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increasing in size and frequently changing its skin, till it is 

 about three-quarters of an inch in length. It is now of a dull 

 pale-green color, the first thoracic segment being deep yellow, 

 the penultimate being also of the same color. The feet, tail, 

 and head are black, and each segment is dotted black also, 

 some having as many as twenty-four spots arranged in lines 

 down the back, while those on the sides are more irregular, 

 with one large one at the base of each foot. They have six 

 pectoral, sharp, horny feet ; the fourth segment appears desti- 

 tute of feet, but the six following are each furnished with a 

 pair of legs, which assist them in walking. They have also a 

 pair of feet at the extremity of the last segment. 



In the fly state it assumes an ochreous color. The body is 

 orange, sometimes bright. The wings are iridescent; and, 

 when expanded, are about two-thirds of an inch in length. 

 The antennae are almost as long as the body, bristly, brownish 

 above, and nine-jointed ; the crown of the head and eyes are 

 black, as are also three large confluent spots in the centre of 

 the trunk, and also a large patch on the breast or sternum. 



The broods of caterpillars appear in succession occasionally 

 from March till October, but in greatest numbers in June. 

 Sometimes they severely attack the gooseberry in July and 

 August, and after denuding the bushes of their foliage, they 

 descend into the earth, spinning themselves a yellowish 

 cocoon of an elliptical form, and remain in their pupa state till 

 the following spring. Those of the early summer brood 

 descend in like manner, but in the course of three weeks or 

 less, undergo their transformation, and again appear as perfect 

 flies. See Dr. A. Fitch's Report on Insects for a more com- 

 plete description of this worm. 



INFALLIBLE REMEDY FOR THE GOOSEBERRY AND CURRANT WORM. 



The only eifectual remedy for the extermination of this 

 worm that is so destructive to Currants and Gooseberries is, 

 powdered White Hellebore (Veratrum Album), sprinkled with 



