FIELD BOOK OF INSECTS. 



in early summer, and eggs are then laid on the unfolding 

 leaves of corn if these are available. This brood matures 

 in August and September. 



Oncopeltus fasciatus is about .6 in. long; red and black, 

 the black above being a spot covering most of the pronotum 

 and scutellum, a broad band across the middle of the 

 closed wings, and the membranes. Lygtzus kalmii 

 (Plate XXVI) and other species has the same colors 

 but the black on the pronotum is at the front, the wings 

 next to the scutellum are black, and the middle band does 

 not go all the way across; it is about .5 in. long. 



Myodochus serripes (Plate XXVI) "is rendered very 

 comical by the swinging of the long antennas with their 

 thickened apical joint, while running over the ground 

 among stones and rubbish of its favorite haunts. Mead- 

 ows and rich soils in thin woods furnish it with needed 

 shelter, and there it may be found throughout the entire 

 year, half concealed by bits of twigs and dead leaves, or 

 stowed away beneath the loose fragments of rock which lie 

 scattered over the ground" (Uhler). The long, slender 

 neck is quite distinctive. 



NEIDHXE 



The Stilt-bug family has been called Berytidas and has 

 also been classed as a subfamily of the Coreidas but it is 

 probably more closely related to the Lygseidae. There 

 are but few species, Jalysus spinosus being the most 

 common. It is about .3 in. long, with a very slender, 

 pale body, and long, slender legs. It is rather sluggish 

 and usually found in the undergrowth of oak woods. At 

 first sight it suggests a tawny crane-fly. 



ARADID^E 



These Flat-bugs are responsible for the notion that 

 bed-bugs live also under bark and that they then may 

 have wings. They are dark brown or black and the 

 reddish, wingless young do look like bed-bugs. They 

 probably feed on fungus. A good way to collect them is 

 to knock dead sticks together over a white sheet. This 

 jars off the insects and they can be seen more readily. 



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