ISOPODS OF KORTH AMERICA . 



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Found on floating seaweed; in moist meadows; under stones; in 

 cellars; under hoards in damp soil; in hothouses; under rocks. 



In New Orleans, Louisiana, this species is reported to he a menace 

 to cucumhers and other vegctal)les grown in hothouses. 



It is also said to he injurious to various plants in Fort Worth, 



Fig. 706.— Aemadillidium vulgark (Aftkr Saks). «, Head with antenn.k (ventral view). 

 /), Dorsal view ok female, r, First ma.xilla. d. First antenna, e. Anterior lip. /, Ri(;ht 



MANDIBLE, g, SECOND MAXILLA. /(, POSTERIOR LIP. (, FIRST LE(i. j, LEKT MANDIBLE, k. TiP OF 



ma.\illiped. I. L'ROPon. w, Seventh leg. n. Lateral view of female. <>, Maxillipeds. p, 



FiR.ST PLEOPOD OF MALE. q, ABDOMEN WITH UROPODA. )', LAST TWO SEGMENTS OF ABDOMEN 

 WITH VROPODA. S, THIRD PLEOPOD OF MALE. t, SECOND PLEOPOD OF MALE. U, HEAD WITH 

 ANTENN.E (DORSAL VIEW). V. ABDOMEN WITH VROPODA (VENTRAL SIDE). W, SECOND ANTENNA. 



Texas; found on date palms, imported from Algeria, at the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia. 



Also found injuring young cotton near Dallas, Texas. 



At Berkley, Virginia, it is reported to he one of the most destruc- 

 tive pests with which the nuishrooni grower has to deal. 



Body ()hlong-ovat(\ rather convex, and ahlc to he rolled up into a 

 hall; twice as long as wide; Smm.: 1(1 mm. 



