REPORT ON MISCELLANEOUS INSECTS. 37 
The prevalence of the stem borer and the Lytta renders this crop very 
uncertain. 
Beet.—Almost a failure, owing to a worm that rolls up leaves and 
stems of young plants into a slimy bundle. 
Beans.—Pods and flower-stems infested by a brown beetle; seeds 
eaten by a small white worm that makes its cocoon from a dozen seeds 
webbed together. 
Cabbage.—Early plants destroyed by a black beetle, often destroying 
hundreds of plants. Last season I lost 5 acres by the Mamestra picta, 
Plusia brassice, Aphides, and Pieris, and a tiny beetle, jet black, that 
bored into the stalk near the root. Have not seen the Strachia. © 
Chufa.—Roots infested by the Termites. 
Corn.—Larve of Elater and a boring beetle destroy the corn at joints. 
Sorghum.—Larve of Agrotis injure the young plants. 
Broom-corn.—Larve of Heliothis attack leaves, buds, young shoots, 
silk, and young ears. Weevil very bad in young corn. 
Cow-pea.—Same troubles as beans, q. v. 
Cucumber, Melon, Squash.—Agrotis often takes a crop on old land. 
Lice destroyed the whole growth this year. The Phakellura bores young 
fruit; the Anasa not common. 
Okra.—Leaves eaten by a larva looking like Anomis erosa. 
Peanut.—Uarva in pods. Leaves eaten by Eudamus. 
Potato.—Leaves eaten by the gray Lytta. 
Sweet potato.—Leaves eaten by various leaf-rollers and the Macrosila 
cingulata. 
Tomato.—Leaves eaten by the Agrotis and Macrosila quinquemaculata. 
Fruit often nearly a failure from the attacks of the Heliothis. 
Turnip.—Leaves eaten by a black, tiny beetle, as well as the other in- 
sects that affect the Crucifere. Termites and a small black ant eat the 
roots. 
The Seale, Orange dog, and Grasshoppers on the orange; the Heliothis 
and weevil in corn and sorghum; the Pieris and Plusia to the cabbage 
and cauliflower, and the Aletia to cotton are the greatest insect enemies 
we have to fight in this section. 
It is no exaggeration to say that the Heliothis and weevil destroy half 
the corn crop of Florida. 
The above report seems meager, but with the experiments my time 
has been limited. 
