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perfect butterfly. The chrysalids of Pieris rapce, on the other hand, 

 were very much infested by Pteromalus puparum, and the increase of 

 this injurious butterfly was correspondingly checked. Sawfly larvse, 

 probably of Nematxia similaris, were found feeding upon locust, but not 

 in sufficient nanibers to do much damage. 



LEPiDorTERA. Several good specimens belonging to this order were 

 taken during the past season, and notes were made concerning the 

 life histories of some of the better known species. 



Among the Diurnals mention must be made of a handsome 

 specimen of Fenisica Tarquinius taken by Mr. Hanham on 17th 

 May, 1882, at Hull, and of a specimen oi Grapta J-cdbum taken by 

 Mr. F. R. Latchford in the Beaver Meadow at Hull. Both of these 

 are rare in this locality. Besides these not many rare buttei'flies have 

 been added to our collections dui-ing the past season; the injurious insects, 

 however, were, as usual, too well represented. The imported small white 

 cabbage butterfly Pieris rapm^ (notwithstanding the fact that hundreds 

 of the larvjB died from a fungous disease when half grown), was very 

 injurious in gardens, attacking the sweet mignonette, Reseda odorata, in 

 preference to all other plants, not even excepting the cabbage itself. 

 This btter plant, however, did not escape the visits of unwelcome guests; 

 no sooner were the young plants put out in the spring than they were at 

 once pounced upon by the flea-beetles, Halticce, and the cabbage-fly, 

 Anthyoraia brassicce, and in many places almost exterminated. The 

 larvse of the different cut-worms, Agrotis, also did their share, and 

 later in the year the survivors were vigoi'ously assaulted by unusual 

 numbers of the beautiful black velvet and yellow striped caterpillai-s of 

 2Iamesira jyicta. This larva has usually been noticed liere as feeding 

 on sweet-peas and the feathery foliage of asparagus. In the latter 

 instance, of course, it did very little harm. 



The currant bushes seemed freer than usual last season from the 

 ravages of the currant moths and saw-flies. These should never trouble 

 the horticulturist, for with a little care and attention, such as two or 

 three applications of powdered hellebore, they are easily mastered. 

 The gooseberry fruit worm is much more difficult to combat and was 

 very troublesome in the month of June. It was also plentiful on the 

 wild gooseberries liibes oxycanthoides, growing in Dow's swamp. 



