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HOP APHIS. 
last few days (letter dated June 13th, Ed.), but, the weather being 
very warm and the bine full of sap, I think they will be quite overcome 
this season.”—B. Bishop, Mill Farm, Pencombe, Bromyard. 
“ My own impression (at present) is that the Aphis first presents 
itself as the Green Fly, which speedily deposits an enormous crop of 
Lice.”—E. Monckton, Hale Place, East Peckham, Tonbridge. 
“May 26th.—Fine showers from the north, with brilliant day follow¬ 
ing. Hops perfectly clear of Aphis. 
“ May 28th.—Long-winged Fly made its appearance in considerable 
quantity. Careful examination of the hills discloses none other than 
on the first upper pair of leaves : no ‘ Louse ’ to be seen or egg at 
present. Only one garden yet attacked, and no Plum, Sloe, or Black¬ 
thorn tree round any of its hedges. 
“ I have searched several hills with Fly on the top to see if I could 
discover any working up the bine, as if from the ground, but without 
success. 
“ May 30th.—I find less Fly this morning than on the 28tli, but I 
found on what would then have been the first upper pair of fully- 
expanded leaves (now doubled in size), a few straggling * Lice,’ and 
all search on leaves below these (which, I submit, the ‘ Fly ’ settled 
on) prove them as free as possible. 
“ I have been examining Sloe and Blackthorn bushes in the imme¬ 
diate neighbourhood of the Hops, but they appeared remarkably free 
from blight of any sort.” — George Turvill, East Worldham, Alton, 
Hants. 
“ I have not a shadow of doubt but that the generation in the spring 
commences with the Long-winged Fly. They appeared this year 
(very sparsely, it is true) about the usual time, and quickly laid a 
thin sprinkling of young nits.”— D. Turvill, West Worldham, Alton, 
Hants. 
“ Here and there a straggling Louse has been seen. The first Fly I 
saw was on Sunday (June 3rd), and now there are not many. 
“ June 8tli.—I enclose you herewith insects from Hop leaves. 
(These were Hop-lice, that is, Aphis, in first stage or stages, one having 
just shed its skin, and winged Fly). 
“ June 14th.—The day before yesterday I had a hunt for nearly two 
hours to see if I could find an Aphis on the branches near the ground, 
but without success.”—W. Gardner, Bekesbourne, near Canterbury. 
“ June 15tli.—Respecting the Hops that we have in the garden for 
experimenting on, I have closely watched them from the time the 
young shoots first peeped above ground, and up to June 2nd they 
were as clean as could be, not the slightest trace of Aphis to be found. 
On the afternoon of June 2nd, on examining the bines, I found a few 
Fly,—very few,—perhaps one or two on a shoot, but I particularly 
