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PESTS OF GARDEN AND FIELD CROPS 



Fig. 187. — 'Larya oi Phlegethontins sexta. Original. 



Tobacco or Tomato Worms {Phlegethontius sexta Joh., and Phlege- 

 thontius quinquemaculata Haw.) 



Large, naked, green worms, armed with a curved horn near the hind 

 end, eat the leaves of tomato and tobacco. There are two species. 

 P. quinquemaculata has eight V-shaped, light- colored markings on 



Fig. 188. — Adult oi Phlegethontius sexta. Slightly reduced. Original. 



