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I!¥SE€TS AFFECTING THE BEAN. 



(Phaseolus.) 



476 NTJTTALL'S BLISTER-BEETLE. 



Canthari8 nuttalli Say. 



477. AMERICAN BEAN- WEEVIL. 



Bruchus obtectu8 Say. 



Remedies: Bisulphide of carbon. 



Chief Articles: Riley, 3d Rept. Ins. Mo., pp. 52-56; Popenoe and 

 F. A. Marlatt, Rept. Ks. Expr. Station, 1889, p. 206; Riley & Howard, 

 "Insect Life,' 7 vol. IV, p. 297; do., vol. V, p. 27; Lintner, 7th Rept. Ins. 

 N. Y., 1891, pp. 255-279. 



478. DISTENDED MAY-BEETLE. 



Lachnosterna farcta Lee. 



Chief Article : Comstock, Rept. Dept. Agric, 1880, pp. 247, 248. 



479. BEAN LEAF-BEETLE. 



Cerotoma caminea Fab. 



Remedy: Pyrethrum. 



Chief Article : Popenoe and F. A. Marlatt, Rept. Ks. Expr. Sta- 

 tion, 1889, p. 262. 



480. ROLLER WORM 



Eudamus proteus Linn. 



Remedy: Hand-picking. 



Chief Article : Comstock, Rept. Dept. Agric, 1880, pp. 269, 270. 



481. BOLL WORM; CORN WORM 



Helwthis armiger Hiibn. 



Remedies: ) a Xo 954 



Chief Articles: > 





INSECTS AFFECTING THE PEA. 



(Pisum sativum.) 



482. PEA WEEVIL. 



Bruchu8 pisi Linn. 



Preventives: Keeping seed over to second year; bisulphide of 

 carbon in tight vessels. 



Chief Articles: Riley, 3d Rept. Ins. Mo., pp. 44-50 ; Riley and 

 Howard, " Insect Life," vol. IV, p. 297. 



