Some Insects Insurrovus ro VEGETABLES 13849 
April and May. They may be found upon various plants 
at this early season, but later they attack the potatoes and 
injure the leaves by eating cavities in the epidermis on 
both the upper and under sides. In June or July they lay 
their white eggs in the soil and the larvae, which are white, 
Fic, 406.— Potato STaLk Witn BEETLE 
AT WorRK: (A) BEETLE; (B) GRUB, OR 
SLue; (c) Eces 
slender, worm-like creatures, seem to live upon the fragments of 
the seed potatoes and later upon the forming tubers. In some 
seasons on Long Island, at least, the larvee bore into the potatoes, 
thereby causing “ slivers” to form in the tubers. Moreover, spots 
or pimples may form on the surface of the tubers where the larvee 
