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References 



Riley, Rept. U. S. Ent. for 1881 and 1882, pp. 167-170. 



U. S. Bur. Ent. Bull. 126. 1913. 



Dozier, Jour. Econ. Ent. 10, pp. 536-542. 1917. 



Other okra insects 

 Spinach aphis : 105 

 Corn ear-worm : 211 

 Stink-bugs: 232 

 Harlequin cabbage bug : 38 

 Green soldier-bug : 42 

 Nezara viridula : 43 

 Striped cucumber beetle : 109 

 Belted cucumber beetle : 115 

 Melon aphis : 135 

 Gray hair-streak : 84 

 Semi-tropical army-worm : 297 

 Red-spider : 351 



Salsify 



The insects affecting salsify have not been carefully studied 

 and those that have been listed as injurious to this plant are, 

 as a rule, general feeders and have not been recorded as causing 

 any serious injury to this crop. The following insects treated 

 under other crops have been reported as attacking salsify : 



Yellow bear caterpillar : 357 

 Tarnished plant-bug : 192 

 Yellow-striped army-worm : 295 

 Root-knot nematode : 338 



Pepper 



Peppers are subject to attack by a number of insects that 

 infest the potato, especially flea-beetles and the spinach aphis 

 and potato aphis. 



The pepper weevil, Anthonomus eugenii Cano 



In southern Texas and Mexico ])eppers are sometimes seri- 

 ously injured by a small shining blackish or reddish black snout- 



