The Bulletin. 



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THE HARLEQUIN CABBAGE BUG. 



{Murganiia histronica, Hahn.) 

 Order Hemiptera, Family Pentatomidxje. 



(Also known by the names: Terrapin Bug, Fire Bug, Cabbage Bug, 

 Collard Bug, Lincolnite, Calico Bug, etc.) 



Description. — A black, orange and yellow bug nearly half an inch 

 long and nearly one-fourtb inch wide, which attacks cabbage and related 

 plants, sucking the sap and causing the leaves to wilt, turn brown 

 and die. 



Fig. 7.— Harlequin Cabbage Bug. a. Eggs enlarged; 6, young, enlarged; c, young, rnore enlarged; 

 d, adults, seen from above and below, enlarged; e, outline of head of adult, enlarged; /, parasite, en- 

 larged. Other figures natural size. (Drawing by O. Heideman.) 



Injury in North Carolina. — This is one of the very worst insect 

 enemies of cabbage in this State, standing with cabbage louse and cab- 

 bage worms as the three worst pests of the crop. The many reports 

 which we have received show it to be destructive throughout the eastern 

 and central parts of the State, but we have had almost no complaint of 

 it from the mountains. 



