3 insect *•«•*•» abundant, it* -arasite* 3* aaiuipiy 
l3 t © check it. He observed «h« *$ ©f the third 
breed ©f aft outbreak was parasitised# Nature thus 
nay choke her own extravagance : but it seems te M 
that the outbreak at Serangoen is tee s#*«*e te ' c ® 
loft alone, I s f»P as I can at present ascertain, 
r.uch less than 30# is there parasitised. ,j 
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T’he attacked Oeconut trees extent all along 
the Serangoon read from the temonus of the tram-line 
ts «. Serangecr, 'rtw • and thence to S«4 *m 
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-O' i „ rr .. oO >t aav be 310000 trees 
involving ab^ut '-300 cores or -•» ,J -' 
Part cf /the ,freaj is occupied by the Trafalgar Estate 
50 acres- 4'here treasures are already being taken. 
2ha. very severely attacked trees may number 7CC, and 
; ^ 8 e tres y will ft# produce any fruit for ene or two 
years, m t hat ;4 loss of, it nay b<* , ?, 70C0 is 
involved. What further loss another brood nay produce 
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depends en eur Measures against the insect and ©n 
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\ nature 1 3 — an u&ft&wn ty* 
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J ju, Beths 1 ©ft &* completed breed are rapidly e 
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' emerging- now: soon ; they will lay eggs on the nost 
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healthy lower leases that they can / l ' ■ 
. emerged citerpillars will eat the lower s rfiace of 
of the leaf : nthey dislike direct light, and therefor® 
are' V"'be Bund not only ©s the lower surface, but 
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on She !' lowest 3 eaves. jHs habit exposes then 
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favourably to spraying with insecticides*. 
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/■tH reoomend that remedial measures be taken in 
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hand /as ' sc-on as the eggs have been laid# 
