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38 White flower cricket, Oecanthus niveus DeG. Prin- 

 cipal injury to raspberry bushes. 



Treatment: Cut and burn infested canes in early spring. 

 Clean culture. 



39 Fuller's rose beetle, Aramigus fuller i Horn. Prin- 

 cipal food plant: rosebush. 



Treatment: hand picking. 



Chief accessible article: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 2d rep't, '85. 

 p. 142-44. 



40Thyreus abbotii Swains. Principal food plants: 

 grapevine, Virginia creeper. 



Treatment: hand picking. 



Chief accessible article: Cooley, R. A. Mass agric. exp. sta. 

 Bui. 36. '96. p. 11-12. 



41 Cranberry worm, Rhopobota vacciniana Pack. 

 Principal food plant: cranberry. 



Treatment: Flow bogs after eggs hatch, spray vines with 

 arsenical poisons. 



Chief accessible articles: Smith, J. B. N. J. agric. exp. sta. 

 Special bul. K. '90. p. 10-15; Fernald, C. H. Mass. (Hatch) exp. 



sta. Bul. 19. '92. p. 135-37; Mass. state board agric. 



Rep't, '97. p. 145-48. 



GARDEN INSECTS (43-68) 



For general works, see last two publications cited under Fruit tree 

 insects, p. 833. 



42 Wheat wireworm, Agriotes mancus Say. This in- 

 sect and its allies may injure a number of garden crops. 



Treatment: Fall plowing; use poisoned baits for beetles. 



Chief accessible articles : Comstock, J. H., and Slingerland, M. V. 



Cornell agric. exp. sta. Bul. 33. '91. p. 251-58; • Bul. 



107. '96. p. 51-52. 



43 Cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae Linn. Principal food 

 plant: cabbage. 



Treatment: Spray young plants with arsenical poisons, use 

 hellebore or pyrethrum on older ones. 



Chief accessible notice: Felt, E. P. N. Y. state mus. Bul. 37. 

 '00. p. 29-30. 



