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intei^er is yellowish red, that of the female is broadly banded with the 



same color. The Toifliredo is also a stouter insect than the currant stem 



girdler. In length it measures about -^^^ inch, and its wing-spread is 



twice its length. The coxae and femora of the anterior two pairs of legs 



are tipped with black, and the a|jical half of the posterior tibiae and their 



tarsi are black. The other characters of this insect may be recognized 



by the accompanying figure (plate i, fig. i). 



The following is Mr Norton's description of the insect : 



Female. Black, body not very stout; antennae long and slender; 

 color ferruginous, tips of joints above black, sometimes also the two basal 

 joints; labrum rounded ; labrum, base of mandibles and palpi, tegulae, 

 collar, and four radiating lines on ridges of metathorax, yellow; a white 

 spot above base of posterior coxae; pectus and legs orange red; the four 

 anterior tibiae and tarsi and the medial femora tipped with black ; apex 

 of i)OSterior femora, apical half of tibiae and their tarsi black; wings 

 hyaline, basal edge of stigma and the costa i)ale. 



Male. The male has a yellow spot on each side of the disk of clypeus 

 and on the pleura over each of the four hinder coxae; the first and second 

 segments of abdomen and the basal segments of venter are sometimes 

 indistinctly rufous. 



Life history and habits. Very little is known of the life history 

 and habits of this insect, as its operations in the currant stems at the 

 same time as those of Jaiius integer has led to the ascribing of all the 

 injury to that species. The perfect insects were observed on the cur- 

 rant stems at the same time as were those of J. ititeger by Mr Tupper, 

 but their oviposition had not been noticed by him. The stems are 

 probably injured seriously by this insect while ovipositing, since the 

 attack is revealed by the wilted tips as in the case of the Janus. There 

 is apparently but a single brood each year, as the imagoes have l)een 

 taken in May at Corning, N. Y., and in June and early in July at 

 Ottawa, Canada. 



Distribution. This species is probably widely distributed over the 

 northern United States. Its recorded distribution is as follows : New 

 England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa and 

 Ottawa, Canada. There appears to be no record of it in the western 

 states, although it will probably be found there later. 



Remedy. The wilted tips should l)e watched for in the early spring, 

 and as soon as seen should be cut off a little below the place of injury. 

 If the attack should escape attention till some time after the dropping of 

 the tips, the cutting should be made a few inches farther down, and 

 beyond the burrow of the larva. 



