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2. Describe the dentition of a four years old horse, a three years old ox, 
a two years old sheep and a year old pig, so far as the incisor teeth and tusks 
indicate. 
3. Name the principal glands which secrete the saliva, and describe its 
action on the food during mastication. 
4. In the act of deglutition, say where involuntary action commences and 
where it ends. 
6. One of the animals of the farm does not possess a gall bladder : say 
which it is. The heart, as the central organ of circulation, possesses four 
cavities : describe the two which exist in connexion with the systemic circu- 
lation. 
6. State the names, in regular order, which are given to different sections 
of the intestinal canal, commencing at the stomach, and say from which of 
them the nutritive portions of the food are chiefly absorbed. 
7. Suppose portions of the Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum and Abomasum of 
an ox were cut from each viscus, how would you recognise each ? 
8. Name the several divisions of the vertebral column, and give the 
relative number existing in the horse and ox. 
9. State the number of the so-called true ribs of the horse and ox, and 
describe the difference which exists in their connexion with the Sternum. 
10. Name the animal of the farm whose kidneys are lobulated, and explain 
the cause why the urine on being expelled from the bladder does not pass 
backwards into the tubes by which it entered. 
11. Name the period of pregnancy, either in weeks or days, in the mare, 
cow, ewe, and sow, and describe the position of the foetus in natural labour, and 
the average time occupied in parturition by each animal. 
12. By what means is the birth of a foetus effected, and in what respect 
do the so-called throes differ from ordinary muscular contractions 1 
EXAMINATION IN AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY. 
Maximum Number op Marks, 100. Pass Number, 50. 
Friday, May \\th,from 4 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. Name the parts of which an insect’s body is composed, and describe its 
method of breathing. 
2. Describe the appearance of a Sawfly and of its larva, and give an 
example of sawfly infestation. 
3. What are the signs of the presence of “ Gout-fly ” ( Chlorops twniojms) in 
barley, and what precautions are calculated to prevent the recurrence of the 
pest ? 
4. Describe the larva of the “ Crane-fly,” or “ Daddy-long-legs ” ( Tipula 
oleracea ), mentioning the nature of its injury and the remedies applicable to it. 
5. Give an account of any weevils which affect clover, and suggest methods 
of treatment. 
6. Write what you know of the Bot-fly which infests sheep ( CEstrus avis'). 
7. What are “ Surface caterpillars ” or “ Cut-worms ” ? Mention the 
principal crops attacked, the nature of the injury, and the treatment you 
would adopt. 
8. Give an account of the life-history of the Cockchafer ( Melolontha 
vulgaris). 
