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that is needed. If the caterpillars fell off with the shock, 

 many could be killed by being trampled upon, and there 

 would be a good chance that (with them as with some other 

 moth caterpillars) the cold water, if applied in hot weather, 

 would bring on such violent purging that they would very 

 soon be reduced to mere skins. 



Gooseberry and Currant Moth ; Magpie Moth. 



Abra.vas ijrossulariatd, Stephens. 



Abeaxas geossulariata. — Moth at rest, and with wings spread ; 

 caterpillar walking. 



This pretty butterfly-like moth, known from the peculiarity 

 of the markings on the wings as the Magpie, and also as the 

 Harlequin Moth, is one of our most widely distributed garden 

 leafage infestations, as it is to be found from the Orkney 

 Islands at the north of Scotland to Kent and Devonshire in 

 the south of England. 



Amongst notes of Scottish localities, observations have been 

 sent me from time to time of the caterpillars being found on 

 Gooseberry and also on Eed and White Currant leafage at 

 Kirkwall Gardens, in Orkney ; also at Dunrobin Castle, in 

 Sutherlandshire, in the north of Scotland. On Black Currants 

 at Portallock, in Argyllshire. On Gooseberry and also on 

 Black, Ked, and White Currant leafage at Colinsburgh, Fife. 



