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Raspberry Moth. 



such infestation was noticed at that time. It is apparently a 

 far more serious infestation than that of the Oscinis maura , 

 as it continues through the summer, and the Chermes increase 

 in the same extraordinary manner as most of the aphides. 

 This attack is known in the forests of Norway and Sweden, 

 in Scotch firs and in other firs, and often causes much harm. 

 Spraying with paraffin emulsion has been tried there, but 

 without any beneficial results, and it has been suggested 

 that the turpentine which exudes from the shoots neutralises 

 the paraffin. But spraying with the soft soap and quassia 

 solution, with Paris green added, as recommended for the 

 Oscinis maura, was tried with great advantage. It must, 

 however, be thoroughly done and repeated. 



The Raspberry Moth iLampronia rubiella). 



Moth, caterpillar and pupa, all magnified ; the lines show the natural size. 



This moth is sometimes most troublesome, destroying 

 whole crops of raspberries, and several complaints have been 

 made this year of injuries caused by it in England and Scot- 

 land. When the buds begin to expand, instead of growing 

 out into leaves and blossoms, they become withered and die, 

 so that the canes look as if frost had killed every particle of 

 their foliage. If they are examined it will be seen that there 

 is a cavity at the base of each bud, often extending some 

 way into the pith of the cane, in which a little scarlet cater- 



