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Annual Report of New York 
CURRANT-WORM. APPEARS IN ROCHESTER. 
editor states that there is no such enemy upon the currant bushes 
in the vicinity of Rochester, and that the description given of the 
appearance and habits of this worm is so general that we are unable 
to definitely decide what it is. He suggests that it may be the 
larva of the saw-fly so destructive to the gooseberry and currant in 
some parts of Great Britain, which might readily reach this country 
with the large quantities of these plants which are annually 
imported; and he presents Louden’s description of this insect, 
desiring his correspondent to study closely the habits of this 
enemy and communicate the result of his investigations. But we 
meet with nothing subsequently published to give us more light 
respecting this Canada worm. 
The first notice referring explicitly to this worm as au inhabitant 
of our country, we believe, appeared in the Rural New Yorker of 
July 24, 1858 (vol. ix, p. 239). To show that it was a new enemy, 
quite different from the yellow measure worm, the larva of the 
American Currant Moth, a description and illustrations of the latter 
were given in the issue of the preceding week, stated to be derived 
from our paper upon this moth, which appeared in the Transactions 
of the State Agricultural Society for the year 1849. A cut, figur¬ 
ing the worms, the cocoon and the fly accompanies the description 
given of them. The first announcement in this country of this 
dreadful pest will be perused with interest, although it repeats 
some things which have already been stated. It is headed “ The 
Gooseberry caterpillar,” and reads as follows: “In our last we 
gave a description of the American Currant Moth, and now we 
present another enemy of our currant and gooseberry bushes, and 
one which proved the past season even more numerous and destruc¬ 
tive than the former. IIow long since this insect was first seen in 
the country, or whether it is a native or an emigrant, wo cannot 
say. But of the fact of its having taken almost entire possession 
of our currant bushes, and of its very close resemblance to the 
Gooseberry Saw-fly. of Europe, there can be no doubt. 
“The flies emerge from their winter quarters in the ground the 
latter part of April or early in May, and soon after the female 
begins to deposit her eggs on the underside of the newly expanded 
leaves, choosing the sides of the veins or nervures as a fitting place. 
With the saw-like appendage, for which the family is remarkable, 
the female commences cutting into the leaves, and in the opening 
deposits her egg. The larva is hatched in about a week, and com- 
