374 Saw-i"lv attackixg Larch Trees. [sept., 



D. E. Hutchins, F.R. Met.'Soc, late Forest Service of India 

 and School of Forests, Nan:y, France ; Conservator of 

 Forests ; Professor of Forestry and Lecturer in Forest 

 Geography and Histor}-. 



L. Peringuey, F.L.S., Lecturer in Forest Entomology. 



G. A. Wilmot, Assistant Lecturer and Demonstrator in 



Forestry and Lecturer in Forest Management and 

 Forest Law. 



H. H. W. Pearson, M.A., F.L.S., Professor of Botany. 

 P. D. Hahn, Ph.D., M.A., Professor of Chemistry. 



H. Payne, A.M.LC.E., M.I.M.E., Professor of Engineering. 

 Andrew Young, M.A., B.Sc, Professor of Mineralogy and 

 Geology. 



W. S. Logeman, L.H.C., Professor of Modern Languages. 



J. C. Beattie, D.Sc, F.R.S.E., Professor of Physics and Lec- 

 turer on Climatology and Meteorology. 



Lawrence Crawford, M.A., D.Sc, P^.R.S.E., Professor of Pure 

 Mathematics. 



The regular course in Forestry extends over a period of two 

 years, pieceded by a preliminary scientific course of one year 

 specially arranged for those students who are not qualified to 

 enter the regular course. 



Tours^of instruction in the indigenous forests of the Cape 

 will be made on the conclusion of the course, and during the 

 course practical work will be done in the artificial forests in the 

 neighbourhood of Capetown. 



Application for further information about the School should 

 be made either to the Chief Conservator of Forests, Capetown, 

 or to the Registrar, South African College, Capetown. 



{Transvaal Agriiiiliural Journxl^ ]\\iy ^ 1906.] 



The Board of Agricu;tu)-e and Fisheries desire to draw atten- 

 tion to the occurrence on the larch of an insect, hitherto unre- 

 corded in destructive abundance in this 

 country. The insect in question {Neinatus 

 EricJisoiiii) is a species of saw-fly, the larva 

 of which bears considerable superficial re- 

 semblance to the gooseberry caterpillar 

 and to the caterpillar of the Pine Saw-fly. The larvae are about 



Species of 

 Saw-Fly 

 Attacking- 

 Larch Trees. 



