diamond-backs in 1891, we had 

 record, in such data as were procurable, of the " cloud of moths " that 

 arrived at the Fame Islands, being driven by the N. E. wind ; and at 

 Leith, in Scotland, the direction of the wind at 8 a.m. on the twenty 

 of the thirty da-vs of June (as given in the daily weather report issued 

 by the Meteorological Office) Tvas E., E.N.E., or N.E., points very 

 notable in connection with the very great amount of attack which 

 occurred in Fifeshire, a seaboard county especially exposed to the 

 action of easterly and north-easterly winds. 



At present, and in regard to this special infestation which gave so 

 much sudden trouble in 1891, and, being established, set on foot mis- 

 chief to trouble us, though ceasing earlier, and altogether not so 

 severe in 1892 ; it is enough for us to be thankful that it did not recur 

 over the infested districts (so far as appears) for a third time. 



But for those who may need to trace the origin of future attacks, 

 Dr. Schoyen's plainly arranged entomological and geographical columns 

 may be of service ; and it may be well to mention that these being 

 given in the ordinary scientific wording there is no difficulty, excepting 

 in the short introduction and title-page, to be overcome by those who 

 (like myself) may find trustworthily translating what they may require 

 from the. Norse language an anxiously laborious task. 



