CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
PREFACE iii 
INTRODUCTION— The Classification of Animals from the 
Point of View of Economic Zoology xi 
PART I. 
REPORTS ON AGRICULTURAL ZOOLOGY TO THE BOARD 
OF AGRICULTURE. 
GROUP E. 
Sub-group B.— Section I. ANIMALS INJURIOUS TO AGRICULTURE. 
Cereal Pests : Eel- worm disease in oats; The Frit Fly ( Oscinis frit ) on 
oats ; Smut in Barley and Insects. Root Crop Pests : SilpjJia ruyosa on 
Turnips, and other Silphida? ; Notes on Surface Larvae ; I'he Pigmy 
Mangold Beetle (. Atomaria linearis ) ; Black Fly on Mangolds ( Aphis 
atriplicis , Linn.) ; Flies ( Bibionidx ) on Mangolds ; Muscid Larvae 
attacking roots ; Chafer Larva? (. Melolonthidx ) ; Leather Jackets 
(Tipulidx) ; The Green Rose Chafer on Beans and Currant Bushes. 
Potato Pests : Myriapoda in Potatoes ; Wire-worm ( Agriotes murinus ) 
in Potatoes; A new Potato Feeder, the Cinnabar Moth (Euchelia jacobex). 
Mustard Pests : Destruction of the Mustard Beetle. Fruit Pests : An 
enquiry re Gall Mites in Black-currant bushes ; The Apple-Blossom 
Weevil; Strawberry Beetles ; Slug- worms on Fruit trees and Hedgerows ; 
Maggots in Apples ; Maggots in Imported Apples ; Infestation of Fruit 
trees by Winter Moth caterpillars ; The Pear Midge (. Diplosis pyrivora ) ; 
Scale disease and “ false scale ” amongst fruit trees and bushes ; Scale 
Insects on Plum Trees ; The Apple Bark-louse or Mussel Scale (Mytilaspis 
pomorum ) ; Eggs on Apple trees, and a further remedy for Mussel Scale ; 
Aphides (A. mall) on Apple trees ; The Peach Aphis ; A general wash for 
Fruit trees; Further Information re Winter Washing of Fruit trees; 
Canker fungus ( Nectria ditissima ) on Apple twigs mistaken for insect 
work ; Enquiry as to poison for Moles ...... 3-30 
Sub-group B.— Section II. ANIMALS INJURIOUS TO HORTICUL- 
TURE. 
Land Bugs on Chrysanthemums ( Lygus pratensis ) ; The destruction of Ants ; 
The destruction of subterranean insects and other ground garden pests; 
Directions for the employment of the Gas 't reatment under glass ; White 
Grubs or Maggots ( Phorbia brassicx) causing great damage amongst 
cabbage, carrots and broccoli, and exterminating Cabbage-fly . . 30-36 
