224 INSECTS INFESTING THE CUREANT. 



side of the wings is blackish-gray, paler at the tips, and on 

 each hind wing is a silvery character, resembling the letter L- 

 Remedies. — When the caterpillars appear on the foliage, use 

 No. 64, or No. 5, or No. 7. See No. 80. 



CHAPTER CXXXIX. 



The Currant Aphis. (Cal.) 

 (Myzus ribis. — Linnteus.) 



Order, Hemiptera ; } t^, ■-, a^...^,^^ 

 c, r ' 1 TT I r amilv, Aphidid^. • 



Sub-order, Homoptera ;) 



[Living on the under side of the leaves of currant and goose- 

 berry bushes, which they puncture with their beaks and extract 

 the sap ; small green or yellowish plant-lice.] — Thomas. 



Remedies. — Use No. 64, or No. 5, or No. 7 ; Nos. 3 or 4 will 

 give good results. 



