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four-legged mite, but also that the eggs were plentifully present, 
which shows the desirableness of breaking these buds off and 
Fig. 2.— Woolly aphis ; infested apple spray, nat. size ; wingless viviparous female and young 
clothed with cottony fibres, abovf, and small egg-beariug female, beneath, the spray ;"pupa, 
with slight cottony gro\vth ; all magnified. 
destroying them. Cutting back the infested shoots, and burning 
them, of course checks spread of attack, but in this case there is the 
loss of the whole crop of the shoot, 
instead of merely that from abortion 
of a part of the buds. The best ap- 
plication which has been reported is 
that of a soft soap and sulphur wash. 
This may be allowed to run down, 
and thus choke infested nooks. This 
attack is one needing special observa- 
tion, for it is very injurious, and very 
difficult to meet. From examination 
of specimens lately sent me, I think, 
however, that a dipterous parasitic 
larva (that is to say, the maggot of a 
two-winged fly) is doing good service 
by feeding on the mites. " 
Very great interest is taken in 
many parts of the country in the treatment for destroying orchard 
moth caterpillars by spraying with Paris Green, and the Evesham 
Fruit Experimental Committee are continuing to bestow very 
careful attention upon methods of working, the most serviceable 
kinds of spraying implements, and other details. I am myself 
assisting, so far as lies in my power, both personally and by refer- 
ence to official entomologists in tiio United States and Canada. 
The only point in wliicli we diiler from the latter is that, whereas' 
in America the plum leafage is found to be more easily injured by 
Fio. 3.— Phytoptns ( ? species) enor- 
mously mag. Infested black curraut 
buds. 
