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XI. Annual Report of the Honorary Consulting Entomologist 
for 1884. Bj- Miss Elea2s"0B A. Ormeeod, F.R.Met.Soc. 
Dunster Lodge, Spring Grove, Isleworth. 
I BEG leave to submit an abstract of the work of the season from 
November 1883, up to the present date, of December 1884. 
Inquiry correspondence was continued throughout the winter, 
and increased to the amount of about twentv-five letters a week in 
Mav and June, and reference still continues almost dail v, espe- 
cially with regard to the warble-fly investigation. The points of 
communication have been in some degree regarding attacks on 
Colonial produce, but mainly on crop attacks in England ; 
there has been communication in a lesser degree from Scotland, 
and much more than in previous years from agriculturists in 
Ireland. Inquiries have been sent regarding " green fly " on 
cabbage and turnip, and prevention of ravage of daddy-longlegs 
grubs, which have been very destructive amongst corn and other 
crops ; also regarding the red maggot of the wheat-midge in 
com, and the same and nearly allied species in seed (grown 
for salej of meadow foxtail grass ; likewise regarding thrips in 
tvheat. 
Hop aphis has been well observed and reported upon from the 
latter part of March until September. 
Man?old-mae:g:ot, and the rare attack of the mangold and beet 
carrion- beetle have been under notice, and onion-maggot has 
been practicallv attended to. 
Turnips suffered badly in many places from surface cater- 
pillars, the injury continuing up to the beginning of this month, 
and in a few places from attack upon the leaves of the small but 
verv destructive caterpillars of the diamond-back moth. 
Wireworm and turnip " fly " or " flea-beetle " have been bad 
in various places ; but little inquir}- has been sent in regarding 
them, therefore it may be hoped that the information pub- 
lished by the Society may have been found serviceable for 
reference. 
Communication has taken place regarding many other crop 
and fruit attacks, and some inquiry has been made relative to the 
water-snail, Limntsus truncatulus, in connection with liver-fluke. 
Sound and valuable information has been contributed regard- 
ing ox warble-fly, and observations are being continued on a 
svstem which cannot fail to give most of the information still 
needed. 
With regard to some of the more uncommon of the above 
attacks, it may be well to observe that the presence of the 
