194 LEPIDOPTERA (MOTHS). 



The Rasphen-y Slwot-lorer {Lami/ronia rubiella). 



Kaspberry shoots are often attacked by the larvse of one of 

 the Tineinse. This moth comes out in June, and lays its eggs 

 under the fine skin of the canes ; from these hatch the larvs 

 in August, which feed upon the leaves and then hibernate in 

 the ■svinter under the dead leaves and in the 

 canes. In the spring they come forth and 

 bore into the shoots, where they pupate ui 

 May. The shoots thus die, especially the 

 young ones, and wither up. The larva is 

 red, with a black head, with the second seg- 

 ment broA^Ti above, about \ inch long. The 

 moth is about -f^ of an inch in wing ex- 

 panse ; the fore-wings are shiny brown with 

 yellow dots, two being large spots on the 

 SHT.m'-Btmll'tiMy'™- 1^1'^'="^ margin and four smaller ones along 



?ii« ntbiciZn), imago and l\^ r.r^^^-, 

 larva. (Whitehead.) ^'^^ CObia. 



Pmvenlion. — After a bad attack of L. 

 rubiella it is advisable to cut back the canes and burn them, 

 and let them make a fresh gro'svth next j'ear. Applications 

 round the stocks in the early spring, of soot and lime or paraffin 

 and sand, are said to do some good : poles with the rind on should 

 alwaj's be avoided, as they harbour the larvae in the winter. 



Another related species, Incurvaria capitella, or the Currant- 

 borer, works on currant shoots and also on raspiberry. The 

 moth is dark brown with a purplish tinge, '\^'ith a pale yellow 

 band near the inner margin of the wing and two yellow spots on 

 the fore- wings. The eggs are laid in ilay, and the larva remains 

 in the shoots until the next spring. The larva is greenish, with 

 a red patch on the 9th segment and black 2nd segment. 



A number of Tincinae attack stored corn, especially in mills, 

 such as tlie Corn Moth (Tinea graneJIa) and the Mediterranean 

 Flour JMi.ith (Epheatia kiihmella), but they are of little concern 

 to the farmer and fruit-grower. 



