State Agricultural Society. 
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FIRST PUBLISHED NOTICE AND DESCRIPTION OF IT. 
mences feeding on the leaf, increasing in size and frequently chang¬ 
ing its skin, till it is about three-quarters of an inch in length. It 
is now of a dull pale-green color, the first thoracic segment being 
deep yellow, the penultimate being also of the same color; the feet, 
tail and head are black, and each segment is dotted black also, 
some having as many as twenty-four spots arranged in lines down 
the back, while those on the sides are more irregular, with one 
large one at the base of each foot. They have six pectoral, sharp, 
horny feet; the fourth segment appears destitute of feet, but the 
six following are each furnished with a pair of legs, which assist 
them in walking; they have also a pair of feet at the extremity of 
the last segment. 
“ In the fly state it assumes an ochreous color; the body is orange, 
sometimes bright; the wings are iridescent, and, when expanded, 
are about two-thirds of an inch in length; the antennas are almost 
as long as the body, bristly, brownish above, and nine-jointed; the 
crown of the head and eyes are black, as are also three large con¬ 
fluent spots in the centre of the trunk, and also a large patch on 
the breast or sternum. 
“The broods of caterpillars appeal* in succession occasionally 
from March till October, but in greatest numbers in June. Some¬ 
times they severely attack the gooseberry in July and August, and 
after denuding the bushes of their foliage, they descend into the 
earth, spinning themselves a yellowish cocoon of an elliptical form, 
and remain in their pupa state till the following spring. Those of 
the earlier summer brood descend in like manner but in the course 
of three weeks, or less, undergo their transformation, and again 
appear as perfect flies. 
“ Syringing the bushes, on the first appearance of the caterpil¬ 
lars, until the foliage is well wetted, and then dusting them all 
over with powdered caustic lime, is effective. The operation 
should be performed at least two or three times to secure their 
destruction, and the earlier it is done the better. Watering with 
lime-water has much the same effect, and covering the ground 
under the bushes with fresh tanner’s bark is also advantageous. 
The most radical cure, however, is to remove the soil under the 
bushes to the depth of three inches, and to dig pits two feet deep 
and bury the soil in them, substituting that taken from the pits for 
that which has been removed. Water heated to 140 degrees and 
applied by the syringe or garden engine, has been found destruc- 
