128 ACCOUNTS, ETC, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A very fine collection of seventy-six Sponges, including 

 many new species and some new genera, dredged in deep 

 water off South Africa by Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist, Government 

 Biologist, Cape Town. 



VI. — Visitors and Students. 



Twelve thousand eight hundred and thirteen visits have 

 been paid to the Department by persons requiring infor- 

 mation or assistance, as compared with : — 

 11,923 in the year 1900. 



10,728 



1899. 



10,830 



1898. 



9,708 



1897. 



7,995 



1896. 



8,189 



1895. 



10,730 



1894. 



10,872 



1893. 



10,932 



1892. 



9,443 



1891. 



VII. — Economic Section. 



I.— Summary of Work done in Advising the Board of 

 Agriculture. 



A. Rei^orts on Insect and other Pests and their 

 Treatment. 



1. Fungoid attack {Puccinia poingshemianoJ) in Goose- 



berries. 



2. Insects attacking Bacon (Dermestes lardarius). 



3. Goat Moth {Cossus ligniperda) attacking Elm. 



4. Insects attacking Oats ( Oscinis frit). 



5. Questions concerning Long-tailed Mouse ; Larva of 



Daddy Longlegs, &c. 



6. Black Fly on Mangold {Aphis atriplicis). 



7. Larvae of Elephant Hawk in grass fields. 



8. Further correspondence re Insects in Bacon, and 



Treatment. 



9. Larvae attacking roots (Anthomyia). 



10. Fungoid disease in Black Currant Leaves {Sep)toria 



rihis). 



11. Diamond Back Moth in Turnips and Swedes. 



12. Cabbage Maggots {Phorhia brassicce) and Treatment. 



13. Wrongly reported attack of Turnip Sanfly (Athalia 



spinarum) (4).* 



14. Report (No. 1) on Colorado Beetle at Tilbury. 



15. Saw fly Larvse on Poplar Trees. 



16. Report on Colorado Beetle for Board Journal. 



*■ The numbers in brackets refer to numbers of communications on each 

 subject. 



