some trouble in Raspberry plantations. It is a small insect very 

 similar in appearance to an Aphis, but moves with a jumping motion 

 like the Flea, hence the common name. This insect is very 

 destructive, causing- the foliage to shrivel and curl, as also the points 

 of the young 1 shoots. Remedies :--- It requires similar treatment to 

 that recommended For the Aphis family. 



Beetle.- An insect known as the Raspberry Beetle (7:>V'//'>/.s 

 toiHd'itdxit*) is a very troublesome 1 pest in rOurope, but the writer is 

 not quite certain whether it has as yet made its way to Australasia. 

 Probably it lias, and if not we have an insect very similar to it. The 

 Raspberry Beetles are small dark brown inserts about the sixth of an 

 inch in length and having- six feet. They make their appearance as 

 soon as irrowth commences, and feed upon the young- shoots. As 1 IK- 



RASPBERRY BEETLE. 



Larva and Perfect Insect. 

 (Natural Size\ 



Larva and Perfect Insect. 

 (Magnified). 



Showing the Larva at work and how the 

 Fruit is effected. 



floAver buds make their appearance the female deposits its eggs 

 singly in them, and the young larva 1 , or grubs, hatch out just as the 

 fruit has formed. These grubs are brownish-yellow, with dark 

 markings and heads, are about half an inch in length, and have six- 

 legs. As soon as they are hatched the larva 1 commence to feed upon 

 the fruit, and either destroy it altogether or some, of the carpels as 

 shown in the illustration. Eventually the grubs, after completing: 

 their work, fall to the ground, change into their chiysolis form, and 



