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thus die, especially the young ones, and wither up. The larva 



is red, with a black head, with the second segment brown 



above, about ^ inch long. The moth is 



about J of an inch in wing expanse ; the 



fore-wings are shiny brown with yellow dots, 



two being large spots on the inner margin 



and four smaller ones along the costa. 



Preoention. — After a bad attack of L. 



ruhiella it is advisable to cut back the 



canes and burn them, and let them make 



a fresh growth next year. Applications 



round the stocks in the early spring, of 



, J T fvn 1 -, -1 Fig. 111. — Raspbkrrv 



soot and lime or parainn and sand, are said snooi-EOKtm {lampro- 



^T _ J 1 -i.! ii - 1 1^^' ruhiella), Imaso and 



do some good : poles with the rind jarva. 



on should always be avoided, as they 

 harbour the larvte in the winter. As many larvsB ascend the 

 canes in spring, smearing grease over them in March has been 

 found useful. 



Another species, Incurvaria capitella, or the Currant-borer, 

 works on currant shoots and also on the fruit. The moth is dark 

 brown with a purplish tinge, with a pale yellow band near the 

 inner margin of the wing and two yellow spots on the fore- 

 wings. The eggs are laid in May, in the young fruit in which 

 the larvae live until the fruit is destroyed. They then pass out 

 and form a cocoon on the wood and in crevices, and remain 

 there until the following spring, when they enter the shoots. 

 The larva is greenish, with a red patch on the 9th segment and 

 black 2nd segment. 



The Pear-leaf Blister Moth (^Oemiostoma scitella. Zeller). 



Amongst the Tineinae are many which tunnel into foliage 

 when larvae : some form long galleries, as the Eose-leaf ]\Iiner 

 {Nepticula anonmllella) ; others round blisters, as seen in the 

 Pear -leaf Blister Moth (fig. 112). This moth appears in 



