OF INJURIOUS INSECTS. 
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shaking the bushes into sheets placed under them. Mr. Scowcroft 
observes that the crop of Gooseberries was small at Ormskirk in 
consequence of the severe attack of the Caterpillars on the bushes in 
1879 ; but at the date of writing there had not been any great number 
of Sawflies. 
29. Sirex gigas. No observations. 
PiETINIA TURIONANA. 
30. Retinia Turionana. No observations of the present season. 
31. Hylobius Abietis. Mr. Wilkie notices that although this 
Beetle was much less destructive at Ardkinglas, Argyllshire, than in 
the two preceding seasons, yet it attacked numbers of young plants 
