201) 



Thk F(jiik-lim;i) Lioak-iuu;. 

 I'd rihicd i>siis lin<<iliis I'^ahr. 



liulletin 58 of the ('onu^ll A<i;riculturul Expcrinicnt Station contains 

 an exhaustive account of this prettily striped leaf-bug (Fig. 205)'. Its 

 injury to gooseberry and currant and their relatives is especially severe, 



Fic;. 203. The Four-lined Leaf-bug, Pcrcilocapsus Kneatus, immature stages: a, first stage, 

 recently liatched; b, second stage; c, third; d, fourth. Enlarged as indicated. (Slingerland.) 



more or less of the foliage^ often IxMiig d(>stroye(l. in addition, a i^Muark- 

 al)K- long list of cultivat(Ml and wild plants are more or less injured by 

 it, and Metcher (juotes a correspondent as saying that this si)eci(>s and 

 the tarnished plant-bug will feed on young sweet corn keriK^ls when 

 they can get at tluMU. We have seen dock leaves entirely i-iddU^l and 

 seared by their punctui'es. 



It is about a third of an inch long, gre(Mi (yellow in dried specimens), 

 with fo>ir large black stripes and two dots on the wing tips. The (\ggs 

 (Fi". 2()()) are inserted nearlv verticalK' in stems, in shoi't lonoitudinal 



Fid. 204. The Four-lined Leaf-h>ig, Pwrilocapsus 

 lineatiis, nymph, fifth stage. iMilarged as indicated. Fio. 20.5. The Four-lined l.onf-huR, PcrcilocapsuB 

 (Slingerland.) Hnrnlus, natural size and enlarged. (Slingerland.) 



