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WILLOW. 



Small Chocolate-tip Moth. Ciostcm reclusa, Fbr. ; Clostem 



l>i(jia, Hufn. 



Clostera reclusa. — Moth ; caterpillar (after W. Buckler) ; cocoon of spun-up 



leaves from life. 



On the 8th of June, Miss Sturge, of the Connemara Basket Industry, 

 Letterfrack, Co. Galway, Ireland, wrote to consult me regarding insect 

 injury that had appeared amongst her Osiers. Miss Sturge mentioned : 

 — " I have been advised to ask you if you could tell me how to deal 

 with a small grub that has attacked, and is, I fear, destroying, my fine 

 Osier crop. I am living in Connemara for the purpose of starting a 

 basket industry amongst the people. 



" I have been trying the experiment of planting some of the finer 

 varieties of Osiers on my land in order to avoid having to import them. 

 The dry weather does not suit them, and lately they are covered with 

 this soft white sticky stuff like soap-suds. I am afraid they will all 

 get destroyed." — (S. S.) 



On examining the specimens sent, I found that two attacks were 

 present. One was that of the "Cuckoo-spit" insect; but it was 

 obvious, from the condition of the leaves, that something which was 

 devouring these was also present, and I begged for further specimens. 

 These Miss Sturge sent me on June 20th, and left no doubt as to pre- 

 sence of " Cuckoo-spit." The other attack was of a small black, grey 

 and yellow moth caterpillar, which seemed to have been damaging the 



