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(3) Inquiry as to the identity of certain flies from septic 



tank and manure at Meerut, which might possibly 

 disseminate enteric fever. 



(4) Inquiry as to the life-history of the common 



House-fly, a possible disease-carrier, and asking 

 advice as to what steps should be taken to 

 diminish their number, 



(5) A similar inquiry from another part of England. 



(6) Inquiry as to gnats (Theohaldia annulata) very 



troublesome at St. Albans. 



(7) Names asked for two beetles {Alaus speciosus and 



Niphon sp.) which injure rubber plants (Hever) 

 in Ceylon. 



(8) Caterpillar of a moth eating the roots of Lily of the 



Valley. (Repialus.) 



(9) Name wanted for a weevil injurious to oranges in 



New Zealand. {Cylas turcipennis.) 



(10) Dipterous larvae in human alimentary canal, Hamp- 



shire. These were found to be JEristalis tenax. 



(11) Insects injuring cotton in Mosambique. These were 



Diparopsis castanea, Ephestia sp., Chlorida 

 obsoleta, Cosmophila erosa. 



(12) Four inquiries respecting House Mites. 



(13) Bees disfiguring lawn — Andrena fulva. 



(14) Small beetles in Indian corn from Accra. Arceocerus 



coffece. 



(15) Small beetles destroying furniture. Anobium 



domesticum. 



(16) Small beetles destroying chair. Lyctus canalicu- 



latus. 



(17) Two inquiries respecting minute wingless insects in 



houses in the City and at Clapham. Psocidce 

 (Paste Mites). 



(18) Small beetles gnawing away the metal edges in 



organ pipes. Niptus hololeucus. 



VII. — Visitors and Students. 

 The number of visits paid to the three sections of the 

 Department by Students and other persons requiring 

 assistance or information amounted to 11,043. In the 10 

 previous years the numbers were : — 



10,813 in the year 1906. 



XX,OXA 



11,824 



1904. 



11,627 



1903. 



10,633 



1902. 



12,813 



1901. 



11,923 



1900. 



10,728 



1899. 



10,830 



1898. 



9,708 



1897. 



E. A. Smith. 



