Insects, etc., Injurious lo Currants. 233 



iletected liy the appcaranuo of a, faint wliite powder. The fact that a 



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 NTI.]';sS .MITKS .\s .V 



bud is not swollen must not lie to.ken to mean that it is nute free. 

 A few mites may often 

 be found in a normal bud, 

 having just migrated 

 there. Then, as they 

 increase, the bud com- 

 mences to swell. Each 

 diseased bud contains 

 thousands of mites, which 

 are "\'ery prolific. Eggs 

 and young are all found 

 mixed up witli the adults. 



Descrii'TIOX I if the 

 Mite, 



Tlie mite (Fig. 178) 

 is semi-transparent and 

 shiny, narrowly elongate 

 and cylindrical in shape, 

 in length nearly -j-otj inch. 

 The 1-iody, which is white or pale ycllowish-grceu iu colour, is marked 



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 (IF MFi'KS. 



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