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would appear soiled, and be rejected on that account. 

 The use of White Hellebore is so easy and so effective 

 that none of the other applications that have been recom- 

 mended need be noticed. 



Natural Enemies. — There will be found in the IXth 

 Missouri Eeport, a yery full account of this Saw-fly, which 

 states that it is attacked by several insect enemies, 

 among which are the Placid Soldier Bug, and that there 

 are at least two Ichneumon Flies that infest it. 



THE NATIVE CURRANT WORM. 



(Pristiphora grossularice, Walsh.) 



This, like the Imported Currant-worm, is the larva of 

 a Saw-fly, but of a different genus, distinguished by en- 



Fig. 126. — THE NATIVE CURRANT-WORM (PrisHphom grossulat'ice, Walsh.) 

 a, Larva ; Z>, Perfect Insect. 



tomologists on account of the different veining of the 

 wings. The larva is smaller than in the preceding, only 

 half an inch long, and is of an uniform pale-green color, 

 without any black dots. It does not go under -ground to 

 make its cocoon, but always spins it among the twigs 

 and leaves of the bushes. Figure 126 gives the larva of 

 the natural size and the enlarged fly; the male and female 

 being so nearly alike that separate figures are not needed. 

 Unlike the preceding, the second brood issues the same 

 autumn, and the eggs are laid upon the stems, where 



