90 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Oethoptera and Anoplura. 



(27) Repeated enquiries regarding remedies for cockroaches — 



the common Cockroach {Blatta orientalis) and the German 

 Cockroach (^Phyllodromia germanicd) — both in private 

 houses and in hospitals. 



(28) A full report on the most approved methods of dealing 



with locusts sent to a correspondent in British Columbia. 



(29) Information supplied regarding body vermin to private 



enquirers and to the authorities at New Scotland Yard. 

 A visit was also paid to a military hospital in which 

 Pediculosis had broken out, and advice given on the best 

 means of eradicating it. 



Miscellaneous. 



(30) Clothilla sp. damaging artificial silk used in insulating 



electric cables — conditions under which it could live and 

 breed. 



(31) The Bed Bug (Cimea; lectularius) infesting a house. 



(32) Lepisma saecharina, a perfect plague in a house. 



(33) Larvse of Empliytus cinctus destroying roses in Surrey. 



(34) Larvse of Gooseberry Sawfly [Nematus ribesii) defoliating 



gooseberries and currants in Anglesea. 



(35) How to get rid of bees which had taken up their abode 



between the ceiling and the floor of the room above. 



(36) Information wanted regarding various species of Greenfly 



(Aphidse). 



VII. — Students and Visitors. 



The number of visits paid to the department during the year by 

 students and other persons seeking information or assistance was 

 3,354. 



C. J. Galian. 



