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(2) Leather jackets (Tipula spp.) damaging flowers in a garden. 



(3) Chrysanthemum leaves ruined by Spilographa zoe, Phyto- 



myza albiceps. and Agromyza fiaveola. 



(4) Various enquiries as to how to prevent mosquitoes breeding 



in small ponds and water butts. 



(5) Cecidomyia pyri rolling the leaves o£ pear trees. 



(6) Sciara tritici Coq. seriously damaging orchids in Yorkshire. 



(7) Leaves o£ Henbane ruined by larvse o£ Pegomyia hyoscyami. 



(8) (Estrus ovis from North Patagonia (through the Secretary 



of the Board of Agriculture). 



(9) Enquiries from the trenches regarding mosquitoes and the 



likelihood of their transmitting malaria. 



(10) Plagues of flies (Limnophora septemnotata) in houses. 



(11) Many enquiries regarding houseflies, their breeding places, 



and how to get rid of them. 



COLEOPTERA (BeETLES). 



(12) Dermestes lardar'ms and Ptinus tectus damaging books and 



papers in a house. 



(13) Niptus hololeucus increasing yearly in a house in such 



numbers as to become a perfect pest. 



(14) Sitodrepa panicea boring into and ruining packets of soups 



in a shop. (From a Medical Officer of Health.) Also 

 damaging biscuits at Reading. 



(15) Plinthus caliginosus Fabr. damaging the roots of hops and 



now attacking the leaves. (From Prof. F. V. Theobald.) 



(16) Lyctus hrunneus destroying Italian walnut and oak. 



Lepidoptera (Moths). 



(17) Magpie Moth (^Abraxas grossulariatd) defoliating Goose- 



berry and Currant plants. 



(18) Orgy'ia antiqua, the caterpillars causing an irritation and 



rash when they fall off the trees on to the skin. 



(19) Moths damaging the coverings of balloons. 



(20) The Cotton Worm (^Alabama argillacea) attacking cotton 



to such an extent in Montserrat that the correspondent 

 seriously thought of giving up the plantation. 



(21) OinopJiila v-Jiava damaging wine corks. 



(22) Myelois phoenicis Drnt. bred from dates in Algeria, and 



from dates purchased in London ; dates infested by 

 larvse, probably of this species, received from France, 

 and information received of its occurrence at Putney. 



(23) Plodia interpunctella Hb. damaging split peas in barrel on 



board H.M.S. " Cornwall." 



(24) Two enquiries regarding Ephestia kiihniella Z. infesting 



packets of barley and patent food. 



(25) Ephestia elutella Hb. damaging cocoa beans. 



(26) Corcyra cephalonica Stn. infesting chocolate crackers, &c., 



in the United States. 



