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fNSECl\S INFESTING THE POTATO. 



CHAPTER CCXI. 



The Striped Blister-beetle. (Cal.) 



( CantJiaris n'tlnta. — Fattriuu;?.) 



Syxuxy.m. — Lijtta, or Epicauta vittata. 



Order, Coleopteua ; Family, Meloid.e. 



Fig. 309. [Feeding upon the leaves of the potato; an 



elongate yellowish beetle (Fig. 309), about six 

 lines long, marked with two black spots on the 

 head, two black stripes on the thorax, and two 

 black stripes on each wing-case — the outer stripe 

 the widest, and sometimes divided into two 

 stripes by a yellow line.] 



Fig. 309.— Striped Blister Beetle— colors, dull 

 yellow and black. 



The habits and natural history of this species are the same 

 as those of the ash-colored blister-beetle — Chapter CCX. 



Remedies. — Use No. 103 — liquid solution preferable — and 

 No. 112. 



CHAPTER CCXII. 



Small Potato Beetle.— No. 1. (Cal.) 



( Epitrix subcrin itu . — Leconte. ) 



Order. Coleopteua : P^amily, Chhvsomei.id.i;. 



[A small metallic colored beetle, feeding on the leaves of 

 the potato.] 



This species appeared early in August, 1882. on one side of 

 a tield of potatoes which contained three acres, and by the 20th 

 had infe.'^ted the whole field, entirely destroying the foliage. 



The perfect insect (Fig. 310, Plate 4,) is oval in form, of a 

 greenish-black color with a slight sub-metallic luster ; antenna?, 

 ten-jointed: legs, pale brown ; posterior thighs, stout : length, 



