Insccis Injurious to the Raspberry. 



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other wing, n\'1ioii the wings aro i'ohJed and I'orm twi.i pi-ominent 

 yelhjw areas ; on the costal Ijoriler are three sinaller, yet prominent 

 spots, there are two or three still smaller Ijasal ones; at the apical 

 bortler is a row of fonr small yellow species and now ami then a 

 smaller yellow spot or two are found towards the middle of the \\'ing 

 area ; the hind M'ings are pah-r brown and uiiiforiii and the fringes 

 pale; when qnite fresh the wings have a satiny sheen over them. 

 The head is yellowish; antenna' hrown. Legs lirownish and the 

 body brown. They fly liofli by day and Ijy night and may be found 

 hovering round the canes from the eml of j\Iay into the month of 

 dune. They may iiften be seen 

 settled upon the flowers ^^llere they 

 deposit their eggs. Exactly liow 

 many ova each female deposits is 

 not known, biit pregnant females 

 haA'e been ol)Served with eighty to 

 ninety in them. 



The egg stage lasts from five to 

 seven days as a rule, but may in 

 some instances lie less. 



The larva"; at once entm- the 

 white core of the " berry " or re- 

 ceptacle, here they remain for some 

 time, taking very little nourish- 

 ment, for no damage is done in 

 this stage, the fruit not Ijeing in 

 the least affected ; a small passage 

 marked by a dark line may some- 

 times be noticed, which neveitlie- 

 less does not stop the develop- 

 ment of the collection of fruitlets 



around the core. Before the fruit is ripe the small pallid 

 caterpillars leave the receptacles and either fall or crawl to the 

 ground. It is also said that they lower themselves to the earth 

 by means of silken threads. These small larv:e then crawl about 

 until they find some convenient shelter in which they spin a small 

 flat cocoon, composed of dull white or grey silk. Tliese cocoons 

 vary from -j'^- to ^\j inch in diameter. Tlie usual position of 

 these cocoons is either under the rough rind of the canes or m 

 cracks and crevices of the stalks; they also occur under stones 

 or pieces of wood lying about in the plantations. Under the pro- 

 tection of the cocoons "and outside shelter the larva' remain all the 



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FIG. 275.— NillOIAI, AND I>A3IABED (A) 

 ■ S>[OOTH OF r.ASI'BEr:RT. 



