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egg figured in Glover's manuscript notes nor Comstock's de- 

 scription of an egg, both referred to Dysdercussuturellus, are 

 really the eggs of the cotton stainer, but belong to another 

 family, probably Coreidse. The only reliable source is a short 

 note by Hubbard 1 in his report on the orange insects, 1885. 

 Later, Morrill 2 gives an account on the same subject, but no 

 special description of the egg. 



Another pyrrhocorid egg is the species Largns succinctus* 

 Egg, 1.5 mm. in length; width 0.8 mm.; ovoid ; chorion amber- 

 colored, smooth, very delicate hexagonal; chorial processes 

 small, white, cup-shaped tubercles with an opening on top. 

 There are nine choral processes encircling the upper egg-pole 

 (PI. X, fig. 3). 



The eggs of the family Aradidae appear to be more nearly re- 

 lated to the two preceding families than to any of the others. 

 They have quite the same shape, and are also without a de- 

 fined cap. Eggs may be found during the time of hiberna- 

 tion under loose bark of trees or in rotten stumps. 



Lugger has given a very short note on the eggs of Aradus 

 robustus* The writer has found the common species Neuroc- 

 tenus simplex under bark of a pine-tree stump, literally cov- 

 ering the same. Among them were some clusters of eggs. 

 Egg about 1 mm. long; 0.5 mm. width; laid in a heap, num- 

 bering from 20 to 60 or more. Chorion whitish, irregular, 

 coarse, hexagonal; no apical cap; the chorial processes seem 

 to be wanting. (PI. X, fig. 4.) 



The eggs of the Reduviidre and related families show a very 

 typical form, distinct from all the others. They form a group 

 of eggs in which the chorial processes are placed inside the 

 extended rim of the egg-shell and attached to its wall along 

 their entire length (fig. 1, #). The eggs are mostly ovate- 

 elongate and possess an apical cap; the color varies from 

 clear white to a dark shaded brown; the eggs are usually laid 

 in clusters, cemented together with a sticky secretion. 



Conorhinus sanguisuga .* Egg 1mm. long; ovate; chorion 

 somewhat flattened near lower end; the inner side of the 



'H. G. Hubbard, Orange Insects, U. S. Dept. of Agr., Div. Ento., 

 1885, pp. 165-168. 



2 A. W. Morrill, Plant-bugs Injurious to Cotton Bolls, U. S. Dept. 

 of Agr., Bu. Ento., Bull. No. 86, 1910. 



3 L. c., p. 94. 



*O. Lugger, State Exp. Sta. of Minnesota, Sixth Ann. Rep., 1900, 

 p. 43. 



6 C. L. Marlatt, Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Bull. 4, new series, p. 41, 

 1896. 



