!)*) 



ThI'; husKV liioAK-iii/c;. 

 ('(ilt/ci/ns rd.pidu.s Siiy. 



W(; liavc S(;(;n ih'iH crjiiiirion hjitl'-buf^ (l-'ifi. 201 j many tiriK^s on corn 

 l(;av(!H, silks, and f;ars, ofUin with |j(;aks inserted in tli<; kernels at tFio 

 ti[j of tlie ear. Webst(;r reports a similar oeeurrenee in Indiana, as many 

 us ten }>ein^ eonnted on a single c^ar. 



It is al)ont a (\uiivU:r of an ineli long, l>lackisli In'ovvn, with a very 

 niu'rf)w yellow l)ord(!r, thr- |)n»tfiorax jjale n;dflish, with a hlaek eross- 



Fl<;. 201. Tlie OuKky I/fiaf-buK, Calor-tfriH 

 rafjuluH. JvfjriKth about <iii<: fotirtli inch. 



Vlfi. 202. The iJuHky I>;af-bu(?, 

 Caloctn-tH rajndus, nyrriph. Greatly cn- 



bar, oft(;n dividfn] into two s|>ots. 'J'ho young (Fig. 202) are pale green 

 marked with red. The species also feeds on cotton blooms, Ijeets,* 

 strawberries,! c(;lery, buckwhf;at, cabbage, alfalfa, rye, buckeye, evening 

 primrose;, thistle, goldi^nrod, ragweed, and sumac (JihuH (flahra), mid has 

 been taken on rrujlbeny, red (clover, arifi various grains and grasses. 



Then; are probably two broods, much as in the tarnished planl^bug, 

 one maturing rather (;arly in the s(;as9n, th(; otlier somewhat later, the 

 two overlapping to a considerable extent. 



it ranges from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 



*Twefity-firHt Rep. State Knt. III., p. 92. 

 tThirteerith Itep. Htate Knt. III., r'- i'H'- 



