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hundreds of eggs are deposited in rows on the underside of 
the limbs, frequently near the very tops of the trees. 
The dark-brown caterpillar has the large head and ter 
minal segment of a red color. 
Fig. 178.—Eugonia subsignaria Hbn. From Diy. of Entomology, 
Dep. of Agriculture. 
Whenever this insect becomes as numerous as it is 
in other regions, where its caterpillars devour the leaves of 
almost every kind of tree, bush or shrub, we should spray 
the infested trees with Paris green or London purple. 
The moth and caterpillar are shown in Fig. 178. 
THE CURRANT ENDROPIA. 
(Endropia armataria H.S.). 
This is not a common insect, hence not injurious at pres- 
ent, yet it has been found several times in rather large num- 
bers upon the black currant, the leaves of which are eaten 
by its larve. It also eats the foliage of the red currant. We 
find during July small and nearly black measuring-worms 
upon the leaves of this plant; the worms are spotted with 
pale-yellow, and have a series of crescent-shaped spots on 
their back and a row of raised dark-brown dots along each 
side, those on the posterior segment being tipped with yel- 
low, while on the last segment there is a fleshy hump or 
prominence composed of two round tubercles. This cater- 
