INSECTS AFFECTINC; I'AKK ANK W t)( »I)I. A M) IRKES 



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t u 1 a t a I'alir. Mil'.. 1'. ^ aiiDuzf*; of HiiHald. wlio kiiullv tlctcniiim-il mii- 



s|)<ciiiu'ns, states that this s|)cci(^ nia\' Ix- rccoi^niizcd l)\ the short, liroad 



head, triincalc at the apex, with the a|iic:al sinus ncarl\- trans\ t-rsc. I lie 



surface is finely and ct)arsely punctured and ornauK iiteil in places 1)\- j^^roups 



of lar^e, black |)uncturcs; the sides of the pronotuni ixfore tint sinus are 



stroui^ly arcuateil and armed witli close rej.,nilar teeth ; the second joint of 



the antennae is much shorter than the third, and ih.e rostrum is lon<.;^er, 



u>uall\ re.ichinu the tiiirtl ventral segment. He 



states that this is a comparati\cl\' rart^ s|)ecies, 



\\hicli he has seen only frf)m the eastern I nitetl 



States, his material showinij;^ a ran^e from southern 



New ^'ork to Morida. Messrs Walsh and Rile}' 



record the insect from llaiinibal Mo. in i S6q, at 



which time it was considered lieneticial. Its ilis- 



trihution ha'> been yi\'en b\' I lihr as L olorailo, 



Texas and a larL,f(! part of the I'nited States east 



of the M ississij)])i ri\er. Mr C II. I. I ownsend 



lists it from Kansas, and Professor Osborn states 



that it is common in Iowa. l)r Smith also lists 



this insc-ct from a number of New Ierse\' locations and from Staten 



Island. 



Habits. 1 her(.' are several recortls of this species occurrinif on ap|)le- 

 trees in considerable numbers, and Messrs Rile\' anti lloward citi- a case in 

 \'iri.(inia, wh<'re this insect attacked a new s^rowth u( a])pletrees in the 

 month i>f Ma\. It is there known as the "large chinch bug," and many 

 twigs and limbs were said to have been killed bv the insect. Tlnse gentle- 

 men add that the adults occur under bark in miilwinter, and that the eggs 

 and \'oung larvae ha\e been found on jxa \ ines and w allow. 



Professor \\ i-bster also recortis a case where this insect killed the 

 shoots on some \'oung ajjpletrees in May iSg4, at ( )wensville (). This was 

 on the farm of Mr Lowell Rauderbush, who wrote Professor Webster that 

 he had carefulK' watched the insect in the summer and found that it also 



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