78 INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1904. 



4. A small blackish snout beetle puncturing stems and buds 

 of staminate varieties. 



STRAWBERRY WEEVIL. 



See Fig. 33. 



Remedy: No really good remedy. The burning over of old fields after 

 crop is gathered has been suggested. Plant chiefly pistillate varieties, using 

 only occasional rovi^s of staminate plants. Write to the experiment station if 

 radical measures seem necessary. 



5. A small, active, jumping striped beetle, eating holes in 

 the leaves. 



STRIPED FLEA BEETLE. 



Fig- 75- — Phyllotreta vittata, Fab. From Riley, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Remedy: Same as for Spotted Paria. 



6. A brownish bug, ys of an inch long, sucking the saj) 

 from buds and leaves, causing them to wither. 



TARNISHED PLANT BUG. 



Remedy: See page 53. 



C. Attacking the Fruit: 



I. A caterpillar feeding on the berry. 



STALK BORER. 



Remedy: See page 51. 



