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second knot, were forwarded on August 13th from Brant Broughton, 
Newark, by Mr. Francis Shaw. 
August 13th. Mr. Edmund Riley, writing from Hessle, Hull, 
noted having found presence of the pest on Wheat at Lockington, 
about twelve miles from Hull, and nearer the sea. The field was 
situated in the Carr. And on the 19th he further added :—“ Since I 
wrote you about finding the Hessian Fly at Hessle, I have found it at 
Lockington Carr, about ten miles from here; also Huggate, ten miles 
farther north (and quite on the wolds); again at Bridlington, near the 
sea; so that it seems pretty well scattered through the East Riding. 
On or about August 16th specimens of Barley-stray infested at the 
second joint were sent by Mr. J. C. Swann, from the Manor Grange, 
Long Stanton, Cambridge 
August 16tli. Mr. Alfred Blomfield forwarded, from Orange Hall, 
Gosfield, Halstead, Essex, some samples of Hessian Fly “ flax-seeds ” 
found on the stems of some Wheat which he was then cutting. One 
of these chrysalis-cases was empty. 
August 16th. Infested straw sent from Swinhope, Great Grimsby, 
Lincolnshire, by Mr. F. Scorer. 
On August 16th Mr. E. Whitfield, writing from Goring Heath, 
Oxon (near Reading), reported:—“I have found more of the “flax¬ 
seed,” but only in the two fields mentioned; they are about a mile 
apart, and not in any way connected”: and on the 19th forwarded 
some specimens collected from his Wlieat-stubble at Goring Heath, 
showing the “ flax-seeds ” placed low down at the root. 
The only note of attack which I received from Northumberland was 
sent me on August 19th, from Holburn Mill, Belford, by Mr. Henry 
H. Avery, with “flax-seeds” accompanying, mentioning that he had 
found the attack in a field of Barley on his farm. The stalk of corn 
attacked was broken down at the second joint from the ground, and 
when examined two of the “flax-seeds,” of which samples were 
enclosed, were generally found. 
On the 22nd of August Mr. Thomas Bunker, of Goole, reported, 
with specimen accompanying, that he had found the fly (mostly as a 
chrysalis, but occasionally as a grub) in five parishes, viz.. Goole, 
Hook, Airmin, Rawcliffe, and Balne.” 
On August 22nd specimens of attack were forwarded from his 
farm at Thuxton, near Hingham, Norfolk, by Mr. Frank Oddin 
Taylor. 
August 24th. Mr. Maxwell Lefroy, of Crondall, Hants, gave me a 
note of Hessian Fly attack being found on Wheat on a tenant’s farm, 
although his own was free. 
August 21st. Mr. E. J. Thynne, writing from Haynes Park, 
Bedford, noted :—“ 1 have found the Hessian Fly in abundance in the 
