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INSECTS INFESTING THE CABBAGE. 



Fiff. 325. 



Fig. ;^24.— Suutlicni Fig- 324. 



Cabbage W o r ni and 



Pupa — a, the worm — 



colors, greenii^h-blue 



and yellow ; h, the jni- 



pa — color, gray. 



The full grown worm 



(Fig. ?y2Aa) measures 



about one iiicli and 



three lines long. When 



about to pui)ate it sus- 



pend.s itself by the hind legs and a transverse loop of silken 



thread passed around the fore part of the body. The pupa 



(Fig. 8246) is grayish-brown, 

 dotted with black ; the head 

 terndnates in a conical prom- 

 inence, and there is quite a 

 large prominence on the back 

 of the thorax : it is about 

 eight line-; in length. 



Fig. 'i'lb. — f^outhern Cab- 

 bage Butterfly, male — colors, 

 white and black. 

 Fig. 326 — Southern Cabbage ButterHy. female — colors, white 



and black. 



The wings of the buttiTlly Fig. 326. 



(Figs. 825 and 826) expand 



about two inches, and arc 



white, the fore ones marked 



witli about eight blackisli 



spots, and the hind wings 



sometimes have a border of 



t r i a n g u 1 a r slate-colored 



spots with a zig-zag slate- 

 colored line inside of tlu-m. 



Kkmj;i)1Ks. — Sj)ray once each week early in the season with 



No. 5 or 7 ; and should the caterpillars ai){)ear, use No. 88 or 



85, or 64 ; the latter is preferal)le. (See also No. 114.) 



