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Insect Pests 



and tlir result was that the L'sylla were praetically exteniiinatecl, as 

 they weir- in mv own garden twe years previously: and I \-enture 

 to tliiuk. now it lias Iseen found successful liy a lari^'e gi'ower, that 

 it can be made so by otliers, and tliat with it and the lime, salt and 

 waterglass treatment the dama,L;-e done liy this serious pest may be 

 Sreatly reduced. 



Xatukal Enemies. 



Sii far no insect parasites have been recorded from this pest. 

 X small red acarus was observed once feeding on the eggs, but 

 lias not Ijeeir noticed since. 



Srlimidberger (1) mentions two mites, one deep red, the other 

 a dii't\' yellow, which piursued and sucked the young of this insect 

 and cleared tlienr off a piot tree under observation. He also found 

 the light green ]iupa of one of the garden bugs pursuiirg the young 

 suckers and piercing them with their lieaks. 



The Blue Tit and the Long-tailed Tit take a certain nunrlier, 

 and I have known shoots quite cleared of the eggs liv a. familv of 

 the latter birds. 



however, which do any appreciable 

 good. .Schmidberger (1 ) describes the 

 adults as " suljject to a kind of disease 

 which appears to deprive them of the 

 power of eating, and in this case 

 the leaves on which they are found 

 are not in the slightest degree in- 

 jured. When thus affected, the head 

 and thorax of the insect are snow white 

 and tlieir al.idomens are ringed with 

 black." 



This fungus was probably Ento- 



Xo enemies are 



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'litlmn 



oJi n 



'Sjnrfiilii o 



;if Fresenius 



('.-•), which IS common on the Leaf 

 Hoppers Tiiplihiciiliii sjip. This fungoid 

 parasite is white at times and at others 

 [lea green. 



The ova (Fig. i:'.7) of a I'socid are 



are often sent with those nf the Apple Sucker and witli Leaf Hoppers. 



It is possible that these insects prey upon the young suckers. 



\F. Kileiulr 

 Vlrl. l:i7.— Erics (,F .V J-xuri,l xi, : 



KnjuUL-nd.v fijima mi fruit truus. 

 {llri.'atl,\ i.lllari.'1'cl.) 



