INSECTS INFESTING THE CUCUMBER. 



m-6 



Fig. 298. Fig. 208. — Striped Cu- 

 cumber-beetle — colors, 

 3'ellow and black. 



Fig. 299.— Larva of the 

 Striped Cucumlier-beetle, 

 eixlarged ; 1, back view; 2, side view 

 — color, yellowish-white. ! 



In early Summer the grul)s (Fig. 

 299) of this species are sometimes 

 found in the stems of 3^oung cucum- 

 ber vines, near the roots. They bore 



the stems in various directions, and L_y 



after attaining their full size they de- '^ 



sert the plants and form small cells 

 in the earth, in wliich to pass the pupa state. 

 Remedy. — Use No. 111. 



299. 



CHAPTER CCIIL 



The Cucumber Flea-beetle. (Cal.) 



{Haltica cucumeris. — Harris. ) 



Synoxy.m. — Epiirix cucumeris. — Harris. 



Order, Coleopteua ; Family, Chrysomelid.i^l 



[Feeding upon the leaves of the cucumber, melon, potato, 

 etc. ; a small black beetle.] 



Fig. 300. — Cucumber Flea-beetle, enlarged— color. Fig. 300. 

 black. 



This beetle (Fig. 300) is less than a line long, and 

 the antenna? and legs are yellowish, except the hind 

 thighs, which are black and greatly swollen, enabling 

 the insect to leap to a considerable distance. The larvae, or 

 young, are supposed to live in the leaves of various kinds of 

 plants, and to enter the earth to pupate. 



