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rather sticky, oval in form, pale cliestuut to oclireous-ljrown aromi,! 

 the edge, darker in the middle la six weeks the>' may assume Ihr 

 mature state, and then the female cemmeuccs to lav her e^'s, the 

 small dust-like eggs lieing mixed amougst a small ([iiaiitit)' of ^vlute 

 or creamy threads. During the winter I have found the en^'s under 



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FIC, 17:^.— TJIK lilloWN SO-Vr.K iiX (.'GilKAXT {Lernill"ln 

 pcrxiav V. xnrullHtiutii). 



(Slightly eiilarsi-'il.) 



the mature scales, l)ut tlie majority pass the winter in the immature 

 condition as larva-. 



Three broods of this insect have heen known to occur during tlie 

 year, rarely two (5). I have found the larva= actively wandering on 

 gooseberry bushes in the middle of Xovemher. I lia\-e also notes of 

 their occurrence in the same garden in February, April, and again 

 in June and -Tuly. Xewstead says they are single brnoded. 



The larva:- under ol)servation found in February liecame mature 

 females by tlie 2nd of May, and were depositing eggs. These eggs 



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