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I have searched many works relating to the Hessian- 

 and Wheat-flies, hoping that some of the remedies that 

 were used against those insects Avould answer for our gall 

 gnat. Strips of woolen cloth, dipped in melted brimstone, 

 and fastened to sticks in different parts of the field, and 

 particularly on the windward side, are set on fire for sev- 

 eral evenings in succession, at the time the gnats are de- 

 positing their eggs. This has been efficient in the case 

 of the Wheat-fly, and, if thoroughly tested, it might do 

 good in the case of some of our insects. 



The minute Chalcis flies that sting the maggot, and 

 deposit their eggs within it (which hatch, and then we 

 have a maggot within a maggot, the inside one having 

 the advantage, and kiUing its host), are doing a great 

 w^ork ; and the Ichneumons, that w^ork in the same way 

 upon the fruit and vine worms, are doing mucli to pre- 

 vent their increase. I have seen large numbers of dead 

 vine worms tliis season destroyed by these parasites. 



In closing my re]3ort, I wish to thank the members of 

 the Association, and the cranberry growlers generally, for 

 the aid which they have given me, and for kindnesses 

 which they have shown me at all times, during the three 

 months that I have been engaged in these investigations; 

 and if my report will induce the growers to study the 

 habits of these insects themselves, and become acquainted 

 with them, in a word, to become their own entomologists, 

 I shall feel that the time which I have spent in the study 

 of these insects has not been in vain. 



A K"ew \"ixE"W0r:^— Gelechia. 



A new vine-worm has recently attacked the Cranberry 

 meadows of IVew Jersey. It is described by ilr. J. H. 

 Brakeley as follows : The Gelechia is a small moth 

 of a dusky white color, with brown or chocolate-colored 

 markings. It expands its wings about one-fourth of an 



