Ontario Sessional Papers, 1898-99, . bore, applied with a dredger, or mixed with water and sprinkledwith a can over the fruit-bushes will kill the larvae of the currant saw-fly (Nematusvenlricosus Klug) Fig 10, and those of the span-worm (Enfitchia ribearia Fitch) Fig like application to the rose bushes will free those plants from slug-worm(Selandria rosce Harris), and from the leaf-crumpling caterpillars of the pretty littlebrown and white Tortrix Penthina nimbatana Olemens). With one notable exception our butterflies can hardly be said to be injurious. Thelarvae of most of them
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1898-99, . bore, applied with a dredger, or mixed with water and sprinkledwith a can over the fruit-bushes will kill the larvae of the currant saw-fly (Nematusvenlricosus Klug) Fig 10, and those of the span-worm (Enfitchia ribearia Fitch) Fig like application to the rose bushes will free those plants from slug-worm(Selandria rosce Harris), and from the leaf-crumpling caterpillars of the pretty littlebrown and white Tortrix Penthina nimbatana Olemens). With one notable exception our butterflies can hardly be said to be injurious. Thelarvae of most of them feed on weeds or plants of little value. A few of them feed oncultivated plants. Papilio turnus Linnaeus, feeds on the apple, etc, P. asterias Fabricius, feeds on the parsnip, carrot, etc. 44 <82 Victoria Sessional Papers (No. 23,, A 1899 Pieris oleracea Bd. feeds on the potherbs. Grapta interrogationis Fab. feeds on the hops, etc. G. progne Oramer, and G. gracilis G. and R. feed on the currant. Thecla strigosa Harris, feed* on the Fig 10.
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