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INSECTS OF THE GARDEjS". 



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the first week in June feeding on the currants, iiu 1 by th? 

 8th of June they spin their cocoons, which are of silk, tough, 

 dense, like parchment, and at first green, then becoming 

 blackish, and covered Avith particles of dirt, and attached to 

 the leaves in the breeding box. Here they remain between 

 two or three weeks in June, the adult flies (in Salem) 

 appearing June 2oth. At nearly the same date (June 29th) 

 the worms of the second brood were spinning their cocoons. 



Larva of Imported Currant Saw Fly, 



These cocoons (belonging to the second ])rood) remain under 

 ground or on the leaves about the roots through the winter, 

 the flies appearing in the spring and laying their eggs as 

 soon as the leaves unfold. 



Not having specimens of both sexes of this saw fly at 

 hnnd I co:ni)ile t'.ie following description ((^ften using their 

 own words) from Messrs. AValsh and Riley's account in the 



