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crushed or collected and destroyed. This is really one of 
the best methods we have of keeping this insect in subjec- 
tion. A little later the eggs, which are deposited on the 
under side of the leaves in loose clusters, can be quite rap- 
idly destroyed by hand collecting. When the young hatch 
they have the habit of collecting in large numbers on single 
leaves. They are very shy and will run rapidly away when 
approached in the warm part of the day, but one can collect 
them rapidly in the morning about sun-rise. Take a basin 
or other suitable dish, with a little water in the bottom and 
a spoonful of kerosene on top, and go to these infested 
leaves and quickly brush the bugs into the basin. Every 
one that comes in contact with the oil will die in a very few 
seconds. 
I have been able to kill large numbers of bugs with ker- 
osene emulsion by spraying it forcibly upon them and thor- 
oughly wetting them down, but in most hands the preced- 
ing remedies will prove most successful. 
THE STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE. [Diahrotica riffatrr 
Fabr.) 
A small yellow beetle, about^one-sixth of an inch long 
with a black head and three black longitudinal stripes on 
the wings when the latter are closed. The beetles appear 
soon after the cucumber, melon and squash vines are up 
and eat holes in the leaves until the plants wither and die. 
Fig. 3S. — striped CaicumbHi- Beetle: a. mature beetle; b. mature larva: 
c, pupa; d, side view of last segment of larva. All considerat)ly enlarged. (Chit- 
tenden, Circular .31. Second Series, U. S. I)ep. of Agr.. I)iv. of P^ntomology.) 
Eggs are also laid about the stems of the plants and the 
grubs hatching from these Iturrow down into the roots of 
the plants which also causes their death. 
