54 CLEAR-WINGED MOTHS. 
to caution us. Yet though they pretend to sting they lack 
the necessary organ for that purpose. 
Their larve, being miners, are destructive to the shrubs 
and trees they infest. Some bore through solid wood; 
others prefer the pith of woody stems; others are found just 
under the bark, while still others enter the roots of plants. 
THE NATIVE CURRANT—BORER. 
(Aleathce caudatum H. Edw.). 
Although no specimens of this interesting species have 
been captured, their work has been noticed several times; 
the larve of it infest the wild species of currants. 
THE RASPBERRY ROOT-BORER. 
(Bembecina marginata Hartr.). 
This insect resembles a wasp, and most persons would 
not dare te touch it on that account. Its front-wings are 
transparent, veined with black or 
brownish, and heavily margined with 
reddish-brown. The hind-wings are 
also transparent, and fringed with 
dark-brown. The body is_ black, 
banded and marked with golden-yel- 
low. The wings measure almost an 
inch if expanded. Fig. 58 shows 
both sexes of this insect. Like other 
clear-winged moths, the insect flies 
about during the hottest part of 
Hig. .68.—Rembecina mar: the: day im early “summer, ancl veme 
ginata Harr.—a, male; b, is r! : 
female. females are also engaged at this 
time in depositing their eggs. The 
young larva enters the cane, inside of which it feeds upon 
the pith; it gradually works its way down to the root, 
