CONTENTS XI 



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Horned squash l)ug 119 



Melon leaf-bug 121 



Southern leaf-footed ]:>lant-bug 121 



Northern leaf-footed plant-bug 122 



Squash- vine borer . . . . . . . .124 



Pickle worm 127 



Melon worm 131 



Squash ladybird 133 



Melon aphis 135 



Squash aphis 139 



Garden springtail 139 



Other cucumber, squash and melon inseets . . . 140 



CHAPTP]K VI 



Potato Insects ......... 142 



Colorado potato beetle . . . ... . .142 



Three-lined potato beetle 149 



Potato aphis 150 



Apple leaf hopper . . . . . . . .154 



Potato stalk-weevil . . . . . . . .155 



Common stalk-borer 157 



Burdock borer ......... 160 



Potato scab gnat IGl 



Potato tuber moth . . . . . . . .162 



Other potato insects 166 



CHAPTER VII 



Tomato Insects 168 



Tomato worms . . . . . . . . .168 



Tomato stilt-bug 172 



Eastern field wire worm . . . . . . .173 



Erinose of the tomato 174 



Other tomato insects ........ 175 



CHAPTER VIII 



Eggplant Insects 177 



Eggplant tortoise beetle . . . . . . .177 



Eggplant lace-bug 178 



Other eggplant insects . . . . . . . .179 



