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let ducks run over the infested ground, or if an orchard, fowls ; both 

 ducks and fowls devour the puptt readily. 



REFERENCES. 



(1) Theobald, F. V. Second Report on Economic Zoology (Brit. Mus. N.H.), 



p. 156 (1904). 



(2) Buckler, W. Larvae of British Butterflies and Moths,' vol. IV., pi. Ixvi. (1891). 



(3) Ormcrocl, E. ' Handbook of Insects Injurious to Orchard and Bush Fruits,' 



p. 86 (1898). 



THE COMMON GOOSEBERRY AND CURRANT 

 SAWFLY. 



(Ncmatus ribcsii. Scop.) 



Both currant and gooseberry are attacked by the lame of this 

 sawfly, especially the gooseberry. The red currant is frequently 



(Xematus ribesii). 



