Insccis, etc., Injurious to the Gejoseherry. 



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attacked, the black currant but rarely. The ]arv:r uot only stiip 

 the leaves, but the fruit of the gooseberry is also devoureil by them. 



The attack of this pest cannot ■\\'ell be confused witli any otlier, 

 save thiit of the allied species of iVcmnfACi, N'. roiiMilirimix and N. 

 appciuHniIafii><. Sawtly larv;o are easily distinguished by tlie nundjer 

 of prolegs, in this genus fourteen, which, together with the six true 

 legs, makes twenty legs in all. 



Tliis insect occurs over most of Taitaiu. Wliitehead records it 

 from Cambridgeslure, Gloucestershire, Kent and Worcestershire (1), 



[./. G. niakeij. 



lii'.—iiYX I IF n()(i,sKi!i.;i;i;Y SAWFLV. (X 1'.) 



{Not. ill iioniiul iio.^ition.) 



especially in the years 187ii, 1879 and 1881; Ormerod (2) from 

 various places in Scothmd, also Herefordshire, lUickinghamshire, 

 etc. Carpenter records it (•"■) fronr Ireland. Eeports or observations 

 made in Itevou, Somerset, lliintingddnsliirc, Surrey, Middlesex, also 

 Sussex and Yorkshire, show it to be coTumon in those counties. 

 Proljably it occurs wherever the gooseljerry and currant grow. 



Lii-J';-Htstoi;y and Haiut.s. 



The adult is rather variable in cohjur and size, and diifers 

 consideralily in the two sexes. 



The female is yellowish to almost orange, with black heail, three 



