Insedv, elc, Injurious to the tSfrau^bern/. 



465 



The slui])(jis much like, that of other (;]ick J'.eetles. Tho liead and 

 thorax are shiny hhick.the latter witli .urey jiubescence, the wine;- ca.ses, 



h_'g.s and anti_'nna' are pah' ()rlireous-l)ro\vii 

 lo oehreous-yelhjw. 



It is Common all o^-e^ Ireland, accm-diiig 

 til L'ar[)(mter, and may Ije met with over 

 must dl' England. 



It mainly occurs in clearings in \V(j(id- 

 hinils, where specimens 

 may he readily swept 

 oil' the plants updu 

 which they live. The 

 record shows that they 



,. T . T -," FIG. ;;il.s.— .V w ll;l-:\\Mi;M. 



were noticed m July 



at Limavady burrowing into tlie fruit. 



The Adrastus has the foot cLrws toothed, 

 and thus is easily told from the common 

 Click ISeetle (Ai/i-iotc.^). 



Other Click Beetles are injurious in the 

 wireworm or larval staee. 



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[//. A'. 

 liiilbiltiix. 



r.EFEUKNCB. 



(1) Ciirjiriitrr, II. Injurious Insects and Other Animals observeit in Trelanil 

 iluviiig tlie year 1900. Eco. I'roc. K. Dublin Soc, I., Part K, p. ;-!;-S9 

 (IflOG). 



THE STRAWBERRY APHIS. 



(Sqihi.iiiOjiliiira J'niijii i'ii'Uk . Theobald. ) 



The first iutimation I had of this aphis was from i\lr. Harvey S. 

 Eickham, who wrote me from Ledjjury on the 6th of j\Iay, 1905, as 

 follows : " I am writing to ask if you will be so kind as to tell me 

 if the Creen Fly, which is now attacking about two acres of ray 

 Stirling Castle strawberr}- plants, is likely to do any real damage to 

 the fruit crop, and if so, would it be practicable to wash, say, 20,U0b 

 plants (the blossoms are just coming out here and there). The aphis 

 appeared five or six days ago, so far as I can tell." 



These plants were sid lait in February 1003 and were doubtless 

 infested then, winter eggs being present. AVriting again on the 17th 

 of May, Mr. llickham stated that he " thruight from the presence of 

 a large nuudjer of winged aphides a few days ago, that the attack 

 was diniinisliing, luit ou carefully examining tlie plants to-day, 1 

 have come to the conclusion that tlie attack has merely spread wider 



