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38 White flower cricket, Oecanthus niveus DeG. Prin- 
cipal injury to raspberry bushes. 
Treatment: Cut and burn infested canes in early spring. 
‘Clean culture. 
39 Fuller’s rose beetle, Aramigus fulleri Horn. Prin-— 
cipal food plant: rosebush. 
Treatment: hand picking. 
Chief accessible article: Lintner, J. A., state ent. 2d rep’t, ’85. 
p. 142-44. 
40 Thyreus abbotii Swains. Principal food plants: 
grapevine, Virginia creeper. 
Treatment: hand picking. 
Chief accessible article: Cooley, R. A. Mass agric. exp. sta. 
Bul. 36. 796. p. 11-12. 
41 Cranberry worm, Rhopobota vacciniana Pack. 
Principal food plant: cranberry. | 
Treatment: Flow EoeS after eggs hatch, spray vines with 
arsenical poisons. 
Chief accessible articles: Smith, J. B. N. J. agric: exp. sta. 
Special bul. K. ’90. p. 10-15; Fernald, C. H. Mass. (Hatch) exp. 
sta. Bul. 19. 792. p. 135-37; —— Mass. state board agric. 
Rep’t, 97. p. 145-48. 
GARDEN INSECTS (42-68) 
For general works, see last two publications cited under Fruit tree 
insects, p. 8383. 
42 Wheat wireworm, Agriotes mancus Say. This in- 
sect and its allies may,injure a number of garden crops. 
Treatment: Fall plowing; use poisoned baits for beetles. 
Chief accessible articles: Comstock, J. H., and Slingerland, M. V. 
‘Cornell agric. exp. sta. Bul. 38. ’91.  p. 251-58; —— Bul. 
107. ’96. p. 51-52. | 
43 Cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae Linn. Principal food 
plant: cabbage. . 
Treatment: Spray young plants with arsenical poisons, use 
hellebore or pyrethrum on older ones. 
Chief accessible notice: Felt, E. P. N. Y. state mus. Bul. 37. 
°00. p. 29-30. | 
