INSECTS INFESTING THE CABBAGE. 



The Cabbaffe Maggot (Anthoinyia brassi- The Harlequin Cabbage Bug- ^.9frac/(/a /iw- 



ccB) 218 trionica) 223 



The Southern Cabbage Butterfly {Pieris The Ca,hhsige AiMs (Aphia bra^nicce) 224 



profodicc) 219 



The Imported Cabbao:e Worm (Pieris The following insects also infest the Cab- 



rapce) 220 I bage : 



The Cabbage Plusia (Phiaia braxnece) 221 j Cut Worms (A <j rot is). 



The Yellow Bear Caterpillar {Spilosonia \ The Striped Flea Beetle (Ilaltica vitfata). 



Virginica) 222 | 



CHAPTER CCXVIII. 



The Cabbage Maggot. 



{Anthomyia hrassicH\ — Boiiehe.) 



Order, Diptera ; Family, MusciDiE. 



[Boring into the roots of the cabbage, turnip and rutabaga ; 

 a white maggot having a flattened hind end margined around 

 with minute teeth.] 



Tliese maggots and the flies into which they are finally 

 transformed so closely resemble the onion maggot and fly, 

 and their habits are so similar, that the account given of the 

 latter will apply equally well to the present species. 



Remedy. — Use No. 113. 



CHAPTER CCXIX. 



The Southern Cabbage Worm. (Cal.) , 



{Pieris protodice. Bois Lee.) 



Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, Pierid.e. 



[Feeding upon the cabbage and mustard ; a sixteen-legged 

 greenish or bluish worm, dotted with black and marked with 

 from four to six yellow stripes.] 



