iEGERiA caudata, Harris—The Black Currant-borer. 
/•^he larva of this lives in the stems of our wild black currant 
(Ribis floridum), and is not known to be found in any other species. 
Spec. Char. Moth. —Brown. Male, with the fore wings transparent,' 
with a brownish border; fringe, sub-costal spot, antennae, palpi’ 
collar and tarsi tawny-yellow; hind legs yellow; end of the tibiae 
and hist tarsal joint fringed with tawny-yellow and black hairs; 
tail slender, cylindrical, nearly as long as the body, tawny-yellow’ 
with a, little tuft on each side at base. The female differs from the 
male in having the fore wings entirely opaque; the hind legs black, 
with a rusty spot in the middle of the tibiae and fringed with black; 
caudal tuft of the ordinary form and size. Expands from an inch to 
an inch and three-tenths.”—Harris. 
^Egeria tipuliformis, Linn—The Currant-borer. 
This is not a native of this country but is imported from Europe, 
probably along with the species of currant of which it is an inhabi¬ 
tant. Instead, of working in the main stems and below the surface of 
the ground, this larva bores lengthwise through the twigs, causing them 
either to wither and die or to droop, frequently being broken off by 
a strong wind. Like the others, it takes a year to pass through all 
its changes, appearing as a perfect insect in June. Mr. Walsh was of 
theopinion that, unless they should occur in great numbers, they 
would be a benefit to the currant bushes instead of an injury, acting 
as nature’s pruner to keep the bushes from running too much to 
wood. They could easily be kept in subjection by cutting off infested 
twigs and burning them before the moths issued. 
The moth of this species is smaller than some of the others, and 
nearly the whole of both wings are transparent. It is a blue-black 
with yellow on the tips of the fore wings, and three transverse lines 
of the same on the abdomen of the female, the male having four. 
The female deposits her eggs singly, near the buds; when hatched, 
the larva soon finds its way to the center of the stem. When full 
grown, it is whiteish, with brown head and legs. Before pupating, it 
prepares its place of exit b}^ eating a hole through the side of the 
stem in the same manner as the other species. 
Spec. Char. Moth .—Expanse from .75 to .90 of an inch. Color, blue- 
black. Wings transparent; the margins fringes and veins blackish ; 
the fore wings crossed at the end of the discal cell by a blue-black 
band, and a broad one at the tip, streaked with copper color. Anten¬ 
nae black ; the underside of the palpi, the collar, the upper edge of 
the shoulder covers, and the narrow rings on the abdomen, golden yel¬ 
low; the ends of the tibiae and spurs the same color. The male 
differs from the female in having an additional yellow line on the 
abdomen between the second and third segments. 
