Uonoranj Consulting Entomologist, 
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Fruit-growers' Experimental Committee, with which I am in com- 
munication. 
It is greatly to be hoped that this Committee may continue its 
work, as, by the co-operation of the members, attention is at once 
brought to bear on any previously unidentified attack which may 
appear to a hurtful extent, and the results of action taken against 
it be examined and reported on by the Committee. 
The results of the experiments at Toddington with regard to the 
extermination of Winter Moth infestation have been highly satis- 
factory, and are now promising well for the future ; on November 5, 
]Mr. C. D. Wise wrote to me that up to date he had not heard of 
more than six female moths being found throughout the plantations, 
grease banding having been commenced a month before. 
Paris green, used as a spraying for destruction of orchard cater- 
pillars, may now, I think, be considered as established as a safe and 
Mites [in Hay). Tyroglyphus longior, Gervais. 
T. longior (from fig. by Fumoze and Ronin) : claw and sucker of Tyroglyphus, right-hand 
side (from Murray's " Aptera ") ; claw and sucker on left-hand side, figured by author from life : 
all magnified. Nat. length rather more than half the 25 th of an inch. 
serviceable remedy, when used according to the directions sent out. 
But I am careful in the extreme in warning that the spraying should 
not be applied to fruit or leafage, which can be used for food of man 
or of farm-stock, within such a space of time as might allow even 
possibility of bad effects. It may very likely be found to be a safe 
application for turnip leafage (by-and-by) ; but at present, and 
until we have trustworthy detailed reports of experiments as to 
proportion used, weather at time of spraying, and amount of time 
elapsing between date of spraying and consumption of the leaves 
without bad effects, I warn, in all cases where I have opportunity, 
of the risk of use. 
Great advance has been made during the year in knowledge of 
practically useful insecticides, and in the introduction or home manu- 
facture of spraying machines and other implements for their distri- 
bution. 
