INSECTS INFESTING THE PUMPKIN. 



The following inserts infest the pumpkin, and are treated of 

 in another part of this work : 



The Squash-vine Borer (^fCfje^-iacucurbitce). i The Squash-hug {Coreus tristis). 

 The Striped Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica The Cucumber Aphis (Siphonnpliora eucur- 

 vMala). I bitce). 



INSECTS INFESTING THE MELON. 



CHAP, i The Striped Cucumber Beetle {Diabrotica 

 The Melon "Vi orm {Phaeellura Ii>jnliiii(aU>i).201 



rittaf.a). 

 The Cucumber Flea Beetle (flalJica cwcum- 

 cris). 

 The following insects also infest the Melon: , The Green Fruit Beetle (Gi/mnetis nitida). 



Cut Worms. , The Pickle Worm (PhaceUura nitidalis 



CHAPTER C'CI. 



The Melon Worm. (Cal.) 



(PhaceUura hyalinitalis. — Linnaeus.) 



Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, Pyralid-E. 



[Eating large holes in cucumhers, melons and pumpkins, 

 and also feeding upon the leaves of these plants ; a yellowish 

 green sixteen-legged worm.] 



The worms which occur upon the leaves (Fig. 297, Plate 4,) 

 usually web up the latter with silken threads. When fully 



