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53 Tomato worm, P h 1 e g e t b o n t i ii s c e 1 e u s Hiibii. 

 Principal food plant : tomato. 



Treatment: t^pray with arsenical poisons before fruit appears, 

 hand picking. 



Chief accessible article: Howard, L. 0. U. S. dep't agric. Year- 

 book. '1)8. p. 128-32. 



54 Striped cucumber beetle, Diabrotica vittata Fabr. 

 Principal food plant: cucumber vines. 



Treatment: Spray vines with poisoned bordeaux mixture, 

 dust vines with ashes, plaster, etc. 



Chief accessible articles: Chittenden, F. H. U. S. dep't agric. 

 div. ent. Circ. 31, 2d s. '98. p. 1-7; Sirrine, F. A. N. Y. agric. exp. 

 sta. Bui. 158. '99. p. 1-32. 



55 Squash vine borer, M e 1 i 1 1 i a s a t y r i u i f o r m i s 

 Hiibn. Principal food plant: squash vines. 



Treatment: Plant early squashes as a trap crop, cut out and 

 destroy borers. 



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

 p. 57-68; Sirrine, F. A. N. Y. agric. exp. sta. 15th rep't, '96. 

 p. 610-12; Chittenden, F. H. U. vS. dep't agric. div. ent. Circ. 38,, 

 2d s. '99. p. 1-6; — Bui. 19, n. s. '99. p. 34-40. 



56 Cucumber flea beetle, Epitrix cucumeris Harris. 

 Principal food plants: cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes. 



Treatment: Bpray plants with poisoned bordeaux mixture, 

 dust with ashes, plaster, etc. 



Chief accessible article: Stewart, F. C. N. Y. agric. exp. sta. 

 Bui. 113. '96. p. 311-17. 



57 Ped-headed flea beetle, Systena frontalis Fabr. 

 Principal injury recorded was to sugar beets. 



Treatment: Spray plants with arsenical poisons, the poisoned 

 bordeaux mixture being specially effective. 



Chief accessible notice: Felt, E. P., state ent. 15th rep't, '00. 

 p. 538. 



58 Common asparagus beetle, C r i o c e r i s a s p a r a g i Linn. 

 Principal food plant: asparagus. 



Treatment: spray all except cutting beds with an arsenical 

 poison, dust plants with plaster, ashes, etc. 



