224 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO STAPLE CROPS. 



sjitisfactory remedy for both species. Into a quart of finely 

 ground corn-meal, a half teaspoonful of Paris green is 

 thoroughly mixed by stirring, and sprinkled on the buds 

 from a can perforated like a pepper-can. This should be 

 applied frequently, especially after heavy rains. Large 

 buds should be opened and a pinch of the poison placed 

 within. When spraying with Paris green is practiced 

 against the Horn- worm, it will also be of service against 

 the Bud-worms. AVhen the Corn-w^orms are the more 

 common species, it would seem that the use of strips of 

 corn used as a catch crop, as used in protecting cotton from 

 the same insect, would be of value. By j^lanting a row of 

 corn here and there around the tobacco-field, the moths 

 will preferably deposit their eggs upon it, and it can then 

 be cut and a large part of the injury to tobacco thus pre- 

 vented. 



INJURING THE LEAVES. 



The Suck-fly (JJici/jyJiys minimus Uhl. Mss.). 



As tobacco has become more generally grown in Florida, 

 a small bug known to the planters as the " Suck-fly ^^ has 

 become increasingly injurious, until it is now considered 

 as the worst insect pest of tobacco in many parts of that 

 State. So far as known it has not been recorded as 

 injurious elsewhere, though it has been noticed in Florida 

 plantations for at least ten years. 



Life-history. — The adult is. a small bug about one-eighth 

 of an inch long, with rather long, yellowish-green legs. 

 The upper surface of the insect is black, except the front 

 margin and a central stripe of yellow on the first segment 

 back of the head, while the under side is greenish. The 

 wings are folded over the back when at rest. The ^' flies" 



