Insect.'^-, etc., IiijU)ioH-'< to Curra.nt.'^. 



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descviljes the larva, as dull greenisli, with a red patch on ninth 

 segment ; head and second segment Ijlack. 



In April and ilay the\- change to lirown pupic in somewhat loose 

 cocoons in the tunnelled shoots, the i)Up;e forcing theiv way pavtly 

 out hefore the emergence of the nioths. 



Warburton (.")) noticed that the lai'va' which " were not stopped 

 b>- tlie nuislin (bug) took refuge under ihe little tlakes of curled baric 

 on the currant stems and })upated there." Tn that position fresh 

 pupa: ami empty skins of those of last year were found. 



I'jiKVEXTKIX. 



The only detinile plan kno\vn to check this ]iest is to hand-pick 

 the flagging shoots in April fiefore the emergence of the moths. 

 Spraying with caustic alkali wash in winter would lie sure to do 

 good, as it ^^•ould renrove old bud scales, etc., and so expose the winter 

 cocoons and might even damage the small lar\-a'. 



IvEFERENCES. 



(1) Chapuuui. Dr. Entomologist Monthf\^ Jlaga/.iue, pp. 297-:!00 (1892). 



(■2) Onno-iii], E. A. 'Handbook of Insects Injurious to ( >rcliaril ami llush 



Fruits,' p. 71 (ISOS). 

 (o) jStiiiiitiiit, H. T. ' Tureina,' p. -12, and 'Manual Hiitisli llutterflies and 



Moths,' vol. II., p. '297 llKa9|. 



(4) Kultriihfirh, J. H. ■ Pflanzenfeinde,' pp. 260 and G-29 (1874l. 



(5) Warhiirtoii, C. .Tounial Royal Agri. Soc, vol. LXVII., p. '21)8 (1906). 



THE GLAUCOUS LEAF 

 WEEVIL. 



(PJij/Uohiiis ri.(lciiriitiix. Fabr. ) 



This leaf weevil is recorded by 

 Warburton (1) as doing serious damage 

 to black currant l)ushes at Bewdley. 

 It usually occurs on alders and various 

 low bushes in hedges. The weevil is 

 locally common and is said by Fowler (2) 

 to be generally distributed throughout 

 England; common in Scotland (Solway, 

 Tay, Dee, etc.) ; Ireland, near I)ul_ilin, 

 and most likely widely distributed. 



It is a large and conspicuous species 

 often nearly i inch long, Init sometimes 

 only a little more than I. Colour black. 



