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her egg in that of the saw fly. Another parasitic Ichneumon attacking 

 this pest in America is Hemiteles nemativorus, "Walsh, parasitic on 

 the larvae. 



The larva3 are also attacked by one of the " land bugs " (Podiscus 

 placidus, Uhler), which sucks out the body juices of the pests by 

 means of its piercifag proboscis. This hemipteron has black head, 

 legs, thorax, and a red abdomen with a long black central spot 

 crossed by a white line. 



The larva; of Lace Wing Plies (ITemeroUidce) also devour them 

 when young. 



No natural enemies are known to do much good in this country. 



Ebfbrences. 



(1) Whitehead, Sir C. ' Insects Injurious to Fruit Crops,' p. 33 (1886). 



(2) Ormerod, E. A. ' Handbook of Insects Injurious to Orcliard and Bush 



Fruits,' p. 101 (1898). 



(3) Carpenter, O. H. Injurious Insects and Other Animals observed in 



Ireland during 1905. Eoo. Pro. Eoyal Dublin Soc, I., pt. 8, p. 835 

 (1906). 



(4) Theobald, F. V. Journal S. E. Agri. Coll., No. 11, pp. 34-38 (1902). 



(5) Cameron, P. 'British Phytophagous Hymenoptera,' vol. II., p. 170 (1884). 



(6) FitcJi, Asa. Twelfth Annual Eeport of the Injurious Insects of New 



York (1867) and Transactions of the New York Agricultural Society, 

 vol. XXVII., pp. 931-992 (1867-1868). 



THE ALLIED GOOSEBERRY SAWFLY. 



(Nematus consohrinus. Voll.) 



This insect is by no means as common as the former, but 

 occasionally it is sent with inquiries. It occurs in Holland, Prussia 

 and Siberia, as well as in Britain. 



It also appears to be known under the name Nematus umhrinus, 

 Zaddach. The female is slightly smaller than N. rihesii, but the 

 males are much the same size. The female differs in having more 

 yellow on the head, the scutellum and metanotum black, and 

 the abdomen dark basally and showing basal median, dark bands 

 and patches to most of the segments, and in some, most of the 

 dorsum is dark to the seventh segment. Eyes surrounded with 

 brown. The thorax is black, minutely punctured, the pronotum 

 being pale fulvous ; the legs are pale fulvous ; base of the coxre, apex 

 of the posterior tibiee and tarsi black ; base of the femora and 

 tibiae pale. The wings are hyaline and iridescent, and the base of 

 the costa is testaceous, the stigma dark testaceous. 



