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is doubtless owing to the attention paid by wheat growers to the advice 

 given by Miss Ormerod. 



Another satisfactory result of her labours is the decrease in 

 the injury done by the ox warble fly ; it is stated that " warble pre- 

 vention has advanced much during the last season, and it is still more 

 clearly shown than before that where the maggots are destroyed (as 

 may easily be done) the attack may be for all practical purposes 

 stamped out." 



Injuries to beans, carrots, parsnips, and growing grain are also 

 discussed. A new attack of particular interest, of which some par- 

 ticulars are given, is that of the wheat-flour moth. The importance 

 of fighting it vigorously, however, seems to be appreciated, and we 

 therefore trust that it will soon be got within control. 



A special chapter upon the " sparrow nuisance " gives more facts 

 to show the absurdity of the claims of those advocates who still try to 

 uphold this pest on the plea that it is an insect-feeder. 



J. F. 



Notes and Descriptions of a few Injurious Farm and Fruit 

 Insects of South Africa, by Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod. 

 F. R Met. Soc, Etc. 



This small 8vo. volume will, we believe, be of great value to the 



South African colonies. Considerable work has already been done 



there in economic entomology, but the publication of this work will 



undoubtedly give a special impulse to this branch of agriculture, which 



will be of lasting effect. In her modest preface the authoress speaks of 



it as " merely a fragment," but some of the monographs are very full, 



and the work is beautifully illustrated with clean figures. 



J. F. 

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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



A letter has been received from Prof. Macoun, who, with his 

 assisstant Mr. J. M. Macoun, is still in British Columbia, energetically 

 working up the botany and zoology of the southern portion of that Pro- 

 vince. The letter is dated at Kamloops, on 16th June, and states that 

 they have been very successful in collecting specimens, having, at the 



