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  Carpenter 
  (G. 
  H.). 
  Injurious 
  Insects 
  and 
  other 
  Animals 
  observed 
  

   in 
  Ireland 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1912. 
  — 
  Econ. 
  Proc. 
  R. 
  Dublin 
  Soc, 
  

   u, 
  no. 
  G, 
  Aug. 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  79-101, 
  9 
  figs, 
  2 
  pis. 
  

  

  Grubs 
  of 
  the 
  Garden 
  Chafer 
  (Ph/Uopertlta 
  horlicola), 
  were 
  received 
  

   in 
  September 
  from 
  Co. 
  Galway, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  they 
  do 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  damage 
  to 
  '' 
  second 
  grass." 
  Rooks 
  were 
  observed 
  to 
  pull 
  up 
  

   the 
  dead 
  plants 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  get 
  at 
  the 
  grubs. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Frit 
  

   Fly 
  {Oscinis 
  frit) 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Co. 
  Dublin. 
  Turnips, 
  with 
  the 
  

   sub-globular 
  galls 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  maggots 
  of 
  the 
  Root-gall 
  Weevil 
  {Ceuthor- 
  

   rliynchus 
  pleurostigma, 
  Marsh.), 
  were 
  received 
  in 
  March 
  from 
  Co. 
  

   Galway, 
  and 
  in 
  April, 
  from 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Belfast. 
  Cabbage 
  

   and 
  cauliflower 
  plants 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Co. 
  Clare, 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  which 
  

   were 
  bored 
  by 
  a 
  somewhat 
  large 
  Curculionid 
  grub, 
  not 
  yet 
  identified. 
  

   The 
  injury 
  ultimately 
  kills 
  the 
  plants. 
  The 
  only 
  measure 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  

   recommended 
  is 
  the 
  removal 
  and 
  burning 
  of 
  the 
  infested 
  plants. 
  

   Specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Potato-leaf 
  Beetle 
  (Psylliodes 
  affinis) 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  

   Co. 
  Tipperary 
  and 
  Co. 
  Kerry. 
  In 
  Ulster, 
  the 
  Flax 
  Flea-Beetle 
  was 
  very 
  

   active 
  in 
  1912 
  ; 
  spraying 
  with 
  lead 
  arsenate 
  is 
  suggested. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  

   small 
  white 
  Annelid 
  worms, 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  Enchytraeidae, 
  were 
  received 
  

   from 
  Co. 
  Monaghan, 
  with 
  the 
  statement 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  injuring 
  

   celery, 
  carrots, 
  parsnips, 
  and 
  onions. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  identified 
  as 
  

   Enchytraeus 
  albidus, 
  Henle, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  farmyard 
  manure. 
  

   Celery 
  roots 
  were 
  sent 
  in 
  February 
  from 
  Co. 
  Down, 
  tunnelled 
  by 
  the 
  

   maggots 
  of 
  the 
  Carrot 
  Fly 
  (Psila 
  rosae), 
  proving 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  live 
  

   through 
  a 
  mild 
  winter. 
  One 
  sample 
  of 
  apple 
  shoots 
  sent 
  from 
  Porta- 
  

   down, 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  29th 
  May 
  to 
  be 
  infested 
  with 
  Aphis 
  pomi, 
  A. 
  

   sorbi, 
  Psylla 
  mali, 
  and 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  the 
  Winter 
  Moth 
  {Cheimatobia 
  

   brumata) 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Tortrix. 
  Later 
  on, 
  more 
  Aphis 
  sorbi 
  

   were 
  sent 
  from 
  Counties 
  Antrim, 
  Waterford, 
  and 
  Dublin, 
  and 
  Aphis 
  

   opmi 
  from 
  Waterford 
  and 
  Tipperary. 
  In 
  July 
  an 
  apple 
  shoot 
  especially 
  

   badly 
  infested 
  by 
  the 
  Woolly 
  Aphis 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Co. 
  Limerick. 
  

   The 
  Apple 
  Sucker 
  {Psylla 
  mali) 
  did 
  a 
  vast 
  amount 
  of 
  damage 
  to 
  apple 
  

   blossoms 
  in 
  May 
  1912. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  shrivelled 
  buds 
  containing 
  the 
  

   insects 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Counties 
  Dublin, 
  Kerry, 
  Armagh, 
  and 
  Tyrone. 
  

   In 
  some 
  cases 
  the 
  hairy 
  black 
  fly, 
  Bibio 
  marci, 
  was 
  noticed 
  in 
  numbers 
  

   around 
  the 
  injured 
  blossoms 
  and 
  was 
  wrongfully 
  accused 
  of 
  causing 
  

   the 
  damage. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  the 
  ruddy 
  Shield 
  Bug, 
  Acanthosoma 
  

   haemorrhoidale, 
  were 
  sent, 
  in 
  February, 
  1912, 
  from 
  Co. 
  Cork, 
  where 
  they 
  

   were 
  sucking 
  the 
  unopened 
  buds 
  of 
  apple 
  trees. 
  From 
  Rathfarnham 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Clay 
  Vine 
  Weevil 
  {Otiorrhynchus 
  picipes) 
  were 
  re- 
  

   ceived, 
  with 
  information 
  that 
  the 
  young 
  black-currant 
  bushes 
  were 
  

   badly 
  damaged 
  ; 
  entire 
  shoots 
  were 
  sometimes 
  devoured. 
  Phyllobius 
  

   oblongus 
  and 
  P. 
  viridiaereus 
  are 
  recorded 
  as 
  damaging 
  apple 
  foliage. 
  

  

  Caterpillars 
  of 
  the 
  Winter 
  Moth 
  (Cheimatobia 
  brumata) 
  were 
  very 
  

   abundant 
  in 
  many 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  feeding 
  on 
  apple, 
  plum, 
  

   currant, 
  and 
  gooseberry. 
  Apple 
  shoots 
  disfigured 
  by 
  the 
  webs 
  of 
  the 
  

   Small 
  Ermine 
  Moth 
  {Hyponomeuta 
  malinellus) 
  were 
  received 
  in 
  April 
  

   and 
  May 
  from 
  Co. 
  Dublin. 
  Apples 
  bored 
  by 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  the 
  

   Codling 
  Moth 
  (Cydia 
  pomoyiella) 
  came 
  from 
  Co. 
  Clare 
  in 
  June. 
  Cater- 
  

   pillars 
  of 
  the 
  Common 
  Bell 
  Moth 
  [Tortrix 
  ribeana) 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  May 
  

   eating 
  apple 
  shoots 
  in 
  Co. 
  Dublin. 
  For 
  their 
  destruction 
  early 
  spray- 
  

  

  