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are laid in batches on the leaves, and the grubs crawl down in the 

 soil and feed on the roots in which they cut galleries and furrows, 

 often largely devouring them. Metatyges turritus Pasc. is quite 

 injurous to figs in Natal and the east coast generally. Eggs are 

 laid in the fruit in which the grub feeds. The species is two- 

 brooded. Echinocnemus squameus Billb. is a rice pest in Formosa, 

 the larvse feeding on the roots. A species of Phylaitis bores the 

 stems of cotton in South India and Behar, fron the effect of which 

 the plants become weakened, break off and die. Orthorrhinus 

 khigi Sch. is injurious to grape in Australia, the larvse hollowing 

 out the canes. Another species of the same genus, 0. cylindri- 

 rostris Fabr., is a pest of the orange. The eggs are laid in the bark 

 of the tree, a foot or so from the ground, the larvse boring into the 

 wood in all directions. The tomato weevil of Victoria, Desiantha 

 nociva Lea, has attracted some attention on account of its injuries 

 to tomato. Certain species of Belus are regarded in Victoria as 

 serious enemies of the apricot. Adults bore holes in the branches 

 in which the eggs are placed, the grubs tunnelling the branch, 

 thus killing the trees. The species mentioned are B. bidentatus, 

 B. suturalis, B. irroratus, B. centralis and Belus sp. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Tenthredinidce. 

 



Allantus cinctus L., distributed over Europe, infests normally 

 the leaves of the rose, wild and cultivated, and is known to attack 

 the raspberry. The prepupal larvse hollow out the canes, where 

 also they pass the winter, transforming in the spring. Athalia 

 spinarum Fabr., occurring in Europe, Algeria, etc., is injurious to 

 the turnip, beet and cruciferous plants, destroying the foliage. 

 A. proximata Klug, in India, feeds on cruciferous plants generally 

 and is one of the commonest species of the plains. 



Two species of Hoplocampa are troublesome pests. H. testu- 

 dinea Klug occurs over central Europe, and is quite injurious to 

 apple in portions of England. The females oviposit in the apple 

 blossoms, the larvse boring into the young fruit, which later fall. 

 A related, and perhaps identical species, is already established in 

 Washington State, and in British Columbia. H . fulvicornis Panz. 

 also ranging over central Europe, attacks the plum after the same 

 manner, and is a pest of importance in England. 



P'eronidea leucotrochus Htg. is injurious to gooseberry, the larvse 

 eating the foliage like N. ribesii and is spread over central and 

 northern Europe. Priophorus padi L., the plum saw-fly, ranges 

 over central and northern Europe, the larvse feeding on the foliage, 

 also attacking pear, rose, hawthorn, etc. Diprion pini L., distrib- 



