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A MANUAL OF DANGEROUS INSECTS. 

 HEMIPTERA. 



Cercopldse. . 



MachxTota planitix Distant; India; makes tubes on stems, sucks juices. (See pi. XVII.) 



Lygseldae. 



Oxijcarcnus yossipinus Distant; of West Africa; 0. dudgeoni Distant of West Africa; O. hyaHnlpinnis 



Costa of Egypt; O. Ixtus Kirby of Ceylon, India, Burma; attack cotton seed. 

 Oncopeltus quadriguttalus Fabricius; Australia; oviposits in stems. 



Fig. 51.— Mole cricket (Schizodactylus monstrosus). (Maxwell-Lefroy.) 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Scarafoaeidae. 



Adoretus umbrosus Fabricius, and var. tenuimaculatus Waterhouse; Hawaii, Philippines, Japan, Java. 

 (See Rose.) 



Fig. 52.— Cotton stem-borer (_S phenoptera neglecta): a, Egg; 6, pupa, c, adult; d, f, g, injury; c, larva. 



(Zacher.) 

 Buprestidae. 



Sphenoptera neglecta Klug (see text flg. 52), Egypt, and S. gossijpii Kerr, India; bore in stalks. (See 

 plate XVIII.) 



