CHAPTER XIV

LETTERS TO MR. WM. BAILEY: Mr. Bailey’s letter to H.G. the Duke of Westminster on Ox warble fly—Letter showing the destruction of Ox warbles by the boys—R.A.S.E. recognition—Annual letter and cheque for five guineas for prizes in insect work—Looper caterpillars—Mr. Bailey’s method of teaching agricultural entomology—Economic entomology exhibit at Bath and West Society’s Show, St. Albans—Examinership at Edinburgh University—The royal party at the show—Cheese-fly maggot—Copies of Manual for free distribution—Presentation slips—LL.D. of the University of Edinburgh—Discontinuing colleagueship.[109]

CHAPTER XV

LETTERS TO MR. D. D. GIBB: Great tortoiseshell butterfly infestation—Charlock weevil—Gout fly—Forest fly—Structure of its foot—Great gadfly—Horse breeze flies—Deer forest fly in Scotland—Sheep forest fly—Hessian fly and elbowed wheat straw—Bean-seed beetles—Millepedes—American blight—Brickdust-like deposit on apple trees—Insect cases for the show at St. Albans—Specimens of forest fly chloroformed—Death from fly poisoning—Looper caterpillars—Diamond-back moth—Corn sawfly.[128]

CHAPTER XVI

LETTERS TO MR. GRIMSHAW, MR. WISE, AND MR. TEGETMEIER (Grimshaw) The Red-bearded botfly—Deer forest fly—Ox and deer warble flies. (Wise) Case of caddis worms injuring cress-beds—Enemies and means of prevention—Moles—Black currant mites—Biggs’ prevention—Dr. Nalepa’s views—Attack-resisting varieties of currants from Budapest—Dr. Ritzema Bos’s views—Mite-proof currants—Woburn report on gall mites—Narcissus fly—Lappet moth caterpillars. (Tegetmeier) Scheme of Miss Ormerod’s leaflet on the house sparrow plague—Earlier authorities—Enormous success of the free distribution of the leaflet—Miss Carrington’s opposition pamphlet—One hundred letters in a day received—Unfounded nature of opposition exposed, including Scripture reference to sparrows—Fashionable support—1,500 letters classified and 100 filed for future use—“The House Sparrow” by W. B. Tegetmeier, with Appendix by Eleanor A. Ormerod.[149]

CHAPTER XVII

LETTERS TO MR. MARTIN, MR. GEORGE, MR. CONNOLD, AND MESSRS. COLEMAN AND SONS: (Martin) Elm-bark beetle—Ash-bark beetle—Large ash-bark beetle—Galleries—Preventive measure. (George) Mason bee—Roman coin found near Sedbury—Samian cup—The family grave. (Connold)—Pocket or bladder plums—Professor Ward describes the fungus—Dr. Nalepa’s publications. (Coleman and Sons) Attack of caterpillars of the silver Y-moth—Origin of the name.[169]

CHAPTER XVIII

LETTERS TO PROFESSOR RILEY AND DR. HOWARD: (Riley) Flour moth caterpillars—Differences of mineral oils—Trapping the winter moth—Orchard growers Experimental Committee. (Howard) John Curtis, Author of “Farm Insects”—Advance of Economic Entomology—C. P. Lounsbury, Cape Town—Sparrow Leaflet—Shot-borer beetles—Fly weevil—Lesser earwig—Handbook of Orchard Insects—General Index—Flour Moths—Snail-slug—Flat-worm—Tick—Degree of LL.D. of Edinburgh University.[179]