320 [NSECTS INFESTING THE TOMATO. 



The pupa (Fig. 322) is dark brown, and i;? furnished with a 

 long tongue-ease, which curves around from the forward end, 

 its outer extremity resting upon the breast of the pupa, some- 

 what resembling the handle of a pitcher. 



The perfect insects (Fig. 323) are commonly called "hawk- 

 moths," from a habit they have of hovering over flowers in 

 the evening while partaking of the nectar by means of their 

 long proboscis. Their fore- wings expand from four to five 

 inches, and are of a grayish color ; the abdomen has a row of 

 orange spots, surrounded by black, on eacli side. 



Remedies.— Use Nos. 14, 100, and lol. All chrysalids 

 ([tU|Ki) duii- u\) or plowed up should be destroyed. 



CHAPTER CCXVll. 



The Tomato Aphis. (Cal.) 



{Megonra solan i. — Thomas.) 



Order, Hemiptera ; / ,^ ■. . ^ 



o 1 1 TT [ t amilv. Ai'HiDiD.^. 



hub-order, Ho-Moptera ; \ 



I [ 1 I I I I I I I I lihl 



The inca-suremeiits of insects in this work are jjiven in inches and lines. The above cut rep- 

 resents one inch divided into lines and fractions thereof. 



[Living upon the leaves and stems of tomato i)lants, which 

 they puncture with tlieir Ix-aks and imbil)e the sap; small 

 greenish plant-lice, sometimes marked with yellow or brown.] 



The wingless lice are pale green, with a dark green stripe 

 almig the back ; head whitish, the eyes In-own. 



The winged lice are greenish, the thorax black or marked 

 with l)lack or l)rown. 



Remedies. — Use No. 74. 



