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acid kill it. I shall blow dry calomel up a patient's nose 'or ear that is 

 attacked when I treat it. It is said to prefer the dog and sheep for 

 victims. 



Hope we may see'some facts published in next Agricultural Report 

 about it, and oblige 10,000 Kansas farmers and stockmen, &c. — fW. 8. 

 Xewlon, Osivego, Kans., March 30, 1883. 



[The larva was that of Lucilia macellaria.] 



June Bugs And Pear-Leaf Mites. 



The "West Town Farm and Garden Club," at its meeting last Sat- 

 urday evening, had two items before it, among others, which it wishes 

 to refer to you for information. 



The first regards a swarm of bugs that in large numbers at night are 

 eating the foliage of the fruit trees on one or two neighboring farms. 

 They are evidently a species of June bug, or May beetle, as some of the 

 latter were found on the tree the smaller ones were taken from, one of 

 which is inclosed with the smaller bugs. 



The other item may not come in your department. If not, please 

 have it put in the right hands. 



A member brought in a branch of a pear tree, a twig of which is in- 

 closed. The tree appeared perfectly healthy up to the time of its attack. 

 when in twenty-four hours the leaves were all affected more or less as 

 the sample inclosed. The club would like to know the nature of the 

 disease, and the remedy, if any, for it ; whether it is likely to be fatal, 

 or contagions to neighboring trees. — [Jas. B. Fisher, President, West 

 Town, Orange County, JST, Y., May 21, 1883. 



[The ''June bug" eating the foliage of the fruit trees was Lachno- 

 sterna tristis. The best remedy will be found in attracting them at night 

 by a light suspended over a tub of water on which is a thin scum of 

 kerosene. 



The diseased appearance of the pear leaves sent was caused by one of 

 the gall mites — probably Typhlodromus pyri. We advised that the tree 

 be sprayed with one of the kerosene emulsions spoken of in the Animal 

 Report of this Department for 1881-2, pp, 1 15 and L16.1 



The Grape- Vine Colaspis. 



I send you some bugs in a vial. Please tell me what fchej arc, and if 

 there is any way to kill them or prevent them from eating ap grape-vines 

 and young grapes. Three years ago 1 planted out 75 acres in gra] es, 

 mostly Scuppernong variety, but some of all kinds. Last year these 



