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(b) A small yellowish beetle eating the flower buds, which fail to open or 

 wither — Pale Brown Byturus (Byturus imicolor). 



(c) A small brownish caterpillar eating the opening buds — Bud Moth 

 (Tmetocera ocellana). 



The Leaves — 



(a) Insects sucking the sap of young growing parts, and arresting their 

 development — Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus pratensis). 



(b) Suckers and leaves curl up with enclosed Hce — Bramble Flea-Louse 



(Trioza tripunctata). 



(c) Small larva eating the leaves in spring— Raspberry Saw-Fly (Mono- 

 phadnus rubi). 



The Fruit — 



(a) A looper feeding on fruit of raspberry and blackberry — Raspberry 

 Geometer (Synchlora glaucoria). 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE GOOSEBERRY AND 

 CURRANT. 



The Canes — 



(a) Tips of canes girdled and wilted; pith tunneled — Currant Stem Girdler 



(Janus integer). 



(b) Center of cane tunneled by a white caterpillar — Imported Currant 

 Borer (Sesia tipulif ormis) , and Snowy Tree-Cricket (Ecanthus niveus). 



(c) Small flat circular scales, black or gray, with a depressed ring about a 

 central nipple in black forms — San Jose Scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus). 



(d) Oval, hemispherical scales— Currant Lecanium (Lecanium ribis). 



The Leaves — 



(a) Larvae, 20-legged, dull white when young, then greenish with black 

 spots, finally greenish yellow, eating holes in the leaves in early spring — Imported 

 Currant Worm (Nematus ribesii). 



(b) Leaves curled, blistered, and with a reddish appearance on upper surface, 

 caused by yellowish plant hce — Currant Plant Louse (Myzus ribis).. 



