11!) 



]■'!<;. 105. Tho T.arni.she.l I'lant-buK, L, 

 prnlenaia. Length about r)ne quarter inch. 



I'l':. 10(1. Tlic Turiii.shed I'lant- 

 l)iiK, l-illil'm praUmHiH, head and Huck- 

 inn beak; a, eye; b, bawe of antenna; 

 d i, jjartH of beak. 



Fi<i. 107. Tho TarnlHhod IMant- 

 buK, Lj/f/UH irratennH, nymph, firMt 

 stane. Ivength about one fifteenlfi 

 inch. 



I'li:. lOS. Tlie TarniHhfvl I'huil-buK, f^i/t/un pra- 

 lermiH, nytripli, last stage. Lenglli about one .si.xth inc.li. 



from the Atl;tiit,i(; to the Pacific-, and from Mexico to liritisfi America. 

 Fruits and oardcn vegetables are |)articiiiarly subject to its attack, but 

 corn ;ind otiier field crops are also jippreciably injured now ;in(l llieii. 

 It sucks the saj) from tli(; leaves of the c(.rii plant, and also from tfie silk 

 and anthers and tho kernels at tho tip of Ihe ear in the milk. It can 

 scarc(!ly be said, however, to be really injurious to corn, although A. .1. 

 Cook, of Michifi;an, reports that in bS7<) it did noticeable <l:una^-e to corn 

 and wheat in some parts f)f Michigan. 



