170 DISEASES OF THE SWEET PEA 



FIG. 38. THE STRIPED BLISTER BEETLE. (AFTER CHITTEN- 

 DEN.) 



and sweet peas. According to Professor 

 Chittenden ^ the beetle lays its eggs on 

 plants or on the ground. From each egg 

 hatches a small long-legged larva, which 

 runs actively in search of a grasshopper 

 egg pod which it enters and feeds upon. 

 Afterwards it casts its, skin several times 

 and finally becomes transformed into a 

 beetle. 



There are also a number of caterpillars 

 which feed on the sweet pea, but they have 

 as yet not been studied carefully. 



^ United States Department of Agriculture, Year 

 Book, 1898. 



