INSECTS ATTACKING GARDEN VEGETABLES. 



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FIG. 81. SOUTHEKN CABBAGE-WORM; a, adult; 

 b, larva. 



sive than in rapce. The 

 female protodice is alto- 

 gether darker than, the 

 male. The insect is two- 

 brooded, second brood hi- 

 bernating in the chrysalid 

 stage. 



Remedies. As for Im- 

 ported Cabbage-worms. 



Kansas Notes. This 

 cabbage pest is not as in- 

 jurious as the Imported 



Cabbage-worm, or the Cabbage Plusia. 



CABBAGE PLUSIA. 



(Plusia brassicce Riley; Order, Lepidoptera.) 



Diagnosis. Infesting cabbage, turnip, tomato, celery, clover, 

 etc. ; caterpillars about one inch long, pale green, with paler lon- 

 gitudinal lines, eating large, irregular holes in the leaves ; the cat- 

 erpillars have but five pairs of legs instead of eight pairs, as is the 

 case with the Imported Cabbage-worms, and loop the body when 

 walking, like a span worm. 



Description and Life-history. The adult is a moth, expanding 

 about 1 } inches, smoky gray with 

 brownish tinge, and marked in the 

 middle of each front wing with a 

 small, silvery, V-shaped mark and 

 a small, oval dot. The moth flies 

 at night. The eggs are laid on the 

 cabbage leaves, and as soon as 

 hatched the young larvae begin to 

 feed on their favorite food-plant. 

 The larva, (described in the diag- 

 nosis,) when full-grown, spins a 

 thin, loose, white cocoon, often be- 



i FIG. 32. CABBAGE PLUSIA; o, adult; 



tween the cabbage leaves, and pu- &, larva. 



