INSECTS INFESTING THE RADISH. 



CHAP. I 

 The Radish },la.giiot ( Anlhomyia rapliani).225 ' The Harlequin Cabbage Bug (S<mcAia hintri- 

 The Scriped Flea-beetle (Hallica viltata) . . 226 ! onica) also attacks the Radish. 



CHAI'TKR ("('XXV. 



The Radish Maggot. 



(Anthoiinjld raphtuii. — Harris.) 



Order, Dipteka ; Family, Miscid.e. 



[Boring into the roots of the radish ; a white footless mag- 

 got, its blunt posterior end margined with minute teeth, of 

 which the lower two are the largest and are notched at the tips.] 



These maggots so closely resemble the onion maggots in all 

 their stages, that the account given of the latter will apply 

 equally well to the present species. 



Remedy. — Same as recommended in Cliapter CCXVIII. 



CHAPTER CCXXVI. 



The Striped Flea-beetle. (Cal.) 



(Haltica vittnta. — Fabricius.) 

 Synonym. — Haltica striolata. 



Order, Coleoptera ; Family, Chrysomelid.e. 



[Feeding upon the leaves of turnips, radishes, cabbages, etc. ; 

 a small lilack beetle, having a yellowish wavy stripe on each 

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