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CHAPTER VI. 



Injurious Hemiptera. 



Hemiptera ( " half- winged " insects) have a portion of 

 the upper or front wings thick and coriaceous (leathery). 

 The members are called "true bugs," and among them are 

 the chinch-bug, squash-bug, bed-bug and plant-louse. 



The larvae are like the perfect insect except that they 

 have no wings. 



THE CHINCH 



(Missus leucopterus. 



BUG 



Say.) 



The Chinch Bug is by far the most formidable enemy 

 with which the raiser of corn has to contend. It would 

 appear that nothing can be devised to control the ravages 



Fig. 60. 



Pig. 61. 



Chinch Bug and Pupa. 



of the insect, but as long as a possibility remains, the 

 economic entomologist will seek for the panacea. 



