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the female and the upper side of 

 the fore wings in both sexes is 

 marked with several black spots 

 (Fig. 7). The caterpillar is about 

 an inch in length, purplish green 

 in color marked with four longi- 

 tudinal greenish yellow stripes and 

 covered with small black dots. 



The last two species may be con- 

 trolled bv the same measures as 



Fig. 7. — The southern cab- 

 bage butterfly, male (X f). 



recommended for use against the imported cabbage worm. 



References 



Riley, U. S. Ent. Rept. for 1883, pp. 114-115. 

 Soudder, Butterflies of Eastern U. S., 2, pp. 1103-1170. 



1889. 



The Cabbage Looper 



Autographa brassiere Riley 



This well-known cabbage pest is a native American insect 

 widely distributed throughout the United States and occurring 

 as far south as Mexico. In some localities, especially in the 

 South, it is the most serious insect with which the grower 

 of late cabbage and cauliflower has to contend. In addition to 

 cruciferous plants such as cabbage, kale, cauliflower and 

 turnip, the cabbage looper may also occasionally cause serious 

 injury to lettuce, celery, beet, pea and parsley. It also feeds 

 on tomato, potato, asparagus, dandelion and dock and some- 

 times attacks carnation and mignonette in greenhouses. On 

 Long Island it is especially injurious to late cauliflower and to 

 lettuce that has been transplanted from coldframes into the 

 forcing houses. 



The insect as a rule passes the winter in the pupal stage, 

 although it is not improbable that occasionally some of the 



