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No entirely satisfactory meth- 
ods for controlling climbing 
cutworms on tobacco are 
known. Light applications of 
paris green or applications of 
this arsenical mixed with lime, 
which are frequently used to 
control the hornworm, assist in 
reducing the numbers of these 
insects. The dosages of paris 
green that may be applied with 
a reasonable degree of safety 
to the crop, however, are only 
partially effective against the 
larger cutworms. When severe 
infestations occur, hand-pick- 
ing of the larvae should be 
practiced. 
Figure 54.—The garden flea hopper ; 
adult, wingless female, < 16. 
THE GARDEN FLEA Hopper 
The garden flea hopper (/alticus citri (Ashm.)) is one of the 
tobacco pests of minor importance in this region. In some instances, 
IIGURE 55.—Tobaceco leaf disfigured by the 
garden flea hopper. 
however, appreciable injury 
may result from attack of this 
insect on the lower leaves of 
cigar-wrapper tobacco. 
The adult wingless female 
(fig. 54) is often confused with 
the tobacco flea beetle, since 
both are of about the same size 
and both move in much _ the 
same manner. The garden flea 
hopper, however, is a sucking 
insect, whereas the tobacco flea 
beetle obtains its food by chew- 
ing off small portions of the 
leaves. 
The flea hopper injures  to- 
bacco by inserting its sharp- 
pointed mouth parts into the 
leaf tissues and sucking out the 
juices. The affected areas (fig. 
55) assume a whitened or 
bleached appearance.  Fre- 
quently these small white spots 
coalesce when the feeding punc- 
tures are made close together. 
Small black deposits of excre- 
ment add to the disfigurement 
of the leaf. The white areas 
