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attacked young plumtrees. Professor Webster observed this species in 

 large numbers on larches near Cincinnati, and on various fruit trees in 

 Ohio northward to Lake Erie, and he records in addition, taking the insect 

 in Illinois and Indiana. Professor Pettit notes its occurrence in Michipfan, 

 though no record of injury is given. 



Bibliography 

 1894 Riley, C. V. & Howard, L. O. Insect Life, 7 147-48 

 1896 Webster, F. M. O. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bui. 68, p. 26-27 



Brochymena quadri-pustulata Fabr. 

 This is a rather stout, dark gray plant bug al)out 5 s inch long. It was 

 taken by us on hard pine at Karner and on willow at Nassau, and occurs 

 rather commonly from July to the end of the season and in March, A|)ril 

 and May on various trees and shrubs in different sections of the state. We 

 have specimens kindl\' determined by Mr ]l. P. VanDuzee of Butfalo from 

 the following New York localities : Warwick, Nassau, PZast Greenbush, 

 Karner, Ilion, Newport, Ithaca, North Hector, Pike, Batavia and Hamburg. 

 Mr VanDuzee has seen this form in several collections under th(- name of 

 B. an nu lata Fabr. The distinguishing characteristics as given by him 

 are the ' long head, narrow and cleft at the ape.x, the rounded anterior 

 margin of the humeri, and the pale, irregular teeth on the sides of the 

 pronotum anteriorly." It is probable that some of the records given under 

 B. annulata P^abr., refer to this insect. This is probably the species 

 we have met with in aljundance on appletrees, four or fi\'e being observed 

 within a short distance of each other, and we have also taken it on ])lum- 

 trees, though no instance has come to our knowledge of serious injur\-. 

 This species is noticed but rarely in literature, though Uhler has recordetl 

 it from Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana, and Dr Smith lists it from 

 several New Jersey localities, adding that it occurs late in the fall, early in 

 the spring and occasionally in winter and that it is not injurious. 



