In.'iecl.s, etc., Injurious to tJie Gooscherry. 



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TluK fourth IivciihI is unusual, but three lref|ueutly occur. Al- 

 thiiui^li these .ueiicralioiis are (|uite ilistinct tliey neuerally ovci'hqi 

 cue another. The nuniher of n'euerations appears to depend (in tlie 

 weather. When it turns cold and wet, not only is ilevehi[ancnt 

 arrested Imt the larva' are actuall)' destroyed; in wai'ni line \\'eatlirr 

 theN', on the nther hand, develop ra])idly. 



X.VTl'lt.U, I'lNKMIES. 



There are (juite a mnnher of }iarasites recorded on tliis insect, 

 but on no occasion have I been fortunate in oliserviriL;' anv' (jne of 

 them. 



Cameron (.")) records the following parasites: ('//y//c.s niliilnlii, V.; 

 OiiikIii.^ II riiii/I/is^ Dlini.; LI iiincriu iirgciifiifij., (_U\ \ Jfi.siilniis nir/mio- 



]''n;. Ls!).— M.v],!-; .\xi) ]-]or.\T,]-: doosFBEr.r.v s.\\\flii;s. 

 (Xatiii'iil .^izu iiiHl liia^nitleil.) 



li'iiciis, fir. ; Jlf. iir)in7/i//oriii-\ fir. ; J/('.s,»;//o/v/.s- caiifn^iis, Hiner. ; J/. 

 rj,vss)i/<iri,r, l;tz. : Tri/jiJnn, ,' i„hi;fir,js, (}i: ; T. llpaiirhit i,><, (Jr. ; T. 

 'rriiluih.Irs, Cir. ; T. ruiiijnr^siis, l;tz. ; Cfciusrifs /,'i,/i,h,s ; 7V/v//.s>;/'n 

 Iimi/>rris, (h-. ; ]'o/i/.-<jiJi I iirfn /v7«'.s/;, Etz. ; I'liijostol iJ>^ ^tricflcus, Fab.; 

 and J>ii/irrii' jl<n-ir(ni.-<, Oour., in Europe. 



])i-. Asa Filch (b) has lired m America a Chalcid ily, the Tr/rh,,- 

 !P'amnn< /rrr/in,„ ,,f Filev, from the eggs of this Xematus, as wrjj 

 as from the <.iva of Aleymdes and from those of a Noctuid moth. 



Tlie ]iarasitised eggs of tlie sawtly become lirowu and abnormal 

 n sliape The feujale' Chalcid takes two and a half minutes to la\' 



