INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CORN. 



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Fig. 5;i. — Chinch Bug, Blissus leucopterus, and wheat plant. On the stems are 

 three bugs natural size ; a, an egg greatly enlarged ; g, egg masses on roots and on 

 lower leaf; b. c. d. e. young chinch bugs after succeeding molts; f, adult chinch bug. A. 

 molt occurs between each stage. The hair lines indicate the natural size of eaclv 

 Stage. (After Lugger.) 



