330 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD 



unfavorable to them," and drenching the plants with water has 

 been recommended as one of the best means of control. The 

 same remedies applied for the other cabbage worms will readily 

 control this little pest. 



FIG. 280. The harlequin cabbage bug (Murgantia histrionica Hahn.): a, 

 eggs enlarged; b, nymphs, more enlarged; d, adults seen from above 

 and below enlarged; e, head and beak of same; /, parasite of eggs 

 enlarged; bugs and eggs (a) on leaf, natural size. (After W. G. Johnson.) 



The Harlequin Cabbage-bug * 



Southern truckers have been familiar with the harlequin 

 cabbage-bug, " calico-back," " terrapin-bug," or " fire-bug," as 



* Murgantia histrionica Hahn. Family Pentatomidce. See F. H. Chitten- 

 den, Farmers' Bulletin 1061, U. S. Dept. Agr.; R. I. Smith, Journal Economic 

 Entomology, Vol. II, p. 108, and F. B. Paddock, Bulletin 179, Texas Agr. 

 Expt. Station. 



