CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY INSECTS 347 



brood appear in May. The eggs are about ;,;„ inch in length, 

 cyUndrical with rounded ends, and the surface is beautifully 

 marked with rows of hexagonal depressions. A single moth 

 has been known to lay about 500 eggs. 



Fig. ;i06. — Caterpillar ol the |j<;p{>»'i-<u..i-.^.iii < urraiit moth on a plum branch; 

 it resembles a small dead twig (x li). 



Arsenical poisons as used against the imported currant worm 

 will hold this insect in check. 



Reference 

 Lintner, 2d Report State Ent. N. Y., pp. 97-lUl. 1885. 



The Four-lined Leaf-bug 



Poecilocapsus lineatus Fabricius 

 The four-lined leaf-bug is a native of America and ranges 

 from Canada to Georgia and westward to the Rocky Mountains. 



