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consignment was received at Sydney for the Government of New South 
Wales. In Queen pond efforts are also being made. to establish date 
cultivation. ‘The late Dr. Bancroft exhibited samples of dates. grown 
in Queensland hy a meeting of the Acclimatisation Societ y in 
“May 1893... . 
© Orthezia gin buignis.- The Tropical pnis for aly" 1895 
contains a aper by Mr. E. E. Green, of Ceylon, on “an important 
Insect Enemy." From this article the following extracts are taken :— 
* In Dr. Trimen’s Annual Report on the Botanical Gardens for 1893, 
as, fortunately, as yet shown no 
Tr Import products, tea and cacao. 
yd » for x freee Pes dabetian 
je in infested ‘with 
ian, species. will | be des liable A 
E Dr. Trimen is of opinion that this is mainly a dee pest) p dió 
not expect that it will spread to estates. It is to be hoped that this 
possibly develop a.taste for other plants, as was the ease with the 
pur ted Seale’ (Icerya Purchast), which, at hee prac tically ponit 
acacia and orange: trees, finally: botesie- almost omnivorous (p. 437). 
ea U* U* * 
* The. insect is known to entomologists by og name of Orthezia 
insignis, Douglas, . being first. described by Mr. J: W. Douglas 
specimen gue) in Kew Gardens, where it is now said to’ be üpimii an 
ta fi mene of sa et in the apent bourse It Nus more e scd 
wit 
identical. 
* Ori ciginitind as sit does i in the — Botanical irdd there is 
little doubt but ‘that we owe the introduction of this pest to ean 
received from Kew.’ Its native? country has not been determin 
Mr. Gie reen’s imt as to “the enormous amount. of damage in 1 the 
plant-houses ” caused by the insect is very much exaggerated, and I am 
unable to ascertain the authority on which it is made. Mr. Buckton, in 
Indian Museum Notes (l.c. p. 104) says :—“ The Kew insect appears 
.. to be spreading over the hot-houses of EN and seems to be very - 
& difficult. F uch 
to annihilate. t does as muc Ege £ as the more „common 
“ke lage at 
