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received were channeled by the larvae. This insect will be 

 considered in our next report. 



Various species of anthomyiids are common in Maine, 

 attacking beets, working between and under the epidermis of 

 the leaves, making light colored trails. Radishes, bean-seed- 

 lings and onions are often badly attacked. The Onion Maggot 

 (P. ceparum) was reported as bad in Maine. We planted a bed 

 of onion seed in our garden in Orono, and nearly every onion 

 was attacked by this species. 



Care should be taken to burn infested plants while the mag- 

 gots are still in them. 



The Rail-Road Worm (Trypeta pomonella) will probably 

 not be so abundant, as the short apple crop gave them much 

 less chance to multiply than usual. This insect could have 

 been about destroyed if pains had been taken to gather the 

 much fewer wind-falls. 



The Currant Fly (Epochra Canadensis) was more abundant 

 than usual about Orono. 



The Rice Weevil (Calandra oryzae, L.) was reported as 

 quite abundant in the store houses for grain of the Swan and 

 Sibley Company, Belfast, Maine. We recommended the car- 

 bon bisulphide treatment. See fig. 4, b and d; fig. 5, a and c. 



The Spotted Paria continues its novel habit of attacking 

 the young buds of blackberries and raspberries. The past sea- 

 son this pest nearly ruined an acre of the above plants on the 

 farm of Greenvill M. Foss and Son of Standish, Maine, as 

 reported by Mr. C. S. Phinney. Experience with this insect 

 indicates that it will not continue its depredations from year to 

 year. See fig. 6, Expt. Sta. Rept. 1895. 



Forest Insects. We received a letter from Mr. Austin 

 Cary, who has spent considerable time the past season explor- 

 ing the forests of Maine, calling our attention to the depreda- 

 tions of a timber beetle (Dendroctomis ruiipennis) that is doing 

 damage to spruce timber in Maine. The study of timber 

 insects is not only a great undertaking, but one of much import- 

 ance. As it is impossible for the Station Entomologist to find 

 time to enter upon the work, we hope that timber owners and 

 the Forestry Commission may become interested in the matter 

 and that the legislature will provide the funds to make the 

 necessary investigations. 



