BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 327 



2291. RILEY, C. V. Continued. 

 CABBAGE IXSECTS Continued. 



The W-marked cut- worm, Agrotis clandestina 293 



Food-plants, 293 Habits, 294 Larva and moth popularly de- 

 scribed, 294. 



The greasy cut- worm, Agrotis ypsilon .. 294 



Synonymy, 294 Distribution, 294 Hdbits, 294 Food - plants, 

 294 Hibernation, 295 Larva and moth popularly described, 

 295 Description of egg, 295. 



The speckled cut-worm, Mameslra subjuncta 296 



Distribution, 296 Habits, 296 Appearance, 296. 



The glassy cut- worm, Hadena devastatrix 296 



Past history, 297 Natural history, 297 Characters, 297. 



The variegated cut-worm, Agrotis saucia 297 



Distribution, 297 Food-plants, 297 Egg and early states de- 

 scribed, 298 Rapidity of development, 298. 



Remedies for cabbage cut- worms 298 



Unsatisfactory remedies, 298 Wrapping the stem, 298 Trapping 

 the worms, 299 Ditching, 299 Fall plowing, 299 The great 

 value of poisoned bait, 299. 



Other cabbage insects - 300 



The imbricated snout-beetle, Epiccerus imbricatus 300 



Distribution, 300 Food-plants, 300 Habits, 301 Remedies, 

 301 An allied imported insect, said to injure cabbage, 301. 



The wavy-striped flea-beetle, Phyllotreta vittata 301 



Food-plants, 301 Habits, 301 Injury, 302 Early states, 302 

 Remedies, 302. 



Zimmermann's flea-beetle, Phyllotreta zimmermanni 304 



Food-plants, 304 Habits of larva, 307 Characters as compared 

 with the wavy-striped flea-beetle, 305 Early states described, 

 306 Other species of the group, 307 Their habits, 307 Nat- 

 ural enemies, 307 Pleurotropis pliyllotretce n. sp. described/308. 



The Colorado cabbage flea-beetle, Phyllotreta albionica 308 



How it differs from the preceding species, 308 Mention of a 

 Pacific coast species, 308. 



The Colorado potato-beetle, Doryphora 10-lineata 308 



Mentioned as sometimes eating cabbage, 308. 



The harlequin cabbage-bug, Murgantia histrionica ........... 309 



Distribution, 309 Its spread to the North and East, 309 Food- 

 plants, 310 Natural history, 310 Amount of damage, 311 

 Natural enemy, 311 Remedies, 311 Applications, 311 Clean 

 cultivation, 311 Destroying the early broods, 311 Kerosene, 

 312. 



The tarnished plant-bug, Lygus pratensis 312 



Distribution, 312 Food-plants, 312 Synonymy, 312 Supposed 

 carnivorous habit, 312 Effects of its puncture, 313 Variation 

 in color, 313 Habits, 313 As an enemy to strawberries, 314 

 Remedies, 314 Preventive measures, 315 Applications, 315. 



The false chinch-bug, Ifysius angustatus 315 



Synonymy, 315 Food-plants, 316 Habits, 316 Remedies, 316. 



The cabbage plant-louse, Aphis brassier 317 



An imported insect, 317 Damage, 317- Habits, 317 Life-his- 

 tory, 318 Natural enemies, 318 Remedies, 318. 



The cabbage An thomyia, Anthomyia brassicce 319 



Introduced from Europe, 319 Life-history, 320 Natural ene- 

 mies, 320 Remedies, 321. 



