24 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA : 



without having been boiled or well scalded, as the larva? 

 are not easily destroyed by ordinary methods. Should 

 potatoes be affected, sprinkle occasionally when pitted 

 with lime, turning the tubers over at the same time. This 

 treatment will be beneficial in many ways, as it prevents 

 " sprouting," and also the attacks of the larva? of the 

 Potato Moth (Lita solandla). 



