Iviii WAKBLE FLY. 



During the present year the application to myself for information 

 regarding special cases of infestation, papers for publication, and for 

 leaflets has in no way lessened : for, on reference to my letter-book, I 

 find it began on the 2nd of January, and continued at intervals to the 

 20th of April. From that date, until the 8th of June, hardly a day 

 occurred without applications regarding warble, sometimes amounting 

 to as many as five, eight, or ten per diem ; and since then, though not 

 as frequently, the applications have continued until within a few days 

 of the date of writing, Nov. 9th. 



As many of the applications have been for leaflets for distribution, 

 it may be hoped that information is gaining ground ; and one marked 

 advance in the past season has been the number of applications from 

 Ireland, from localities in nearly all the Irish counties. The simple 

 methods of treatment continue to be approved wherever they are 

 carried out with any sort of care. 



SUMMARY. 



The information in the preceding abstract is almost entirely taken 

 from reports sent me from British and Irish observers, and colleagues 

 in the work, and published in my Annual Keports on Injurious Insects 

 from the year 1884 to 1890 inclusive. Of these the first — that for 

 1884 — deals with as much of the history of the infestation and means 

 of prevention as could then be collected. The second (of 1885), 

 besides what may be called the notes of practical treatment given in 

 all the Reports, contains hide returns from Birmingham, and figures 

 and notes of the anatomical structure of the maggot by myself. In 

 1886 some observations on horse-warble were also given. Losses on 

 hides are especially entered on in returns from hide and cattle firms 

 in 1888; and in 1889 the damage known as " licked beef " is more 

 especially entered on. In the Report for 1890 various good notes were 

 given of loss from "licked beef," diminished amount of Warble Fly- 

 presence where the cattle had access to water, and other points con- 

 firming previous observations ; and in 1891, as it appeared unnecessary 

 to go over the information yearly, I only gave a short abstract of the 

 work.* 



Through all these years, up to the present date of writing, the 

 work of reply to enquiries had been carried on and (since their issue) 

 the leaflets, giving in short serviceable form the main points of history 

 of attack and well-proved means for its prevention and remedy, distri- 



* See Annual Eeports on Injurious Insects for years named, price Is. 6d. each, 

 published by Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Stationers' Hall Court, London, 

 E.G. Also (same publishers), 'Warble Fly': Special Eeports (from ' Eeports on 

 Injurious Insects ' for .1884, 1888, and 1889). Eoyal 8vo, price 3d. ; 2s. 6d. pet 

 dozen ; 16s. per 100. Eeferences to U. S. A. Board of Agriculture pubhcations are 

 given, with passages quoted. 



