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MISCELLANEOUS COTTON INSECTS. 



part in the afternoon or early morning, and npon cloudy days, although a few may 

 be found on tlie plantis at noon on l)right days. The beetle punctures the tender 



Fig. 17.— Woik of Cliulcodennutf miciib-: above, on ynuiitc uowpeas; below, on young 

 cotton. (Photograyih by Wilninn Newell.) 



stem, often ju^^t V)elo\v a leaf, and this puncture reaches ti> the very center of the 

 stem or occasionally to the epidermis of the opi)Osite side. Punctures occur upon 



