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Another most important insect is the moth Thalpochares cocciphaga 
Meyriek. It is greatly to be hoped that this insect will be introduced 
here, 1 have been able to get about a hundred larvae here in good con- 
dition, yet what became of them I am not able to state as yet. The 
insect is apparently easy to breed. Five of the larvae were placed in a 
pillbox in the field during January and overlooked. During April, on 
opening the box at Alameda, I found that four of the moths had issued, 
copulated, and deposited many eggs. The young larvae, however, had 
already left the box and no trace of them could be found. It would 
have been easy with the number received here, had a little care been 
bestowed upon them, to breed and introduce them upon most any of 
our larger Scales. 
The Chrysopa, of which eggs and larvae were sent over with every 
shipment, excepting the last, have been successfully introduced. In 
April, while in Los Angeles, several of the insects were noticed upon 
orange trees in Mr. Wolfskill's orchard. 
Several species of Scymmis, about six in number, that were sent, all 
live upon Coccidce. The largest of them was abundant in Brisbane upon 
various soft scales, and was also found at this place upo^ Icerya. 
Mr. Webster brought to me from Tasmania a box full of Eucalyptus 
twigs with Urioeoccus eucalypti, the Scymnus so numerous at Melbourne, 
and sent here in numbers, together with two small moths, aPyralid and 
a Tineid, which were feeding upon the Erioeoccus.* These, as all other 
insects, were turned over to Mr. Coquillett. Various other beneficial 
insects were observed during my four months' work in Australia, all of 
which if introduced here would be of great value. One of these. de- 
serves to be mentioned. It' is one of the largest Lady-birds, and had 
cleaned whole apple orchards of the Woolly Aphis in South Australia 
aud Victoria. They were also observed to feed upon Lecanium. 
All material collected and studied in Australia relating to this sub- 
ject and otherwise of importance will be mounted and sent to you with 
the notes thereon. 
* These, moths we have no means of now determining, even if described. The 
Tiiieid much resembles Eudemensia bassettella of this country, and the other is a Phy- 
cid near Dakruma. 
