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RASPBERRY. 
can find on the stems or amongst the earth at the root of the plant, 
that these are the points to be met. Clearing away all wood that is 
not wanted, as thoroughly as it can be done, including in this the 
removal of all old stumps of former canes, would get rid of a deal of 
shelter , and thoroughly stirring and throwing aside the earth which is 
just at the base of the canes would get rid of whatever was sheltering. 
There would be no need to carry it away, for the simple exposure to 
wet, together with cold on the surface, would soon kill these small 
caterpillars. 
This attack may be taken as an example of many kinds in which 
it is only necessary to mention the habits of the “pest” for each 
grower to be at once able to tell for himself how to get rid of it far 
better than by advice from others. 
Brown-legged Weevil. Otiorhynchus picipes , Fab. (and other species). 
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Otiorhynchus sulcatus, &c. 
1—4, 0. sulcatus , larva, and pupa, magnified, with lines showing nat. length; 
5, 0. picipes. 
The following note, sent me on May 24th, with specimens accom¬ 
panying, by Mr. G-. Bradley, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, gives some idea 
of the enormous amount of injury caused by this Weevil (the 0. picipes , 
sometimes known as the Clay-coloured Weevil), as well as by other 
kinds of Otiorhynchus :— 
“ Please find enclosed some Beetles, also a twig of Red Currant, 
Cob Nut, Damson, and Raspberry. You will see the damage they do 
in fruit plantations by biting the bark of the hard wood, and the way 
they eat the young Raspberry twigs. This season they are very 
numerous, and have made sad havoc in some fruit plantations in this 
neighbourhood. 
“We never find them on very sandy soil, only on loamy soils ; they 
hide up in the day underneath the small clods close to the stems of 
the various trees they feed on. 
“ I have tried quick-lime, soot, and paraffin diluted with water : 
whatever you do appears no good, excepting catching and killing them. 
