The weevil (Fig. 11, 3a), which is of a tawny to brownish-black colour, and clothed with yellowish-white and golden hairs, measures from a quarter to one-third of an inch in length; it possesses a short snout on the head. The eggs are yellowish, and are packed in a hard, black capsule (Fig. 11, 3b), attached mainly to the surface of young leaves. The larvæ (Fig. 11, 3c) are legless, like those of all weevils, and yellowish at first, when they are studded with small black dots, and have a dark stripe along each side. Frequently these young larvæ are seen with a tail-like thread of blackish excrement projecting from the posterior end. The plump, fully-developed grub is yellowish-green, with a wrinkled skin, and is slug-like in general appearance. Pupation takes place in the ground. This insect over-winters in the adult stage, and large numbers of the weevils are very often to be found beneath loose bark on the tree trunks during the winter. Control depends upon the use of an egg parasite which has been established in certain localities of the Dominion. In the case of small ornamental trees, spraying with lead arsenate to which laundry soap has been added should be effective. EUCALYPTUS TORTOISE BEETLE(_Paropsis dilatata_).--This is another Australian insect restricted so far to the East Coast districts of the South Island, where it attacks eucalyptus foliage in company with the weevil. The beetle (Fig. 11, 4) is tortoise-shaped, varies in colour from reddish-yellow to reddish-brown, with darker markings on the back, which is pitted by minute depressions, and has a length of from one-third to half an inch. Like the weevil, this beetle passes the winter beneath loose bark. The eggs are conspicuous and cigar-shaped, being laid in clusters, lying more or less on their sides, upon the foliage. The larva is rather plump, and pointed posteriorly; it possesses legs, while at the tip of the body is a sucker-like false foot. The general colour is yellowish, varying to a rosy-pink, there being a darker stripe down the back, while along each side is a similar one above a row of black dots.