Fig. 4. Different Species ol" 

 Thrips, five times natiu'al size. 

 The one ;it the api)ef left coi-uer 

 is a nymph without wing-pads. 



Fig. 5. Adult Sciuash Bugs (Anasa 

 (r/.s^iVs), luiturul size. Dorsal or upper 

 side shown by the two below; ventral or 

 under side shown by the two above. 

 The two at the reader's left are males, 

 and the two at the right are females. 



Fig. 6. Squash Leaf Crunii)led, showing effects of Squash Bugs. 

 The colony of bugs living within its folds could not be entirely exter- 

 minated by spraying with kerosene. The best treatment for such a 

 leaf is to carefully cut it off and either crush it under one's foot on the 

 ground or drop it into a vessel containing kerosene on water. 



