THE CURRANT MOTH. 117 



There are few creatures whose ravages are more 

 severely felt than the larva of this insect, and every 

 means possible should be used to eradicate them ; 

 for, if once they find a lodgment, it is no easy matter 

 to get rid of them. 



A friend of mine in this city, who has a good 

 garden, and is celebrated for his humanity, had a 

 range of the finest wall-currants which I ever saw 

 totally destroyed by these insects. He would not 

 allow them to be killed when they first made their 

 appearance, and the third year afterwards they 

 became so numerous, as to eat up every leaf on the 

 bushes ; and, at last, he was forced to root them 

 out to get rid of these pests, which his ill-judged 

 humanity had harboured and encouraged. 



