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Annual Report for 1905 of the Zoologist. 
13. T. aliases Tryon. On pineapples in Australia. 
14. T. culmicolus Reuter, Acta Sac: pro Fauna et Flora Fennica , xix. 77. 
Producing “silver-top” in grasses in Finland. 
15. T. canestrinii Messalongo. On Triticum repens. 
16. T. tepidarioruni Warburton, Journal R.A.S.E., Vol. 65, 1904, page 285. 
On fern leaves. 
17. T. ch ironies, Warburton, l.c., page 286. On the leaves of Chironia 
exigera. 
In the Kew Bulletin, No. 40, Mr. A. D. Michael speaks of 
two species of Tarsonemus , which he observed on diseased 
sugar-cane from the West Indies. One, he says, is apparently 
the same as that which Dr. Bostock noticed on sugar canes from 
Queensland, and of which he gave figures that were published 
in the “Second Annual Report of the Committee appointed to 
inquire into the causes of disease to Live Stock and Crops,” 
published in Queensland in 1887. This, he suggests, ought to 
be called Tarsonemus Bostocki. As he gives no diagnosis of 
the species, it must be considered as not established, so that the 
two kinds of Tarsonemus observed on sugar-canes are as yet 
undescribed. 
Miscellaneous Notes. 
Among pests infesting animals inquiries have been received 
concerning various sheep and dog parasites, w T hich are more or 
less well known. One case was reported where bugs were 
found in considerable numbers on the window sills of a house. 
Specimens were sent for identification, and it was found that 
the species was Gimex hirundinis , and that the creatures 
came from the nests of house-martins near the windows. These 
are distinct from the ordinary bed-bug, and would not establish 
themselves in the house in the absence of the martins ; but they 
are, nevertheless, capable of causing annoyance to human 
beings, and in such cases the nests should be immediately 
removed. 
Several complaints have been received with regard to 
millipedes. In one case the common species, Julus terrestris , 
was found in large numbers in a dairy, but its presence there 
was no doubt accidental and of no economic importance. The 
“ spotted millipede,” Blanjulus guttulatus , does considerable 
harm, and was found in one instance injuring strawberries. 
In such cases the best measure is to bait for it with slices of 
mangel, its favourite food. The slices are lightly covered with 
earth among the strawberry plants, and are taken up at intervals 
and destroyed with the millipedes they have attracted. 
Notices of pear midge attack have not been so frequent 
during the last year, but there is no reason to relax vigilance 
with regard to this pest. It is gradually spreading, and if not 
carefully watched may eventually become almost as serious as 
the black-currant mite. It is very important that fruit growers 
