VEGETABLE INSECTS. 



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Tlie female l)eetle is metallic black in color, \vitli two light spots 

 near the tips ot the wing covers, while tlie male is slightly smaller, 

 and is metallic hrown with two longitudinal light hands on the wing 

 covers. 



The small yellow eggs are placed in the soil near the roots of the 

 plant, and the slender yellowish white larvte that hatch from them 

 feed on the tender i-oots. The entire life cycle covers a period of 

 about two months. 



Tliese beetles may lie effectively controlled by dusting the plants 

 with a mixture of ecpial parts of arsenate of lead and hydrated or 

 air-slacked liuie or di'v leached wood ashes. 



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Fig. 39. — Flea-Beetle {Sy^ttiiu basuH.s). I, adult female; 2, eggs; 

 3, adult male; 4, full-grow u kuva; .1, pupa. All greatly eu- 

 larged. 



OTHER CARROT I'ESTS. 



Leaf-hoppers, a great many diiferent species of Jassids, Fulgorids, 

 and Cercopids are always to be found in great abundance feeding 

 on the foliage of the carrot (see General P'eedei's, page 269). 



CELEEY. 



wooLY BEAR CATERPUiLAR (Ecp(nither{a tridanus). 



The haii-y browj) calcrpillars of this arctiid moth do a great deal 



