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  HARLEQUIN 
  CABBAGE-BUG. 
  755 
  

  

  curled 
  leaves 
  being 
  sometimes 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  them, 
  of 
  all 
  sizes." 
  

   Dr. 
  Fitch 
  shows 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  known 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  1791. 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  These 
  wingedfemal.es 
  measure 
  0.075 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  

   and 
  0.14 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  closed 
  wings, 
  and 
  their 
  width 
  from 
  tip 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  extended 
  

   wings 
  is 
  0.18. 
  They 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  dull 
  greenish 
  color, 
  varying 
  to 
  pale, 
  dull 
  yellowish, 
  and 
  

   largely 
  varied 
  with 
  black. 
  The 
  head, 
  neck, 
  and 
  fore 
  body 
  on 
  its 
  upper 
  side 
  are 
  black 
  and 
  

   shining. 
  The 
  horns, 
  or 
  antennae, 
  are 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  more 
  slender 
  

   toward 
  their 
  tips, 
  and 
  black. 
  On 
  the 
  neck 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  bands 
  are 
  some- 
  

   times 
  perceptible. 
  The 
  hind 
  body 
  is 
  usually 
  pale 
  greeu, 
  with 
  dark-green 
  or 
  black 
  

   bands 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  which 
  are 
  often 
  narrowed 
  or 
  somewhat 
  broken 
  asunder 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  and 
  have 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  dots 
  or 
  small 
  spots 
  at 
  their 
  outer 
  ends 
  in 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  

   row 
  ; 
  the 
  honey-tubes 
  scarcely 
  equal 
  the 
  distance 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  and 
  are 
  black, 
  with 
  their 
  

   bases 
  pale 
  yellowish. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  black 
  ; 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  shanks 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   thighs 
  pale 
  yellowish. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  hyaline 
  and 
  iridescent, 
  their 
  stigma 
  pale 
  green- 
  

   ish, 
  and 
  their 
  veins 
  black 
  or 
  dark 
  brown. 
  The 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  

   veins 
  at 
  their 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  that 
  between 
  them 
  at 
  their 
  tips 
  ; 
  third 
  

   vein 
  farther 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  

   second 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  than 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  ; 
  first 
  fork 
  a 
  little 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  

   fork 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  vein, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  vein 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  

   second 
  ; 
  second 
  fork 
  very 
  little 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  fourth 
  vein 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  fork 
  ; 
  fourth 
  

   vein 
  slightly 
  curved, 
  and 
  very 
  little 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  fork 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  

   rib-vein. 
  

  

  Remedies. 
  — 
  When 
  specially 
  destructive, 
  Dr. 
  Fitch 
  recommends 
  driving 
  

   short 
  stakes 
  and 
  spreading 
  a 
  sheet, 
  a 
  large 
  piece 
  of 
  canvas, 
  or 
  old 
  

   carpeting 
  over 
  as 
  many 
  plants 
  as 
  the 
  cloth 
  will 
  cover, 
  and 
  fumigating 
  

   with 
  tobacco 
  until 
  the 
  space 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  smoke. 
  The 
  plants 
  may 
  then 
  

   be 
  cleaned 
  with 
  water 
  from 
  a 
  watering-pot. 
  The 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  cab- 
  

   bage-patch 
  can 
  be 
  treated 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way. 
  Soap-suds 
  will 
  only 
  kill 
  

   the 
  young 
  lice, 
  leaving 
  the 
  old 
  ones 
  unhurt. 
  " 
  Watering 
  the 
  plants 
  

   with 
  equal 
  parts 
  of 
  tobacco- 
  water 
  and 
  lime-water 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  

   mode 
  of 
  destroying 
  the 
  Aphides 
  in 
  gardens; 
  and 
  if 
  plants 
  be 
  washed 
  

   with 
  tobacco-water 
  alone 
  — 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  pound 
  of 
  tobacco 
  to 
  a 
  half-gallon 
  

   of 
  hot 
  water 
  — 
  it 
  will 
  kill 
  the 
  Aphides; 
  and 
  if 
  applied 
  warm, 
  it 
  will 
  kill 
  

   them 
  the 
  sooner." 
  — 
  (Fitch.) 
  

  

  The 
  Common 
  Garden 
  Plant-Bug, 
  Lygus 
  lineolaris 
  (Beauvois) 
  ; 
  Capsus 
  Uneolaris 
  

   Beauvois, 
  (Plate 
  LXVI, 
  Fig. 
  14.) 
  — 
  Pucturiug 
  with 
  its 
  beak 
  the 
  cabbage 
  aud 
  all 
  sorts 
  of 
  

   succulent 
  gardeu-vegetables 
  and 
  the 
  shoots 
  of 
  shrubs 
  and 
  fruit-trees, 
  causing 
  them 
  to 
  

   wither 
  and 
  shrivel 
  ; 
  flying 
  from 
  April 
  to 
  October, 
  and 
  clustering 
  on 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  the 
  

   cabbage 
  in 
  summer. 
  

  

  Though 
  this 
  plant-bug 
  is 
  indiscriminate 
  in 
  its 
  attacks 
  upon 
  all 
  sorts 
  

   of 
  garden-vegetables, 
  more 
  complaints 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  its 
  injuries 
  to 
  

   the 
  cabbage 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  vegetable. 
  It 
  is 
  especially 
  abundant 
  during 
  

   warm, 
  dry 
  seasons. 
  On 
  examining 
  the 
  insect, 
  a 
  long, 
  slender 
  beak 
  will 
  

   be 
  found 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  breast 
  ; 
  this 
  it 
  inserts 
  in 
  the 
  leaf 
  or 
  shoot 
  and 
  

   sucks 
  the 
  sap. 
  Frequent 
  repetitions 
  by 
  great 
  numbers 
  of 
  these 
  bugs 
  

   cause 
  the 
  leaves 
  to 
  wilt 
  and 
  die, 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  abound 
  during 
  a 
  season 
  of 
  

   drought 
  when 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  weak, 
  they 
  are 
  at 
  times 
  very 
  destructive. 
  

   Mr. 
  Eiley 
  has 
  found 
  that 
  it 
  injures 
  the 
  tender 
  shoots 
  of 
  pear-trees, 
  while 
  

   it 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  attack 
  asters, 
  dahlias, 
  marigolds, 
  balsams, 
  and 
  

   other 
  flowers. 
  The 
  larvte 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  acquire 
  the 
  rudi- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  wings 
  late 
  in 
  May 
  or 
  early 
  in 
  June 
  iU/New 
  York, 
  becoming 
  

   fully 
  fledged 
  by 
  the 
  10th 
  of 
  June, 
  according 
  to 
  Fitch. 
  Mr. 
  Uhler 
  says 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  almost 
  as 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  cultivated 
  districts 
  of 
  Colorado 
  as 
  it 
  

   is 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  United 
  States. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  common 
  in 
  Col- 
  

   orado 
  and 
  Utah. 
  For 
  remedies 
  and 
  other 
  facts 
  see 
  page 
  

  

  The 
  Harlequin 
  Cabbage-Bug, 
  Murgantia 
  histrionica 
  (Hahn). 
  — 
  Destroying, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Southern 
  States, 
  by 
  its 
  punctures, 
  cabbages, 
  turnips, 
  radishes, 
  mustard, 
  and 
  other 
  cru- 
  

   -ciferous 
  plants 
  ; 
  a 
  bright 
  black 
  and 
  orange-colored 
  bug. 
  

  

  This 
  pretty 
  bug 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  destructive 
  in 
  Texas 
  by 
  

  

  