2(10 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



Food Plants. 



The present known food plants include the frail of cultivated currant 

 and gooseberry bushes, but, in all probability, the wild currants and 



gooseberries arc also attacked by the pest. 



Control. 



Four methods of control arc suggested: (1 ) gather and destroy the 

 fallen infested fruit frequently; (2) remove the soil to a depth of about 

 an inch below the bushes and bury it deep or deposit it on a road or 

 other exposed place where the pupae will be killed; (3) allow chickens 

 under the hushes, for they will devour many of the larvae and pupae; 

 and (4) pick the whole crop of berries and destroy them before they 

 begin to ripen and before any begin to drop. By sacrificing one crop 

 all of the larva' would be killed and the patch freed from the pest until 

 the Hies come in again from other currant and gooseberry gardens. 



The writer has had no experience in the control of the dark currant 

 fly, but mast of the above remedial measures were tested with another 



s| ies of currant or gooseberry fruit fly (Epochra canadensis Doew). 



The methods discussed, as well as other control measures, will be 

 reviewed in a future paper. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1. Aldrich, J. M. 1000. Can. Ent. XT,I. pp. (19-73. 



2. Doane, K. \V. 1898. Ent. News. IX. pp. C.9-72. 



:;. Piper, C. V. and Doane, It. \V. 1898. Wash. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. .".<;. pp. :: 9. 

 I. Slingerland, M. V. and Crosby, C. K. L914. Manual of Fruit Insects, pp. 3o6-357. 



