. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. OF THE FARM AND GARDEK. ^'J' muslin or mosquito netting, are all that are required to make this useful implement. The titmouse is said to eat the larvae, and should therefore be protected and encouraged. [The descriptions of this and the preceding species are condensed from an article by Chas. S. Minot in " Ameri- can ;] THE SOTTTHERN CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. {Pieris Protodice, Boisd.) This species, though scarce in the more Northern States, abounds in many of the Southern States, where
. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. OF THE FARM AND GARDEK. ^'J' muslin or mosquito netting, are all that are required to make this useful implement. The titmouse is said to eat the larvae, and should therefore be protected and encouraged. [The descriptions of this and the preceding species are condensed from an article by Chas. S. Minot in " Ameri- can ;] THE SOTTTHERN CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. {Pieris Protodice, Boisd.) This species, though scarce in the more Northern States, abounds in many of the Southern States, where it takes the place of the two species just described- It often. rig. 80.—SOUTHEBN CABBAGE ETJTTEEPLT (Jteris I^otodke). a. Larva; b, Chryaalls. proves exceedingly injurious, and we learn from a Mis- sissippi journal that " there were last year thousands of dollars' worth of cabbages devastated and ruined by worms in the neighborhood of ; We are fur- thermore told, that cabbages could not, in consequence, be had there even at ten cents per head. The "worm " referred to, was doubtless the species under considers^ tion. It abounds in many parts of Missouri, and especi- ally in the truck gardens around large cities, where it proves quite destructive to the cabbages. The larva (fig. 20, a), may be summarily described as. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Treat, Mary, b. 1835. New York, Orange Judd
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