PINE BUGS. 803 



138. The pine-louse mimic. 



Camaranotus confusus HirBchl. var. ocddentalisf 



This bug closely resembles the pine Lachnus, or even a dark ant, 

 and is common running about the terminal twigs of the pine. 1 have 

 observed it in abundance in Maine. (Named by Mr. Uhler.) 



139. The green pine tettigonia. 



Order Hemiptera; family Cercopid^. 



Occurring in August in Maine on the pitch pine, a pretty, delicate green Tettigo- 

 nia-like form, exactly of the color of the pine leaves. Pupa with some faint yellow 

 markings. 



140. The pine cixius. 



Cixiua pini Fitch. 



Order Hemiptera ; family Fulgorid2E. 



Puncturing the leaves and sucking their juices in May and June, a brownish black 

 four-winged fly, 0.23 long, its thorax diamond-shaped, with three elevated longitu- 

 dinal lines, its forewings transparent but not clear and glassy, stained with smoky 

 yellow, forming a few transverse spots, their veins white, alternated with numerous 

 black dots, its legs pale with the thighs brown. (Fitch. J 



141. The vernal diraphia. 

 Diraphia vernalis Fitch. 



Order Hemiptera ; family Psyllid^. 



Upon the leaves, puncturing them and sucking their juices, a small orange yellow 

 four- winged fly, 0.15 long, with a square flattened head concave on its upper side and 

 with a slight impressed line along the middle of its whole length and a small notch 

 in the middle of the anterior edge ; the antennae projecting forward from the anterior 

 corners of the head, short and thread-like, of the same length with the head, their 

 basal joint largest and forming one-fourth part of their total length, their tips black 

 and ending in two short fine bristles of unequal length ; the forewings thick and 

 leathery, feebly transparent, dull pale brownish yellow; the breast and hind breast 

 coal black, and the legs dull whitish. (Fitch.) 



142. The common pine aphid. 



Lachnus strobi. 



This is the most common aphid on the white pine, and is at times 

 very destructive to young trees. It has been for several years a great 

 pest on the pines on the estate of H. G. Russell, esq., at Bast Green- 

 wich, R. I. The best remedy is spraying the bushes with insecticides. 



