266 Insect Pests. 



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

 ducks and fowls devour the pupte readily. 



References. 



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



p. 156 (1904). 



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



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



p. 86 (1898). 



THE COMMON GOOSEBERRY AND CURRANT 

 SAWFLY. 



{Nematus ribesii. Scop.) 



Both currant and gooseberry are attacked by the larvas of this 

 sawHy, especially the gooseberry. The red currant is frequently 



[/•'. Edendei. 

 FIG. 180.— RED CURRANT BUSH DEFOLIATED BY SAWFLY LARV.B 



{Nematus ribesii). 



