ANTLER MOTH, OR GRASS MOTH. 
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act to some extent as a stimulating watering in driving on growth 
heartily. 
Soft-soap is the best material that we know for the foundation of 
an Aphis-wash, as it acts as a fertiliser at the roots, besides being an 
insecticide. For this purpose it is (as has been mentioned before) 
particularly useful by reason of it adhering to the insects, from which 
mere watery washes, unmixed with sticky material, slip off without 
necessarily injuring them, unless they are in clusters where the wash 
can lodge. 
The soap-wash can be used as a method of applying any insect 
poison thought desirable,—quassia, for instance,—or, with due care, 
it is very likely that the mixtures of paraffin mentioned under 
“Mangold-leaf Maggot” (and referred to in the Index under the 
heads of “Emulsion,” “Paraffin,” and Wash), might be of much 
service. 
The great difficulty is how to apply the wash or watering to the 
root-cultivation at a paying rate on the broad scale of field labour. 
But, so far as an acre or two of land goes, where water is at hand or 
can be carted from neighbouring supply, if on experiment it was found 
the mixture was useful, the expense of applying the wash by hand- 
power from watering-cans would be a far less loss than that of 
the crop. 
CELERY. 
For detailed account of severe attack of caterpillars of Agrotis 
segetum, commonly known as the Dart Moth or Turnip Moth, in a 
Celery ground, see paper on Turnip Moth and references in Index. 
CORN AND GRASS. 
Antler Moth, or Grass Moth. Charceas gram,inis, Stephens; 
Cerapteryx graminis, Curtis. 
On the 18th of June Col. Picton Turbervill, of Ewenny Priory, 
Bridgend, Glamorganshire, wrote :—“ I forward you a local paper with 
an account of the appearance of caterpillars in large numbers in the 
mineral district of this county. 
“ In Bridgend to-day a tradesman, Mr. W. Williams, told me there 
were vast numbers on a farm on the hills not far distant, and (as I am 
