NOTES OF OBSERVATIONS 
OF 
INJURIOUS INSECTS 
AND 
COMMON CROP PESTS 
During 1885. 
BEANS. 
Bean Aphis. Aphis rumicis, Linn.; A. faba, Kirby and Spence. 
Aphis rumicis. 
1, Bean-shoot, with Aphides ; 2, male Aphis, mag. ; 3, nat. size; 4, wingless 
female, magnified. 
One of the most injurious and widespread of the crop attacks of 
1885 has been that of Aphides or “ Plant Lice,” commonly known as 
“ Green Fly,” “ White Lice,” “ Black Fly or Colliers,” or, by way of 
general appellation, as “ Smother Fly ” ; and Beans, in common with 
various other field crops, suffered severely in various localities. 
In the following notes observations are given of the short time 
elapsing between the first appearance of the “ Colliers ” and attack 
being established on infested plants ; of the long drought accompanying 
attack in one of the badly-infested districts; of the effects of various 
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