30 PAPEES ON INSECTS AFFECTING VEGETABLES. 
to black, and the dorsum is marked by a median stripe. The contracted ante- 
penultimate segment is noticeable. The anal segment terminates in two pairs 
of straight brown hairs. It is of rather robust cylindrical form, measuring 
about three-tenths of an inch (7.5 mm.) in length and one-twelfth (2 mm.) 
in width. 
The somewhat peculiar outline of the abdominal segments is shown 
at d of figure 4. 
Transformation to pupa and thence to imago takes place in a rather 
compact cocoon composed of webbed-up grains of earth, which the 
larvae form after burrowing into the soil. Those before the writer 
measure about three-eighths of an inch (9 mm.) long and a little less 
than half that in width. 
The notes which appear above, on the life history of the species, 
were made by the senior writer at Washington, D. C, where the 
temperature and other conditions are not materially different from 
those of the Eastern Gulf States. 
DISTRIBUTION. 
In previous articles it w T as stated that this species would probably 
not spread beyond certain natural boundaries, i. e., not much above 
the Lower Austral life zone. Thus far this prediction has been 
verified. 
The following is the known distribution as recorded in this branch 
of the bureau : West Raleigh, N. C. ; Charleston and Beech Island, 
S. C. ; Auburn, Phoenix City, and Montgomery, Ala. ; Augusta, Way- 
cross, Tifton, Athens, Griffin, Montreal, Albany, Marshallville, Ma- 
con, Fort Valley, Meansville, and Leesburg, Ga. ; Lakeland, Dade 
City, and Orlando, Fla. ; Stallo, Columbia, Kosciusko, Crystal 
Springs, Columbus, Ridgeland, Starkville, Gulfport, and Hatties- 
burg, Miss. ; Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Beeville, Mission, Santa 
Maria, and Sabinal, Tex.; Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Ana, 
and Garden Grove, Cal. ; and Honolulu and Wahiawa, Hawaiian 
Islands. 
The foreign localities need not be repeated. 
FOOD PLANTS. 
The first record of injury by this species was to cabbage, turnips, 
and beets. October 14, 1897, Mr. N. L. Willett, a reliable corre- 
spondent of this department, estimated that the cost to the growler 
of these plants and collards in the county of Richmond, Ga., alone 
would amount to $15,000 to $20,000 during that year, while Mr. 
W. M. Scott, at that time State entomologist of Georgia, estimated, 
November 26, 1897, a loss to that county of $50,000. 
Besides cabbage, turnips and beets, collards, cauliflower, kale, ruta- 
baga, radish, kohl-rabi, mustard, rape, horse-radish, and some other 
