INSECTS, ETC 



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about one-tenth of an inch long, but has a black body and 

 slate-coloured wings. Its larvii? burrow beneath the sur- 

 face skin on the under iside of the leaves. 



TURNIP GALL WEEVIL (CEUTOE HYNCHUS SULCICOLLTS). 

 Nat. size and magnifi«d. 



Kemedibs. — The remedies for these pests are identical 

 with those suggested for the Parsnip Fly, which see. 



[Fhoto: H. A. J-mlUi. 

 JtOOT OF TURNIP INFESTED AVITH GALL GRUB.^. 



The root has been deformed by the L^rvje of the Cabbage Eoot Gall Weevil 

 feeding- within. 



Turnip or Cabbagre Gall Weevil (Ceutorhynchus 

 sulcicollis) is a beetle which attacks the roots of the turnip 

 and the cabbage. It is about a quarter of an inch long, 



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