Pine Sawfly. 



This so-called wildfire is, however, benign in its character, 

 and is seldom attended with fatal results, especially if the 

 affected animals are kept away from moisture, and fed upon 

 diets which can be easily taken up by the lips during the time 

 the eruption around the mouth is at its height. 



Various remedies are adopted for curing wildfire, but it is 

 found in practice that by carefully tending the animals and 

 feeding them on soft diet the disease passes through its various 

 stages very rapidly, and they recover. On the other hand, 

 dressing with lotions or ointments frequently serves to retard 

 the healing process, especially if the dressings are of a caustic 

 and irritating nature. 



The Pine Sawfly. 

 [Lophyrus pini, Linn.) 



Fig. i, Lophyrus pint, Male ; Fig. 2, Female ; Fig. 3, Larva ; Fig. 4, Cocoon ; 

 Fig. 5, Lophyrus rufus ; Fig. 6, Pine Shoot attacked by Sawfly larvce. 



Pine trees throughout Great Britain of all kinds are fre- 

 quently seriously damaged by the larva- of sawflies. The 

 chief culprit is the Pine Sawfly {Lophyrtis pint), but several other 

 species do considerable harm now and again. 



