THE BANDED PUMPKIN BEETLE. 125 



Prevention and Remedies. 



The first measures to be taken would commend 

 themselves to practical persons. They would consist of 

 preventives, and for this purpose there are few more 

 useful materials than the following : Tar water, quassia 

 chips, etc., particulars for mixing and using which may 

 be found near the end of the present volume ; also at 

 the conclusion of this chapter. 



Should the beetles have settled down to work, be up 

 at daybreak, and before sunrise place sheets under the 

 affected plants, so that vast numbers of the beetles may 

 be captured, and destroyed by means of a bucket of 

 boiling water. When the sun has gained any power, 

 this plan will be of no use, as the beetles are too lively then 

 to be captured in such an apparently innocent manner. 



The following washes for.spraying affected plants have 

 been tried with more or less success by our field 

 inspectors, who are stationed in many parts of the 

 State : Paris green, kerosene emulsion, crude oil of 

 tar, the best results having been obtained according to 

 Inspector Farrell, of Shepparton by the use of the 

 latter in spray form. Arsenate of lead (Codlin Moth 

 formula) has also been tried with much success. 



Growers and others are earnestly invited to communicate 

 with the entomologist should other outbreaks of this 

 pest occur, as we must stamp it out, if at all possible. 



Referring again to tar-impregnated water, the writer 

 knows by a long actual experience that there is nothing 

 so effective among young cabbages, cauliflowers, and 

 other plants of the kind, as liberal sprayings, in dull 

 weather, with the tar-impregnated water before- 

 mentioned. The larvae of the Cabbage Moth are killed 

 instantly by its use, while it also acts as a strong and 

 lasting deterrent; while the cost of the material is 

 almost nil. The following notes have been sent by 

 some of the field inspectors : 



Mr. J. Farrell, of Shepparton, writes : u I first observed 

 the Pumpkin Beetles this season about the middle of 



