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a yellowish sheen. The currant clearwing appears in the latter 

 part of May, but chiefly in June. The female lays her eggs 

 where a small twig breaks off, and also on the buds, the larvaB 

 making their way into the centre of the shoots. The caterpillars, 

 which are creamy-white, tunnel both up and down the stems dur- 

 ing the winter, and by April are full-grown (three-quarters to 

 nearly an inch long). They then pupate in a loose cocoon of silk 



Fig. 79. — Larva and Pdpa of Curbast Clearwino (JSgeria tipuKformis). 

 b, Enlarged head ; c and d, anal extremity of l±^va. 



in the tunnel. The brown spiny pupa of this currant-borer 

 pushes its way out of a hole (fig. 80, a) previously formed by 

 the larva up to the rind of the stem, when the moth bursts its 

 way out. _ All kinds of currants are attacked, but especially 

 the black varieties. The moths appear on the wing chiefly 

 during the early hours of the morning, when they may be seen 

 hoverin" over the currant-bushes. 



