. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . ibage Bug ^Strachia his- iriuniva) 223 The Cabbage Aphis (Aphis brcissica;) 224 The following insects also infest the Cab-bage : Cut Worms (Ajrotis).The Striped Flea Beetle (IlalUca oittata). CHAPTER CCXVIIT. The Cabbage Maggot. {Anthoinyia b runs leu .—l>oiiche.) Order, Dtptera ; Family, [Boring into the roots of the cal)hage, turni[) and rutabaga;a white maggot having a flattened liind end margined aroundwith minute tee
. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . ibage Bug ^Strachia his- iriuniva) 223 The Cabbage Aphis (Aphis brcissica;) 224 The following insects also infest the Cab-bage : Cut Worms (Ajrotis).The Striped Flea Beetle (IlalUca oittata). CHAPTER CCXVIIT. The Cabbage Maggot. {Anthoinyia b runs leu .—l>oiiche.) Order, Dtptera ; Family, [Boring into the roots of the cal)hage, turni[) and rutabaga;a white maggot having a flattened liind end margined aroundwith minute teeth.] These maggots and the flies into which they are flnallytransformed so closely resemble the onion maggot and fly,and their habits are so similar, that the account given of thelatter will apply equally well to the present species. Remedy.—Use No. 113. CHAPTER CCXTX. The Southern Cabbage Worm. (Cal.) {Picris protodice. Bois Lee.) Order, TiEPiDOPTERA ; Family, Pierid^e. [Feeding upon the cabbage and mustard ; a sixteen-leggedgreenish or bluish worm, dotted with black and marked withfrom four to six 3ellow stripes.]. 322 INSECTS rNFESTING THE Fig. 324.—SouthernCabbage W o r m andPupa—a, the worm—colors, greenish-blueand j-ellow : h, the pu-pa—color, gray. The full grown worm(Fig. 324a) measure:^about one inch andthree lines long. Whenabout to pupate it sus-pends itself by the hind legs and a transverse loop of silkenthread passed around the fore part of the body. The pupa (Fig. 324/>) is grayish-brown,Fis- 325. dotted with V)kck ; the head terminates in a conical prom-inence, and there is quite alarge prominence on the backof the thorax: it is abouteight lines in length. Fig. 325.—Southern Cab-bage Butterfly, male—colors,white and ;326—Southern Cabbage Butterfly, female—colors, whiteand black. The wings of the butterfly Fig. 326. (Figs. 325 and 326) expandabout two inches, and arewhite, the fore ones markedwith about eight l)lackishs
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