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53 Tomato worm, Phlegethontius celeus Hiibn. 
Principal food plant: tomato. 
Treatment: Spray with arsenical poisons before fruit go 
hand picking. 
Chief accessible article: Howard, L. 0. U.S. dep't agric. Year- 
book. 798. p. 128-82. 
54 Striped cucumber beetle, Diabrotica vittata Fabr. 
Principal food plant: cucumber vines. 
Treatment: Spray vines with poisoned bordeaux mixture, 
dust vines with ashes, plaster, etc. 
Chief accessible articles: Chittenden, F. H. U.S. dep’t agric. 
div. ent. Circ. 31, 2d s. ’98. p. 1-7; Sirrine, F. A. N. Y. agric. exp. 
sta. Bul. 158. 799. p. 1-32. 
55 Squash vine borer, Melittia satyriniformis 
Hiibn. Principal food plant: squash vines. — 
Treatment: Plant early squashes as a trap crop, cut out and 
destroy borers. 
Chief accessible article: Lintner, J. ane state ent. 2d rep’t, ’85. 
p. 51-68; Sirrine,. F. A. N.. Y. agrie: exp, sta. Pau repaen oe 
p. 610-12; Chittenden, F. H. U. S. dep’t agric. div. ent. Cire. 38, 
Dds. 299.. p. 1-6; 2 == Bul) 16, mn, 5, ose se 
56 Cucumber flea beetle, Epitrix cucumeris Harris. 
Principal food plants: cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes. 
Treatment: Spray plants with poisoned bordeaux mixture, 
dust with ashes, plaster, etc. 
Chief accessible article: Stewart, F. C. N. Y. agric. exp. sta. 
Bul. 1138. 796. p. 311-17. : 
57 Red-headed flea beetle. Systena frontalis Fabr. 
Principal injury recorded was to sugar beets. 
Treatment: Spray plants with arsenical poisons, the poisoned 
bordeaux mixture being specially effective. 
Chief accessible notice: Felt, E. P., state ent. 15th rep’t, ’00. . 
p. 538. 
58 Common asparagus beetle, Crioceris asparagi Linn. 
Principal food plant: asparagus. | 
Treatment: spray all except cutting beds with an arsenical 
poison, dust plants with plaster, ashes, etc. 
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