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much from the Wheat Midge; whilst another quarter of an acre close 
alongside, which, owing to wet and frost, was not sown till spring, 
was not injured hy itr. Mr. hitch notices that on June 27th, at 
Maldon, the Wheat Midge was especially abundant, whilst there were 
as yet no Wheat-ears in which it could lay its eggs; no damage took 
place from the ravages of the larvae. Mr. Edward Parfitt mentions 
the Cecidomyia tritici as little observable this season near Exeter; and 
the Wheats round Kingsnorth, Kent, are mentioned also as very free 
this year from the Red Maggot. At Ballinacourte, Tipperary, it is 
mentioned as plentiful by Mr. Sym Scott. 
19. Chlorops tseniopus. Corn Fly. No notes. 
20. Aphis granaria. Wheat Aphis. Mr. Leather, writing from 
Delamere Lodge, near Northwich, Cheshire, gives a detailed account 
of an extremely bad attack of this Aphis on 110 acres of Wheat. He 
mentions the Aphides as first appearing in the early part of August, 
and shortly after they were not as observable ; but about September 
8tli they were again noticeable in as great, or greater, numbers than 
before. The ears they had previously attacked had become perfectly 
white, as if blasted ; and at the date of the communication (September 
16th) every green head in the field appeared full of them. It was 
estimated that what ought to have given four to five good quarters of 
Wheat would not yield more than ten to twelve bushels per acre, and 
