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(lc|)<)sit their e^j^s on the underside of leaves or on twi^rs, 50 to 60 heintj;' 

 laid 1)\- a single female TheN' hatch in about 10 days and the red and 

 black younj^r ictn\ mi the leaves for about a week and then begin to prey on 

 insects, Ijecomini; full ^^rown during U'ly. He states that there are 

 undoubtedh" two annual brootls in Massachusetts, the young of the secoml 

 maturing in September, and that possibly three generations may appear in 

 favorable seasons. 



This species has been recorded from Colorado by Messrs (iillette 

 antl Baker, from southern Michigan by i'rofessor Townsend, from 

 Iowa bv Professor ( )sl)orn, from Canatla b)' Mr Saunders, and L)r 

 Smith states that it is common in New Jersey. The latter is true of 

 both Massachusetts and New York. 



Spined soldier bug 



/'od/s//s ;;/irt'////:'t'>//r/s Say 

 This insect is \ellowish, with its upper surface so thickly spotted with 

 retldish or dark brown as to gi\e it a general dull brown color. It is about 

 U inch in length and is remarkable for the prolonged 

 acute projections of the ])ronotum. 



This species is well known in economic literature 

 under the ab()\e common name, while its scientific name 

 has almost universally been gi\en as P. spinosus 

 "^ Dallas. It is the form frecpiently met with on \'arious 

 l)lants and is an enemy of the elm leaf beetle. Imm.i- 

 ture specinu-ns ami eggs of this insect were taken at 

 Karner, .Sep. 30, 1902 by Mr ^'oung who observed the 

 formei" |ii'eying on zebra cater|)illars, M a m e s t r a |) i c t a 

 Harris, an<l he succeedetl in brmging the insects to maturit\' on these 

 caterpillars. This bug is a \ei-y general feeder, having Ijeen recortled bv 

 \arious authors as pre\'nig on such di\'erse forms as walking sticks, 1 ) i a- 

 p h <• r o m era f e m o r a t a Say, asparagus beeth-s, L r i o c e r i s as pa r ag i 

 Linn., Colorado potato beetles, Doryphora decemlineata Say, 



