158 PESTS OF GARDEN AND FIELD CROPS 
Where feasible, apply arsenicals to 
the plants attacked, or Bordeaux 
mixture combined with arsenicals. 
Weeds should be destroyed in the fall. 
The Banded Flea-beetle (Systena 
teniata Say) is similar in appear- 
ance, though darker, and of the same 
habits. 
Fic. 164.— Work of the 
T.c. 163.— The Pale-striped Flea-beetle. Banded Flea-beetle. Orig- 
Enlarged and natural size. Original. inal. 
The Striped Flea-beetle (Phiyjllotreta vittata Fab.) 
Cabbage, turnips, and related crops are preferred by this species 
of flea-beetle. The adults make numerous small holes in the leaves, 
Fic. 165. — The Striped Flea- 
beetle. Enlarged and nat- 
and the slender, whitish larve live in the 
as 
soil, feeding principally on the roots of 
various weeds of the same family. The 
adult is one eighth of an inch long, black, 
each wing cover marked with a light, 
waving band. 
Paris green or arsenate of lead, either 
alone or in combination with Bordeaux 
ral Gee. OviGaAL mixture, may be used on turnip tops, or 
on cabbage that is not ready for market. 
On cabbage, until it is half-grown, add resin soap to the Paris green. 
After the plants are three fourths grown use repellents. 
