Senior Examination Papers, 1893. 
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EXAMINATION IN AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY. 
Maximum Number op Marks, 100. Pass Number, 60. 
Friday, May \2th,from i p.m. till 5 p.m. 
Candidates will not be required to answer more than five of the questions 
on this paper. The replies are to be as short as possible, and where the can- 
didate is not acquainted with the scientific name of an insect, the generally 
received English name will be accepted. 
1. Mention any characteristics by which you would judge a grub to be 
the larva of 
2. What peculiarities of structure would make you recognise any insect as 
a beetle ? Give an account of any beetle injurious to turnips. 
3. What do you know of the so-called “ Flax seeds ” in wheat ? 
4. It is intended to break up some pasture land for cultivation. What 
insect pest may be expected, and what methods of prevention do you re- 
commend ? 
6. What do you know about the wheat bulb fly ( Ilylemyia coarctata ) ? 
Describe the nature and appearance of its attack. 
6. Give an account of the life of the Warble-fly ( Hypoelerma bans'). How 
would you treat warbled cattle ? 
7. Show, by examples, that the study of the life and habits of insect pests 
frequently affords a clue to their successful treatment. 
8. Give an account of any insect attack to which beans are subject, indi- 
cating the measures of prevention and remedy. 
a. a beetle 
b. a sawfly 
c. a moth 
d. a two-winged fly 
c c 2 
