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Preface . Ill 
Table of Contents _:. V 
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NOXIOUS INSECTS. 
Currant and gooseberry worms . 1 
There are several species,'having different habits, 1—Three which 
may be desti'oyed by similar methods, 1—Botanical details as to 
the currant and gooseberry, 2. 
The gooseberry span-worm, Eufitchia ribearia . 3 
Its natural history, 3—Most destructive gooseberry insect in Mis¬ 
souri, 3 —Generic nomenclature, 3—Characters of the moth, 4— 
Description of the egg, 4—Where the eggs are laid, 4—The in- 
