TNBECTS INJURIOUS TO AGRICULTURE. 





eaten peas may be detected bj placing the whole l"t in « 

 when the infested one- will !l< <:ii on ihe - Is in peas 



maybe killnl \>\ Bubmiiting the infested peas to the fumes of 

 phide "i carbon m a <]. 



The Bean-weevil ( /.'/// \: smaller 



vil than thai of the pea, and injures beans in the same 



manner, except that the ! are tenanted by several 



rils; it is, however, a more formidable pest than that of 



the pea. 



The Squash-borer i tfelitlia cucurbita Barris) Squash- 

 vines are often killed by a borer in the stalk, a short, thick 

 caterpillar, whitish, with a dark head and horny patch just 

 behind it. It changes to a 

 beautiful, uarrow-winged 

 orange-colored moth spot- 

 t< d with black. The borer 

 li\ es in the vine until the 

 end <>f September, and pu- 

 pates either in the vine or 

 in the ground ; hence if ,„. 

 all the vines are collected N; " 



and burned in the autumn, there will be borers the 



following season, 

 earlv ones. 



Vines planted late arc less injured than 



The Striped Squash-beetle (Diabr nitata Fabr.). — 



Fig -■•.' Squash-beetle a. grub; 6, pupa 



AlS soon as squash-, cucumber-, and melon-vi up, the 



young leave- are eaten by a small yellow-s 



whose larva is a Long slender grub, which bores iu I 



in June and July. Thi are depos 



or just below the surface of the soil; the larva • fully 



