STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 477 



HAZELNUT. LEAVES. 



hairs often form a faint stripe on each side of the thorax, which 

 also shows an obtuse elevated line on its middle. Its scutel is 

 oval and ash-gray. Its wing covers have punctured impressed 

 lines, and the hairs being rubbed oif in places, irregular spots of 

 a rusty color are produced. The under side is clothed with short 

 prostrate ash-gray hairs, which are less dense upon the chestnut- 

 brown legs. It measures 0.30 in length, exclusive of its beak. 



