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549. POTATO-TUBER MOTH. 



Lita 8olanclla Boisd. 



Remedies: Destroying infested potatoes; storing in tight rooms. 

 Chief Articles: Kile}" and Howard, "Insect Life," vol. iv. p. 239. 



INSECTS AFFECTING THE TOBACCO, 



(Xicotiana iabacum.) 



Injuring* the Leaves. 



550. HELIOTHIS RHEXIA S. & A. 



551. TOBACCO WORM. 



Protoparce Carolina Linn. 



Remedy: Hand picking. 



Injuring ^Manufactured Tobacco. 



552. DRUG-STORE BEETLE. 



Sitodrepa pankea Linn. 



Remedies: Heat; steam; bisulphide of carbon. 

 Chief Article: Lintner, 4th Bept. Ins. X. Y., p. SS. 



553. CIGARETTE BEETLE. 

 Lasioderma serrkorne Fab. 



Remedies: Same as for oo^. 



INSECTS AFFECTING THE ASPARAGUS. 



(Asparagus officinalis.) 



Injuring the Leaves. 



554. ASPARAGUS BEETLE. 

 ( '/■/->,, rii oiparagi Linn. 

 Remedies: Dusting with lime: arsenical mixtures. 

 Chief Articles: Walsh & Riley, Amer. Bnt, vol. i., pp. 114-115; 

 Lintner, 1st Kept. Ins. N. Y., pp. 239-246; Comstock, Kept. DepkAgric, 

 1879, pp. 216-218. ' 



555. TWELVE-SPOTTED ASPARAGUS-BEETLE. 

 Orioeeri* It punctatut L. 



Remedies: Same as for No. 554 



