Smxcz this work has been in type, the author has received a letter from the 
State Inspector of Fruit Pests for California, in which the writer states that the 
insect Icerya Purchasi has there, especially in the southern part of the State, 
gained such hold on the orange-groves, in spite of the most strenuous efforts, 
that the people find it impossible to keep it down. Orange- and lemon-growers 
(and indeed other tree-growers) in New Zealand, especially in the North Island, 
should take note of this fact, and beware of ever letting this omnivorous and 
most destructive insect obtain any footing on their trees. A speedy burning of 
every infected tree is the best remedy in this case. 
