INSECTS INFESTING THE PEA. 



CHAT. I The Yellow Bear f.'^tfoscx/ia Virtjinica), also 



The Pea Aphis (Siphowjphora phi) 229 | attacks the Pea. 



The Pea Weevil (Unuiiuspixi) 230 I 



CH.VPTER ('(XXIX. 



The Pea Aphis. (Cal.) 



{.SiphoiiopJiord pisi — Kii Itcnliarli. ) 



Order, Hemiptkra ; ^ n -i ^ 

 hub-order, Homoptera ;^ •' 



[Livinii" upon tlic stems, jjods and leave.s of the pea, which 

 they ].)unc1urt' with their beaks and imbibe the saj) ; small 

 green plant-lice, sometimes marked with yello^v,] 



The wingless lice are green, with the eyes Ijlack. 



Tlie winged lice are green, the thorax brown or yellow, the 

 eyes black or brown ; the antennae ar6 longer than the body. 



Remedies. — Use No, 3 or No. 4, or No, 88 or No, 85. 



CHAPTER CCXXX, 



The Pea Weevil, (Cal.) 



( Briirlius pi!<i. — Liniueus.) 



Order, C'oleoptera ; F;iinily. Bhuchid.e. 



[Living in peas; a small footless, deep yellow grub, with a 

 black head, finally transforming into a small gray snout-beetle, 

 which is striped with black and white.] 



The female weevil deposits her eggs U])on the young pods ; 



