46 Blights and Tea Pests. 
es of tea. Red Spider, generally, seems to start 
near bamboo clumps and in hollows, but rapidly 
runs over the rest of the garden. Wherever, 
there is a good draught of wind, it soon disap- 
pears, but, stops much longer on shaded places, 
Green Fly is getting worse every year. It was 
scarcely known 7 years ago, but is rapidly spread 
ing, and will probably be much worse in a year 
or two. It does not generally get seriously bad 
until the rains are well in, and if the garden is 
kept clean, is soon killed off by a few bright hot — 
days, A curious thing about green fly is the 
way, it disappears when it gets to the top of 
ridges and sometimes even af a road. This Fly 
genorally first attacks pieces of tea close to sun- 
grass or light jungle. It never works down hill, 
but always up. The Mosquito is much the worst 
blight and has already ruined several estates in 
the Terai, and at the foot of the hills. It is now 
rapidly spreading in Darjecling, and all the low- 
er lying gardens are suffering more or less. It 
generally starts in marshy flats or near heavy 
jungle. This blight is much the most to be 
