MEMORANDUM. 
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The ravages of noxious insects are such a serious drawback to 
the profitable cultivation of the land in Queensland that any reliable 
information as to their life-history and the remedial measures applic- 
-able to any of them will, if promulgated among those concerned, 
be of great value; especially when it is remembered that the literature 
upon the subject is so much scattered as to be practically out of 
the reach of the cultivator of the soil here. When the following 
report reached me from its author, I was much impressed: with 
the research which it displayed, and with the simple and intelligible 
character of the remedies suggested or recommended; and having 
been known for many years to take a warm interest in horticultural 
industries, I ventured upon the liberty of inviting the attention of 
the Queensland Government to Professor Kirk’s work, and of advis- 
ing its reprint for distribution within this Colony. The report does 
not profess to be exhaustive, nor is it the case that all the insects 
treated are found here; but some of the pests dealt with are known 
in almost every climate, while of others we have congeners with 
habits so similar that the remedial measures described will be 
equaily applicable to many of the vermin from which our orchards 
and gardens suffer so much. 
Lewis A. Bernays. 
Brisbane, lst September, 1886. 
