CHAPTER XIX 

 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO MELONS, CUCUMBERS, SQUASH, ETC.* 



The Striped Cucumber-beetle t 



JUST as the little cucumber and melon plants appear above the 

 soil they are attacked by hordes of hungry black-and-yellow-striped 

 beetles, which feed ravenously upon the succulent seed-leaves 



FIG. 274. The striped cucumber beetle (Diabrotica vittala Fab.): a, beetle; 

 b, larva; c, pupa; d, egg; e, sculpture of egg a, b, c, much enlarged; 

 d, more enlarged; e, highly magnified. (After Chittenden, U. S. D. 

 Agr.) 



often killing them entirely so that reseeding is necessary. This 

 little striped beetle, often known as the " striped-bug " or " melon- 

 bug," is well known to all growers of cucurbs east of the Rocky 

 Mountains, and also occurs in Washington. 



* See A. L. Quaintance, Bulletin 45, Geo. Agr. Exp. Sta.; J. B. Smith, 

 Bulletin 94, N. J. Agr. Exp. Sta..; R. I. Smith, Bulletins 205 and 214, No. 

 Car. Agr. Exp. Sta. 



t Diabrotica vittata Fab- Family Chrysomelidce. See F. H. Chittenden, 

 Circular 31, Bureau Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr.; T. J. Headlee, 20th Report N. H. 

 Agr. Exp. Sta., p. 499. 



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