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Fig. 3. 



"In transporting gooseberry and currant bushes, Walsh recommends 

 that the roots be carefully cleansed of dirt, so that the cocoons may 

 not be carried about from one garden to another. The leaves of the 

 bushes should be examined during the last week of May, and as only 

 a few leaves are affected at first, these can be detected by the pres- 

 ence of the eggs and the little round holes in them, and should be 

 plucked off and burnt. The female saw fly is bright honey-yellow, 

 with the head black, but yellow 

 below the insertion of the an- 

 tennae. The male differs in its 

 black thorax, and the antennas 

 are paler reddish than in the 

 female." 



The dates given above of the 

 times of appearance of the two 

 broods will apply to this state. 



The natural enemies of this 

 pest are three ichneumon flies, 

 one of which is a minute egg- 

 parasite, Mr. Lintner of New 

 York, , stating that among fifty 

 eggs only four or five hatched 

 out the currant worm. 



One of the best remedies, 

 next to hand-picking, is dusting 

 powered white hellebore over 

 the bushes, by sprinkling it from a muslin bag tied to a stick, as it 

 otherwise excites violent sneezing. Used in this small quantity it is 

 not poisonous. Dr. Mack tells mo that he has used a solution of a 

 pound of copperas to six gallons of water with much success. It 

 blackens the leaves, but does not injure them permanently. 



By steady and combined effort this terrible pest, together with the 



currant looper or geometer, Abraxas ribearia, can be kept under. Birds 



and fowl do not apparently feed on this worm, as our feathered 



' friends have their antipathies to certain articles of worm diet, hence 



we must fight them with fingers and drugs. 



Fig. 1, represents a leaf with the eggs (1) of the sawfly laid along the mid ribs, 

 and the holes (2, 3) made by the young larvae at different stages of growth. Fig. 2 

 represents the larvae still further advanced, with an enlarged view of one of the 

 segments (6). The male (a) is figured on the third cut, together with the female 

 (6); the crossed lines representing the actual length of body and spread of wings. 

 Figs. 2 and 3 are taken from the American Entomologist, Vol. 2, No. 2, where a full 

 account of this insect may be found. 



