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Annual Report for 1906 of the Zoologist. 
The cases of corn and root-crop attack presented no feature 
of special importance. Various enemies of forest trees were 
the subjects of complaint, and one rather remarkable fact is 
worthy of mention. A beetle ( Tetr opium crawshayi , Sharp), 
which was only discovered some two years ago in the New 
Forest, appears to be quite widely spread in other parts of 
England, and to be attacking larch trees, often in conjunction 
with the small wood-wasp {Sirex juvencus). 
The Currant Bud Moth {Incur varia capitella). 
At the beginning of April, I was asked to inspect a red 
currant plantation in Worcestershire which was suffering, and 
had for a year or two past suffered, from a severe insect attack. 
The young shoots had a diseased appearance, and a great many 
of the buds showed, by the extrusion of little masses of excreta 
Fig. 1 —Incurvaria capitella and its caterpillar, somewhat enlarged. 
on their surface, that some grub was at work within. On 
cutting open the diseased buds and shoots, small dark-red cater- 
pillars were found, and were recognised as those of Incurvaria 
capitella (Fig. 1). This little moth has been known for a 
long time as a currant pest, and in 1864 J. G. Wood wrote of 
it as being “ only too common in any places where currants are 
grown.” Nevertheless, I had never before received complaints 
with regard to it, and the allusions to it by writers on injurious 
insects are by no means frequent. It would seem that in most 
cases it is present to so slight an extent as to escape notice, and 
that it is extremely local as a serious pest. When seen at its 
worst, however, not even the big-bud mite can exceed its 
powers of destruction. The Rev. J. B, Hewitt very kindly 
watched the course of the attack on the spot, and sent me 
specimens from time to time. 
