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Sphenophokus sculptilis, the Sculptured Corn-curculio 253 



Synonymy and bibliography, 253. Its operations in New Jersey, 254. 

 Different names given to the insect, 254. Description and figure of the 

 beetle, 255. Earliest notices of its injuries, 255. Its later depredations, 

 257. Its geographical distribution, 258. The larva thought by Mr. 

 Walsh to live in decaying wood, 258. Wild grass probably its original 

 food-plant, 259. Food-plants of allied species, 260. Habits of Zixtis con- 

 cavnSyhoTing in rhubarb, 260. "A bill-bug" living in stalks of corn, 

 260. 8phenopliorus rohustus found to breed in corn, 261. 8. sculptilis 

 has probably the same food-plant and habits, 262. Its larva3 should bo 

 sought for in corn, 262. Its injuries are perhaps underestimated, 262. 

 Remedies, through destruction of the beetle, 263. Destroying the eggs 

 and young larvas, 263. Destroying the pupae by burning the stalks ia 

 the autumn, 263. 



INJURIOUS HBMIPTEROUS INSECTS. 

 Murgantia histrionica, the Harlequin Cabbage-bug 264 



Bibliography, 264. A Southern insect gradually progressing northward, 

 264. Its injuries in Virginia, 264. Description and figures of the insect 

 in its several stages, 265. Its natural history, so far as known, 266. Its 

 geographical distribution, 266. The difi"erent food-plants which it at- 

 tacks, 267. The insect a difficult one to destroy, 268. Is not attacked br 

 parasites, 268. Means of destruction ; sprinkling with hot water, 269 ; 

 trapping with cabbage leaves, 269 ; burning in its retreat in rubbish 

 piles, 269. Importance of destroying the first brood, 269. Hand-picking 

 practicable and highly successful, 270. Miss Ormerod's suggestions of 

 remedies : clean culture, trenching, and application of gas-lime, 270; use 

 of paraffin, 271. 



PfECiLOCAPSUs lineatus, the Four-lined Leaf-bug 271 



Synonymy and bibliography, 271. Its attack upon a black currant 

 bush, 272. First notice of the attack, 272. Description and figure of the 

 perfect insect, 272. Varieties described, 275. Description of the pupa, 

 275. Observations upon the change from the pupa to the perfect insect, 

 275. The change of color attending the transformation, 276. Continu- 

 ation of injuries, upon geraniums, etc., 276. The life-history of the in- 

 sect not fully known, 276. An extensive list of its food-plants, 277. Ac- 

 count of its severe injuries to dahlias, 277. Its destructiveness to rose- 

 buds, 278. Energy of the attack upon a day-lily, 278. Geographical dis- 

 tribution, 279. Remedies and preventives : futility of poisonous and 

 othej applications, 279. Burning their shelter in garden rubbish, 279. 

 Destroying the insect before oviposition, 280. The jarring method and ita 

 success, 280. Success in destroying an allied species, Lygus lineolaris, 

 280. 



Enohenopa binotata, the Two-marked Tree-hopper 281 



Synonymy and bibliography, 281. The insect infests a bitter-sweet 

 vine, 281. Description and figure of the insect, 282. Say's original de- 

 scription, 282. The egg-coverings of the insect described, 283. Such 

 protection exceptional among the tree-hoppers, 284. Nature of the egg- 

 covering, 284. It was mistaken for an insect by Dr. Fitch, 285 ; named 



