EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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was troublesome because of its babit of feeding on tbe drying com. 

 There is no remedy known other than hand-picking, but fortunately, the 

 beetles are comparatively few in number, and do not, as a rule, execute 

 so much harm as they threaten. 



Fig 63. — Bumble flower-beetle, Author's illustration. 



INSECTS AFFECTING THE TOMATO. 



INSECTS AFFECTING THE STEMS. 

 Tomato-borer (Papaipama nitela). 



Fig. 64. — Work of tomato-barer in stalk of plant, slightly enlarged. Original. 



For several years, complaints have come in of a borer that attacks 

 potatoes, tomatoes and flowering plants, notably dahlias. The insect 

 is found also in rhubarb, rag-weed, cockle-bur and corn. When the tun- 

 nel is cut open and the larva taken out, it is found to be about an inch 



