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from 2,000 to 4,000 ; some moths 1,000. Most 

 insects have two generations in a year, some 

 have 20, while others take seven years from the 

 time the egg is laid until their natural death in 

 a perfect state.' 



'The beetles (coleoptera) are immensely 

 numerous as regards species. They live from 

 three to four years in the larvse state. The 

 first year they do not do a great amount of 

 damage. Tlie second year they attack the 

 roots of all plants within their reach ; they 

 often ruin the crops of corn, lucerne, &c., on 

 which man depends for food. In a field of 

 29 acres in France, 43,200 larvse were found ; 

 quite sufficient to destroy the entire crop during 

 the season.' 



Mr. Muller gives the names of 28 insects 

 that are always found attacking the apple-tree 

 alone. 



Mr. Harting quotes from a French work, 

 that ' out of 504 grains of rape only 296 were 

 healthy ; the remainder were eaten or destroyed 



