INSECTS INFESTING THE GOOSEBERRY. 



CHAP. 



The Frosted Leaf-hopper (PcBCiZnp^cmfirtt- 

 inosa) 140 



The Gooseberry Fruit Wonii {Pcmpelia 

 grostiularice) 141 



The Gooseberry Midge (Cecidomijia gros- 

 sularice 142 



The following insects also infest the Goose- 

 berry : 



The Currant Boi-er (^■Egeria tipulifomiis). 

 The Imported Cunant Worm {Nematwi ven 



tricosua). 

 The Native Currant Worm {Printophora groit- 



tiularice.) 

 The Currant Span Worm (EulHclna ribearia). 

 The Progne Butterfly (Graptaprogne). 

 The Currant Aphis {Myzusribisj. 



CHAPTER CXL. 



The Frosted Leaf-hopper. (Cal.) 



{Pcpcilojitera pruinosa. — Say. ) 



Order, Hemiptera ; ;_,.,_, 



Sub-order, Homoptera ; ( ^^^^1^' Fulgorid^. 



[Puncturing and sucking the juices of the leaves and tender 

 shoots of gooseberry bushes and the rhubarb plant ; a small 

 four-winged moth-like insect of a dusky bluish color, covered 

 with a white mealy powder.] 



This insect (Fig. 212) measures about four lines in length, 

 and when at rest holds its wings slanting over the back like a 

 steep roof. 



Fig. 212. Fig. 212. Fig. 213. 



— Frosted 

 Leaf- hop- 

 per enlarg- 

 ed — color, dull leaden or 

 pale green. 



Fig. 213. — Eggs of Frosted Tvcaf-hopper ; a, the eggs highly 

 magnified — color, yellow ; b, the same in the twig, highly mag- 

 nified ; c, the same in a twig, natural size. 



