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ing upon wheat in a granary, 140. Its larva preys upon Coccus 

 insects, 140. European species having the same habit, 140. 

 Will probably not prove to be injurious to wheat, 141. Say's 

 description of the beetle, 141. Its occurrence upon the "smut" 

 of wheat, 141. Its general distribution throughout the Atlantic 

 States, 141. 



Ar AMICUS FuLLERi, Fullcr's Rose Beetle 142 



Bibliography, 142. Occurrence in a conservatory at Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y., 142. Its first discovery, 142. A green-house 

 pest, 142. Distribution and food-plants, 143. Transformations 

 of the insect, illustrated, 143. Description of the beetle, 143. 

 Remedies : collecting by hand, burning plants infested at the 

 roots, and destroying the eggs, 144. 



INJURIOUS HEMIPTEROUS INSECTS. 



COSMOPEPLA CARNIFEX I44 



Synonymy and bibliography, 144-5. Characteristics of the 

 Heteroptera, 145. Description and figures of the larva and pupa, 

 145. Not hitherto known as injurious, 146. The insect attacks 

 the potato, 146. It also attacks the currant, 146. Remedies: 

 hand-picking and kerosene emulsions, 147. Its extensive dis- 

 tribution, 147. It is probably not carnivorous, 147. Another 

 attack upon the potato by an unknown insect, 147-8. 



Blissus leucopterus, the Chinch-Bug 148 



Synonymy and bibliography, 148. Notice of its discovery at 

 Redwood, N. Y., 149. The insect identified, 150. Its description 

 and figure, 150. Previous rarity in New York and Massachu- 

 setts, 150. Original description by Say, 151. History of the 

 insect, 152. Its common name, 152. Its life-history; transfor- 

 mations illustrated, 153. The early brood, 153. The second 

 brood, 154. Its hibernation, 154. A dimorphic form, illustrated, 

 155. Injuries of the insect, 156. Estimates of losses from it, 156. 

 Its operations in New York, 157. Reasons for apprehending 

 continued and increased injuries from it, 158. Observations 

 made upon its attack in St. Lawrence county, 159. Acreage of 

 timothy destroyed by it, 160. Measures recommended for the 

 arrest of the attack, 160. Circular issued in relation to it, 161-2. 

 Remedial measures employed, 163. Cessation of the attack, 163. 

 Other northern and eastern localities where observed, 164. 



Largus succinctus, the Margined Largus 164 



Synonymy and bibliography, 164. Injuries noticed only in 

 Texas, 165. Its distribution and variations, 165. Description 

 and figure, 165. Its habits and resemblance to the red-bug of 

 the Southern States, 166. Other allied species, 166. Remedies, 

 167. 



