304 INSECTS INFESTING THE CUCUMBER. 



The perfect beetles pass the Winter in some sheltered place. 

 These beetles attack the seed-leaves of cucumber plants as soon 

 as they appear above the ground, thereby destroying them. 

 They also attack tomatoes, potatoes, etc., and injure the 

 plants by eating holes in the leaves — the injury to the plant 

 being in proportion to the extent of surface of the leaves 

 destroyed. 



Remedy. — Use No. 111. 



CHAPTER CCIV. 



The Cucumber Aphis. (Cal. ) 



( Siphonu^ihora cnnirhifcr. — Middleton. ) 



Order, Hemiptera ; i ^^ •, \„,„^rx.^ 



c , ' 1 TT I 1 amilv, Aphidid^. 



Sub-order. Homopter.v : ) • ' 



[Living on the under sides of the leaves of cucumber, squash 

 and pumpkin \'ines, which they puncture with their beaks and 

 imbibe the sap; small green plant-lice, sometimes marked 

 with brown.] 



The wingless lice are green, with a few darker markings. 

 The winged lice are green, the head yellowish, the eyes brown 

 and the thorax usually brownish. 



Remedy. — Use No. 111. 



CHAPTER CCV. 



The Pickle Worm. (Cal.) 



( Phacellura nitidalis. — Cramer. ) 



Order, Lepidopter.\ ; Family, Pvr.vlid.e. 



[Boring cylindrical holes into cucumbers, melons, and 

 squashes ; a pale greenish-yellow worm, with a reddish head.] 



