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derive their interest iu Insect Life through the possession of a gar- 

 den or farm, so that the publication measurably reaches just the class 

 of people for whom it is intended. This statement is not founded upon 

 guess-work since many of these individuals have made such statements 

 to us in correspondence, a number of bankers and merchants having 

 stated that they own farms. 



An interesting case is that of a merchant in Connecticut, who writes 

 that he keeps an " old-fashioned country store," and that a large num- 

 ber of his customers are farmers and others who own homes, and are in- 

 terested in fruit and berries. He keeps a file of Insect Life at his 

 store for the benefit of his customers. 



The expressions of interest in tlie publication and the estimates of its 

 practical value have been very gratifying, and we take this occasion to 

 thank our readers for their kind words and for their promjjt replies to 

 the circular. 



THE GLASSY- WINGED SHARP-SHOOTER. 



{Homalodisca coagulata Say.) 



Fig. 10.— Homalodisca coagulata: a, adult 9 seen from above; b, same, side view; c, venation of fore- 

 wing— enlarged ; d, antennae; e, section of hind tibia; /, ? genitalia— still more enlarged ; ^r, serrations 

 of ovipositor— still more enlarged (original). 



There is a not uncommon leaf-hopper of the family Cercopidi3e, found 

 chiefly in the South, which occasions much damage to vegetation, but 

 the depredations of which have not been recognized by writers 



