SINCE this work has been in type, the author has received a letter from the 

 State Inspector of Fruit Pests for California, in which the writer states that the 

 insect leery a Purchasi has there, especially in the southern part of the State j 

 gained such hold on the orange-groves, in spite of the most strenuous efforts, 

 that the people find it impossible to keep it down. Orange- and lemon-growers 

 (and indeed other tree-growers) in New Zealand, especially in the North Island, 

 should take note of this fact, and beware of ever letting this omnivorous and 

 most destructive insect obtain any footing on their trees. A speedy burning of 

 every infected tree is the best remedy in this case. 



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