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trict its ravages in the summer of 1828 produced no 

 inconsiderable degree of alarm. 



Another individual of the same genus (C, bicolor) 

 deposits her eggs in the leaf-buds of one of our pret- 

 tiest spring-flowers,— the Veronica chamoedrys. The 

 nidus, thus formed, might at first glance be mis- 

 taken for a seed-vessel, but if broken open will ex- 

 hibit a smaU reddish caterpillar, the embryo of the 

 future insect. The attacks of the fly seem as wide- 

 ly diiFused as the plant itself, for they have attracted 

 my attention in various parts of the south, and 

 throughout the northern counties of Ireland. 



In May, 1827, the young grafts of apple-trees in 

 an extensive nursery belonging to the late Mr. Har- 

 vey, near this town, were destroyed by a reddish- 

 grey coloured weevil {Otiorhynchus notatus) ; almost 

 the entire plantation fell a sacrifice to the attacks of 

 this insect. 



In June, 1830, a considerable loss was sustained 

 in the Botanic Garden here, from another individual 

 of the same tribe (OtiorhyncJius vastator scad Ligustici). 

 It destroyed a vast number of flowers, by ascending 

 the stems at night, and cutting them through. Dur- 

 ing the day-time it buried itself in the earth, from 

 which its colour was scarcely distinguishable. 



A more formidable visitor was, however, the wire- 

 worm. Many who have had their crops of grain or 



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