360 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE GOOSEBERRY. 



midge which is found in the ear of wheat. The larva 

 changes to a pupa within the fruit, and the perfect fly escapes 

 during the latter part of July. 



The fly is scarcely one-tenth of an inch long, measuring 

 from the head to the tips of its closed wings ; it is of a pale- 

 yellow color, with black eyes, blackish antennae, and trans- 

 parent wings tinged with dusky brown. 



It is probable that those flies which come out during the 

 latter part of July deposit eggs for a second brood in some 

 later fruit or other suitable substance, and that the larvae 

 mature, change to pupae, and pass the winter under ground^ 

 producing flies the following spring. 



Remedies. All fruit found prematurely decaying or as- 

 Burning an appearance of ripeness before the time of ripening 

 should be gathered and burnt, with all fallen gooseberries. 

 By careful attention to this matter both of the insects which 

 injure the fruit may be kept in subjection. 



SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF INJURIOUS INSECTS WEIGH 

 APFEOT THE GOOSEBERRY, 



ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 



The imported cur rant- worm, No. 205 ; the currant span- 

 worm, No. 208 ; and the spinous currant caterpillar, No. 

 209, all feed on the leaves of the gooseberry as freely as they 

 do on those of the currant. 



