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A STRAWBERRY ENEMY IN JAMAICA. 
No. 38 of the hektograph notes from the Museum of the Institute of 
Jamaica, begun by Mr. Cockerell and continued by Mr. Townsend, has 
just reached us. Itconcerns the damage done by a weevil larva which 
bores into the heart of the strawberry plant. Mr. Townsend considers 
this to be the larva of Prapodius amabilis Waterhouse, a large weevil, 
from 21 to 26 millimeters long. Applications of fresh lime and kainit 
have been partly successful. It is to be hoped that Mr. Townsend will 
succeed in working out the life history of this weevil in detail, as the 
strawberry growers of our Soutbern States may become actively inter- 
ested in this new strawberry pest. 
SILK-SPINNING CAVE LARVA. 
In Science for July 21, 1893, Mr. H. Garman describes under the 
above title*an interesting larva which he has found in a small cave 
near Lexington, Ky., and which he determines to be Dipterous. The 
larva spins a glistening thread on the wall of the cave, clinging to its 
thread by means of pads provided with minute chitinous asperities. 
The ocellar areas are diminutive. The available food seems to be 
occasional tallow drippings and molds found growing on the walls of 
the cave. The insect is mainly remarkable from its silk-spinning habit. 
We are informed, in conversation, by Mr. H. G. Hubbard that he has 
seen the same larva and has proved it to belong to the family Tipulidie. 
MIGRATORY EOCUSTS IN CHILE. 
We have just received from Mr. Edwyn C. Reed, recently appointed 
official entomologist in Chile, an interesting paper published the pre- 
sent summer on the migratory locusts which have, during the past two 
or three years, caused considerable damage in parts of that country. 
Several districts have suffered a loss of from 25,000 to 30,000 pesos. 
The species is identified as Acridium maculipenne and the usual reme- 
dies are given. Several other species are brietly mentioned, namely 
Acridium cancellatum, Batracopus tibialis, Tropinotus ornaticollis and 
Acridium vitigerum. 
THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE IN NOVA SCOTIA. 
It is now about four years since the Colorado Potato-beetle made its 
first appearance in Nova Scotia, and since that time the provincial crop 
reports have made frequent mention of its occurrence and the amount 
of damage it has done. The crop report for July, 1893, gives in some 
detail an account of the ravages of the insect during the early part of 
the season, from which it appears that in general the insects are not 
as numerous as during last year, the localities reporting the greatest 
damage being Granville Center, in Annapolis County; the Polling «is- 
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