30 BULLETIN NO. 4, DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
THE BROAD-WINGED LEAF-HOPPER. 
(Amphiscepa bivittata Say.) 
This little insect, while found on every bog, does little injury. It 
feeds on the juices of the plant, and did it ever appear in large num- 
bers it might become injurious. The insect is about a quarter of an 
jnch long, and the expanded wings measure half an inch. The head is 
red-brown, with a greenish vertex; the thorax is of a deep brown-red ; 
the body is yellow, and the hind wings are transparent; the fore wings 
are bright green, except the inner margin, which is bright carmine-red. 
In shape the wings are broad, semicircular, and when the insect is at 
rest the folded wings resemble an undersized leaf. The hind legs are 
formed for. leaping, and the insect is very active, using its legs and 
wings to good advantage in its changes of locality. Should it ever be- 
come injurious, the use of hand-nets and of the kerosene emulsion would 
be indicated. 
THE CRANBERRY-TIP WORM. 
Early in July I noticed in one small spot on a bog an occasional vine 
which had failed to grow, and had a bud apparently just ready to open. 
Examining some of these, I found the tip eaten off and the outer leaf 
only covering the destroyed tip; further search developed a specimen or 
two of a small, red, apodous grub about half a line (0.04 inch) in length, 
tapering toward each end, but most toward the head. The specimens 
were evidently weak and did not enter the pupa state. A few pupze 
were afterwards found close to the base of the outer leaf of the terminal 
bud and in asmall cavity formed for it; they were enveloped in a dense, 
white cocoon of silk, and from one of these the imago emerged toward 
the end of August, during my absence from home; from the remains, 
the insect seems to be a minute midge, of a clay-yellow color, with long 
legs and antenne. I could find none on the bogs, and up to October 
10 there were no traces of larve in the terminal buds of the vines. In 
small spots this insect was apparently quite plentiful, judging from the 
destroyed tips, but none of the growers seem to have noticed it, and it 
has evidently never been very injurious. Should it become abundant 
at any time, the kerosene mixture will prove a complete remedy for it, 
LOCUSTS AND CRICKETS. 
Ten species of locusts and a cricket (Gryllus neglectus Scudd.) were 
found on the bogs, and evidently do considerable damage. The locusts 
are Acridium alutaceum (?) Harr., Caloptenus bivittatus Scudd., Gidipoda 
collaris Seudd., Gdipoda maritima Uhl., Tomonotus sulphwreus Sauss., 
(Hdipoda equalis (?) Scudd., Gdipoda eucerata Harr., Stenobothrus ma- 
culipennis Secudd. var., Caloptenus sp. near femur-rubrum Deg., and 
Caloptenus punctulatus (?) Uhl. 
