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The beetle is of a shining, bluish-green color, one-fifth of 

 an inch long and active in its movements. The eggs are 

 deposited on the under sides of the leaves and hatch 

 within a few days a number of brown larvae, which feed 

 on the upper surfaces of the leaves, cutting small round 

 holes. These larvae feed until the first of June, when 

 they descend into the earth and transform into beetles 

 about the first of July. These feed on the leaves until 

 fall, when they seek pro- 

 tected places, where they 

 pass the winter. 



Plants Attacked.— Vir- 

 ginia creeper, alder, plum 

 trees, grape vines. 



Remedies. — R e m o v e 

 and burn all leaves and 

 rubbish under the vines 

 in the fall. In the spring- 

 spray the canes and the 

 young foliage with a solu- 

 tion of Paris green (one 

 pound to 150 gallons or 

 water). Early in the 

 spring the beetles are 

 rather sluggish, and they 

 may be shaken on to cloths which arc saturated with 

 kerosene. They will die as soon as they come in contact 

 with the kerosene. 



Harlequin Cabbage Bug (Murgantia histrionica, 

 Hahn). — This insect is also known in some sections of the 

 South as the " Lincoln bug." The full-grow T n insect is 

 striped with orange and black; it is about one-half inch 

 long, of an oval, flattened form. The eggs are laid and 

 hatched within two or three days, and the bugs at once 



Fig. 34 — Munjuntia liixtri'mica. a, 

 Young, b, Half grown, c, Egg 

 cluster, d, Same, from side, e, 

 Same, from above. /, Adult, wings 

 closed, g, Same, wings open, c, f, 

 g, natural size ; a, b, slightly en- 

 larged; d, c, considerably enlarged. 

 Howard, Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. 

 Agri Cir. 10. 



