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Some pests from strawberry N 
gardens at Kalamunda were, in 
1904, reported by A. M. Lea to 
be— 
1. Desiantha maculata, a small 
beetle that attacks cultivated 
plants and many wild oats 
all over Tasmania. (A note 
with a rough sketch appeared 
in W.A. Journal of .\gricul- 
ture, Nov., 1897.) 
2. A plant bug of the family 
Lygaeidae, an allied species 
here shown, is common in 
Tasmania, and is destructive 
to strawberries and _ other 
plants. 
3. Larve of one of the chinch 
bugs — probably Nystus 
Vinitor. 
Wuite Corrony CUSHION SCALE 
(Icerya purchasi, Maskell). 
Scattered specimens of this 
seale insect are often met with 
in this State. It has a very wide 
range of food plants, and has been Strawberry Beetle. 
White Cottony Cushion Scale (cer ya purchasi, Maskell). 
Icerya pur chasi—a, scale enlarged, showing larva of Novius at 
work 3 b, pupa of Novius ; c, Novius ; d, scale natural size 
(After C. L. Marlatt.) 
